The NFL announced on Wednesday the participants in its inaugural Veteran Combine, which will be held at the Arizona Cardinals practice facility in Tempe, Ariz., on March 22. The players at this first-time combine range from free-agent veterans to college graduates with no NFL experience.
Michael Sam headlines dozens of players invited to NFL Veteran Combine
Among the more notable missing names are Tim Tebow and Vince Young.
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The gathering is similar to the combine conducted a few weeks ago for college prospects, with extensive testing, measurements and position-specific drills performed by the invited players in front of league scouting personnel. The results of the combine are to be distributed electronically to all 32 NFL teams.
One of the more notable names that will participate in the combine is Michael Sam, who was drafted in the seventh round by the St. Louis Rams last year, cut in training camp, and signed to the Dallas Cowboys practice squad during the season. He was eventually released by Dallas, however, and never appeared in a regular-season game for any team as a rookie.
There were also some curious names missing from the participant list, including Tim Tebow and Vince Young, both of whom had been rumored to be interested in attending the combine. Tebow reportedly wants to resurrect his NFL career, but apparently he won't be pursuing this opportunity to showcase his skills in front of scouts. According to the Houston Chronicle's Brian T. Smith, Young's agent said his client was not invited to the combine and won't attend the event in Arizona.
Here’s the complete list:
Armstrong, Matt, C, Grand Valley State
Carter, Sherman, C, Tennessee State
Foster, Jason, C, Rhode Island
Gallington, Deveric, C, Texas Tech
Golic, Mike, C, Notre Dame
Gottschalk, Ben, C, Southern Methodist
Pocic, Graham, C, Illinois
Van Roten, Greg, C, Pennsylvania
Berry, Aaron, CB, Pittsburgh
Burton, Brandon, CB, Utah
Carr, Deveron, CB, Arizona State
Edwards, Kip, CB, Missouri
Lee, Saeed, CB, Alabama State
Love, Jordan, CB, Towson
Lyn, Keon, CB, Syracuse
Patrick, Johnny, CB, Louisville
Posey, Julian, CB, Ohio
Reid, Greg, CB, Valdosta State
Sullen, Jordan, CB, Tulane
White, Ryan, CB, Auburn
Anderson, Jamaal, DE, Arkansas
Brown, Sammy, DE, Houston
Carriker, Adam, DE, Nebraska
Cox, Rakim, DE, Villanova
Mims, Tevin, DE, South Florida
Paulhill, Shahid, DE, Temple
Rayford, Caesar, DE, Washington
Roh, Craig, DE, Michigan
Sam, Michael, DE, Missouri
Black, Larry, DT, Indiana
Collins, Nate, DT, Virginia
Forston, Marcus, DT, Miami
Harris, DaJohn, DT, Southern California
Jerideau, Byron, DT, South Carolina
Minter, Zach, DT, Montana State
Thompson, Everrette, DT, Washington
Troup, Torell, DT, Central Florida
Moore, Dan, FB, Montana
Pryor, Lonnie, FB, Florida State
Unga, Harvey, FB, Brigham Young
Dominguez, Ray, G, Arkansas
Goodin, Stephen, G, Nebraska-Kearney
Huey, Michael, G, Texas
Morris, Darius, G, Temple
Wells, Justin, G, St. Augustine’s
White, Ian, G, Boston College
Baker, Chris, LB, East Carolina
Copeland, Brandon, LB, Pennsylvania
Devitto, Steele, LB, Boston College
Doughty, Jake, LB, Utah State
Dowtin, Marcus, LB, North Alabama
Drakeford, Darin, LB, Maryland
Fox, Dan, LB, Notre Dame
Glaud, Ka’Lial, LB, Rutgers
Keiser, Thomas, LB, Stanford
Kimbrough, Jeremy, LB, Appalachian State
Lutrus, Scott, LB, Connecticut
Rolle, Brian, LB, Ohio State
So’oto, Vic, LB, Brigham Young
Steward, Phillip, LB Houston
Miller, Jordan, NT, Southern U.
Johnson, Jerrod, QB, Texas A&M
Kafka, Mike, QB, Northwestern
Kay, Brendon, QB, Cincinnati
Price, Keith| QB, Washington
Robinson, Zac, QB, Oklahoma State
Thomas, Darron, QB, Oregon
Wilson, Tyler, QB, Arkansas
Bush, Michael, RB, Louisville
Hampton, Jewel, RB, Southern Illinois
Hines, Quentin, RB, Akron
Jones, Felix, RB, Arkansas
LeShoure, Mikel, RB, Illinois
Scott, Da’Rel, RB, Maryland
Wood, Cierre, RB, Notre Dame
Mcmillian, Jerron, S, Maine
Mitchell, Charles, S, Mississippi State
Owusu-Ansah, Akwasi, S, Indiana, Pa.
Sebetic, Kyle, S, Dayton
Silva, Mana, S, Hawaii
Starling, Jawanza, S, Southern California
Young, Joe, S, Rutgers
Aladenoye, Josh, T, Illinois State
Breckner, Jack, T, Gustavus Adolphus
Foketi, Manase, T, West Texas A&M
Harris, Randall, T, Towson
Childers, Jamie, TE, Coastal Carolina
Momah, Ifeanyi, TE, Boston College
Ogbuehi, Emmanuel, TE, Georgia State
Veldman, Matt, TE, North Dakota State
Walker, Dallas, TE, Western Michigan
Waters, Eric, TE, Missouri
Adams, Joe, WR, Arkansas
Anderson, Joe, WR, Texas Southern
Gadsden, Ben, WR, Miami
Jean, Lestar, WR, Florida Atlantic
Johnson, Darius, WR, Southern Methodist
Kurihara, Tukashi, WR, No College
Mayo, Thomas, WR, California, Pa.
Mitchell, Carlton, WR, South Florida
Slaughter, Nathan, WR, West Texas A&M
Steelman, Trent, WR, Army
Williams, LaQuan, WR, Maryland
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