With the 2024 NFL season over and the 2025 NFL draft approaching, football prospects have an opportunity to make a name for themselves at the NFL scouting combine.
At the scouting combine, which began Thursday, Feb. 27, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the NFL is featuring on-field workouts of prospects displaying their physical attributes for coaches, general managers and scouts.
This year, 329 prospects received invitations to attend the combine. Though not every invited prospect participates in the drills, players can participate in press conferences and interviews to boost their draft stock with NFL teams. Invited prospects include Colorado’s Heisman Trophy winner, Travis Hunter, and Miami quarterback Cam Ward, among many other college football stars.
Here’s what to know about the four-day marathon of player drills at the NFL scouting combine.
When is the 2025 NFL scouting combine and what is the schedule?
Live coverage of the 2025 NFL scouting combine workouts began Thursday, Feb. 27. The live schedule for the combine is as follows:
- Thursday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. ET: defensive linemen and linebackers
- Friday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. ET: defensive backs and tight ends
- Saturday, March 1, at 1 p.m. ET: quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs
- Sunday, March 2, at 1 p.m. ET: offensive linemen
What is the NFL scouting combine?
The NFL scouting combine is a showcase of prospects in a series of football drills and physical exercises, with the most notable drills including the 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump and more.
There are also player-specific drills depending on position, such as throwing drills for quarterbacks and route-running drills for wide receivers.
Teams also have the opportunity to interview specific players to learn more about them before the predraft process.
How to watch the 2025 NFL scouting combine
Coverage of the NFL scouting combine workouts is available to watch on NFL Network. The live coverage is also available to stream on NFL+.
While the combine workouts are airing live from Feb. 27-March 2, condensed reruns of the first three days of the combine will be available to watch at 8 p.m. ET and 2 a.m. ET after the live broadcast on each day. Day 4 cutdown broadcasts are available to watch at 6 p.m. ET, 10 p.m. ET and 2 a.m. ET.
Lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah and NFL Network sportscaster Rich Eisen will anchor NFL Network’s coverage of on-field workouts. Several other analysts will be on the field throughout the four-day broadcast, such as NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport and Hall of Fame quarterback and NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner.
Which prospects will take part in the 2025 NFL scouting combine?
The NFL sent 329 invitations to the nation’s top football prospects to participate in the 2025 scouting combine, many of whom are expected to be selected in the first couple of rounds of the NFL draft in April.
Among the prospects invited were all four Heisman Trophy finalists: Miami quarterback Cam Ward, Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty and Heisman Trophy winner and two-way player Travis Hunter of Colorado.
Other top prospects receiving invitations include Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter, regarded as a potential No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Carter will not be working out at the combine due to injury.
Despite receiving an invitation, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, son of NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders, will not be throwing in the combine and plans to focus on personal interviews with teams, according to NFL Network. Sanders will instead work out at Colorado’s pro day, which does not have a set date.
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