While it’s still months before the 2013 NFL Draft, the top college football prospects will make their best effort to impress NFL scouts as they try to improve their standing among before the annual Draft.
Beginning on February 20th , over 300 players, including 16 quarterbacks, 38 running backs, 39 wide receivers, 19 tight ends, 58 offensive line players and 60 defensive backs will gather in Indianapolis for the 2013 NFL Scouting combine. The event gives prospects the chance to prove they are ready for an NFL gig. Beginning next week,
College football stars such as Manti Te’o (LB, Notre Dame), Matt Barkley (QB, USC), Jarvis Jones (OLB, Georgia), Marcus Lattimore (RB, South Carolina), Tyler Bray (QB, Tennessee), Tyrann Mathieu (CB, LSU), Da’Rick Rogers (WR, Tennessee Tech), Ezekiel Ansah (DE, BYU), Geno Smith (QB, West Virginia Mountaineers) and Mike Glennon (QB, N.C. State) will compete for the top spots in the draft board.
Held for the first time in 1982, the annual combine gives NFL teams, personnel and scouts the chance to get closer to the top prospects in college football and run personal and medical evaluations on players. For more than ten years the combine was held behind closed doors and did not allowed any press coverage. It wasn’t until 1993 when NFL Films’ cameras captured the first images and showed the world what really happens during the workouts.
In addition to the Scout combine, players will have another chance to impress NFL teams at their pro day workout. Unlike the NFL Combine, prospects take part in pro day activities at their own college campuses. In the meantime, here’s the schedule of pro days for 2013 as announced on NFL.com.
2013 Pro days by date:
March 1: Purdue, Texas-El Paso
March 4: Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Minnesota, North Dakota State, Troy
March 5: Auburn, Buffalo, Jackson State, Northwestern, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tuskegee, Youngstown State
March 6: Alabama A&M, Arkansas, Kent State, Mississippi State, North Alabama, Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Wisconsin
March 7: Arizona, Arkansas-Monticello, Clemson, Furman, Idaho, Illinois, Miami (Fla.), Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Syracuse, Washington State
March 8: Cornell, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Missouri State, Montana, Mount Union, Southern Mississippi, TCU, Texas A&M, Wofford
March 11: California (Pa.), Penn State
March 12: Delaware State, Florida, Jacksonville State, Kansas State, Lehigh, Monmouth, Portland State, Towson, UCLA
March 13: Alabama, Central Oklahoma, Cincinnati, Colorado, Colorado State, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Maryland, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Rutgers
March 14: Arkansas State, Fort Valley State, Georgia Tech, Grambling State, Tulsa, UNLV, West Alabama, West Virginia
March 15: Georgia State
March 18: Air Force, Albany State (Ga.), Howard, Idaho State, Memphis, Montana State, Valdosta State, Villanova, Virginia Union
March 19: Florida A&M, Florida State, Louisville, Richmond (with Liberty), Virginia
March 20: Ball State, Central Florida, Connecticut, North Carolina State, Ohio, Old Dominion, Sacramento State, Tennessee
March 21: Boise State, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia, Kentucky, Stanford, Stony Brook, Temple, William & Mary
March 22: Missouri Western, Tennessee State, Vanderbilt
March 25: Middle Tennessee State, Stephen F. Austin
March 26: Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, Texas
March 27: LSU, South Carolina, SMU, USC
March 28: BYU, Central Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, Louisiana-Lafayette, Yale
March 29: Southeast Missouri State
April 2: Columbia
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