That feels like a long time ago, huh? It was just two years ago, but since then, Burrow has gone to a Super Bowl, Herbert has blossomed into one of the league’s best quarterbacks and Tagovailoa is still looking to find his footing entering his third NFL season.
The 2021 NFL Combine was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the event will return in 2022 and NFL fans will relish a chance to see the top prospects two months ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft.
There was some controversy surrounding this year’s combine. Players weren’t happy that the league was requiring them to “bubble up” for the event, as they won’t have access to their full staff of trainers and medical personnel. The league backed down off that requirement soon after it was announced amid backlash from the players.
Some players are still choosing not to participate in the combine drills, but plenty of players in attendance will. Each prospect’s performance could prove critical this year. Why? Because there isn’t a clear-cut pecking order atop the 2022 NFL Draft. The race to be the top quarterback off the board is also wide-open, so the performance of the passers in attendance, including Kenny Pickett and Malik Willis, will be of particular interest.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 NFL Combine, including when it is, how to watch it and all of the 324 players invited to participate in it.
NFL Combine schedule 2022
The 2022 NFL Combine will, once again, be a prime-time event. The NFL made that change in 2020 to ensure they could maximize viewership for the event. Prior to 2020, all drills were held in the morning and early afternoon.
The combine will run Thursday through Sunday with position groups working out in prime time each day. NFL Network, the exclusive home of the combine, will show seven hours of drills each of the first three days and five hours of drills on Sunday. Rich Eisen and Daniel Jeremiah will serve as the primary voices for the event with various other NFL Network guests filling in each day.
Below is the complete TV schedule for on-field workouts and drills at the 2022 NFL Combine.
Thursday, March 3
Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5
Sunday, March 6
While the drills will be the big draw for fans wanting to see the draft prospects in action, other aspects are more important for the players. Notably, the player medical evaluations and team interviews will be critical in determining where certain players are drafted.
The interviews will be interesting to watch this season, as the NFL is putting an increased emphasis on team conduct within those interviews. According to the AP, the NFL said, “a team would forfeit a draft pick between the first and fourth round and be fined a minimum of $150,000 if it’s determined a club representative displayed conduct that is ‘disrespectful, inappropriate, or unprofessional’ during an interview.”
“We aim for dignity, respect and professionalism,” league executive Troy Vincent told the AP. “It’s that simple.”
To see the full schedule for the 2022 NFL Combine, click here.
How to watch the NFL Combine in 2022
TV channel: NFL Network Live stream: NFL App | NFL Network App | fuboTV
Coverage of the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine will air exclusively on NFL Network and its streaming affiliates. That includes the NFL app, the NFL Network app, and fuboTV, which comes with a free trial.
Each day except for Sunday, coverage of the combine will begin at 4 p.m. ET. On Sunday, live coverage of the event will begin at 2 p.m. ET.
MORE: Watch the 2022 NFL Combine on fuboTV (free trial)
NFL Combine 2022 invites
The NFL has invited 324 players to participate in the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. The invitees are decided by the combine’s “Player Selection Committee,” which is comprised of directors of both National and BLESTO scouting services and members of various NFL player personnel departments.
The combine’s official website outlines the process for player selection: “ALL eligible players are reviewed and voted on by the committee members. Each athlete receiving the necessary number of votes, by position, is then extended an invitation. While it is not a perfect science, the goal of the committee is to invite every player that will be drafted in the ensuing NFL Draft.”
Below is the full list of 324 players that received invites to the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. The players are sorted by position, starting with the quarterbacks.
Quarterbacks
Jack Coan, Notre Dame Matt Corral, Mississippi Dustin Crum, Kent State Kaleb Eleby, Western Michigan Sam Howell, North Carolina Cole Kelley, Southeastern Louisiana D’Eriq King, Miami EJ Perry, Brown Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh Brock Purdy, Iowa State Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati Carson Strong, Nevada Skylar Thompson, Kansas State Malik Willis, Liberty Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
Running backs
Tyler Allgeier, BYU Tyler Badie, Missouri Greg Bell, San Diego State Max Borghi, Washington State Kennedy Brooks, Oklahoma Leddie Brown, West Virginia Ty Chandler, North Carolina Snoop Conner, Mississippi James Cook, Georgia Jashaun Corbin, Florida State Ty Davis-Price, LSU Jerrion Ealy, Mississippi Trestan Ebner, Baylor Jerome Ford, Cincinnati Tyler Goodson, Iowa Breece Hall, Iowa State Kevin Harris, South Carolina Hassan Haskins, Michigan Keaontay Ingram, USC Bam Knight, N. C. State Sincere McCormick, UTSA Isiah Pacheco, Rutgers Dameon Pierce, Florida D’vonte Price, Florida International Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State Brian Robinson, Alabama Abram Smith, Baylor Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M Pierre Strong, South Dakota State CJ Verdell, Oregon Kenny Walker III, Michigan State Jaylen Warren, Oklahoma State Rachaad White, Arizona State Quan White, South Carolina Zamir White, Georgia Kyren Williams, Notre Dame
Wide receivers
Calvin Austin III, Memphis Kevin Austin Jr. , Notre Dame David Bell, Purdue Slade Bolden, Alabama Treylon Burks, Arkansas Dai’Jean Dixon, Nicholls State Jahan Dotson, Penn State Romeo Doubs, Nevada Dontario Drummond, Mississippi Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech Ty Fryfogle, Indiana Danny Gray, SMU Johnny Johnson III, Oregon Josh Johnson, Tulsa Velus Jones, Tennessee Drake London, USC Bo Melton, Rutgers John Metchie, Alabama Skyy Moore, Western Michigan Jalen Nailor, Michigan State Chris Olave, Ohio State Kyle Philips, UCLA George Pickens, Georgia Alec Pierce, Cincinnati Makai Polk, Mississippi State Charleston Rambo, Miami Reggie Roberson Jr. , SMU Wan’Dale Robinson, Kentucky Justyn Ross, Clemson Braylon Sanders, Mississippi Khalil Shakir, Boise State Tyquan Thornton, Baylor Jalen Tolbert, South Alabama Tré Turner, Virginia Tech Christian Watson, North Dakota State Isaiah Weston, Northern Iowa Devon Williams, Oregon Jameson Williams, Alabama Garrett Wilson, Ohio State Mike Woods, Oklahoma
Tight ends
Austin Allen, Nebraska Chase Allen, Iowa State Daniel Bellinger, San Diego State Grant Calcattera, SMU Greg Dulcich, UCLA Jake Ferguson, Wisconsin Jeremiah Hall, Oklahoma Peyton Hendershot, Indiana Connor Heyward, Michigan State Curtis Hodges, Arizona State Charlie Kolar, Iowa State Isaiah Likely, Coastal Carolina Trey McBride, Colorado State James Mitchell, Virginia Tech Chig Okonkwo, Maryland Cade Otton, Washington Teagan Quitoriano, Oregon State Jeremy Ruckert, Ohio State Cole Turner, Nevada Jelani Woods, Virginia Jalen Wydermyer, Texas A&M
Offensive linemen
Blaise Andries, Minnesota Ben Brown, Mississippi Logan Bruss, Wisconsin Spencer Burford, UTSA Ja’Tyre Carter, Southern Charles Cross, Mississippi State Myron Cunningham, Arkansas Dawson Deaton, Texas Tech Austin Deculus, LSU Kellen Diesch, Arizona State Bill Dunkle, San Diego State Ickey Ekwonu, N. C. State Obinna Eze, TCU Joshua Ezeudu, North Carolina Daniel Faalele, Minnesota Luke Fortner, Kentucky Luke Goedeke, Central Michigan Kenyon Green, Texas A&M Marquis Hayes, Oklahoma Chasen Hines, LSU Ed Ingram, LSU Zion Johnson, Boston College Braxton Jones, Southern Utah Cam Jurgens, Nebraska Darian Kinnard, Kentucky Tyler Linderbaum, Iowa Alec Lindstrom, Boston College Vederian Lowe, Illinois Abraham Lucas, Washington State Cade Mays, Tennessee Marcus McKethan, North Carolina Max Mitchell, Louisiana Thayer Munford Jr. , Ohio State Evan Neal, Alabama Dylan Parham, Memphis Chris Paul, Tulsa Trevor Penning, Northern Iowa Nick Petit-Frere, Ohio State Bernhard Raimann, Central Michigan Sean Rhyan, UCLA Tyrese Robinson, Oklahoma Dare Rosenthal, Kentucky Andrew Rupcich, Culver-Stockton Jamaree Salyer, Georgia Justin Shaffer, Georgia Lecitus Smith, Virginia Tech Tyler Smith, Tulsa Cole Strange, Tennessee-Chattanooga Andrew Stueber, Michigan Luke Tenuta, Virginia Tech Zach Thomas, San Diego State Zach Tom, Wake Forest Cordell Volson, North Dakota State Matt Waletzko, North Dakota Rasheed Walker, Penn State Luke Wattenberg, Washington Dohnovan West, Arizona State Nick Zakelj, Fordham
Defensive linemen
Amaré Barno, Virginia Tech Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma Thomas Booker, Stanford Matthew Butler, Tennessee Zach Carter, Florida Micheal Clemons, Texas A&M DJ Davidson, Arizona State Jordan Davis, Georgia Kalia Davis, UCF Arnold Ebiketie, Penn State Noah Elliss, Idaho Kingsley Enagbare, South Carolina Neil Farrell, LSU Jonathan Ford, Miami Haskell Garrett, Ohio State Jeffrey Gunter, Coastal Carolina Logan Hall, Houston Chris Hinton, Michigan Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan Jordan Jackson, Air Force Tyree Johnson, Texas A&M Travis Jones, Connecticut George Karlaftis, Purdue DeMarvin Leal, Texas A&M Jesse Luketa, Penn State DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky Phidarian Mathis, Alabama Marquan McCall, Kentucky Otito Ogbonnia, UCLA David Ojabo, Michigan Esezi Otomewo, Minnesota Joshua Paschal, Kentucky Jayden Peevy, Texas A&M LaBryan Ray, Alabama John Ridgeway, Arkansas Dominique Robinson, Miami (Ohio) Myjai Sanders, Cincinnati Tyreke Smith, Ohio State Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, Notre Dame Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon Cameron Thomas, San Diego State Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma Eyioma Uwazurike, Iowa State Travon Walker, Georgia Sam Williams, Mississippi Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma Alex Wright, UAB Devonte Wyatt, Georgia
Linebackers
Christopher Allen, Alabama Troy Andersen, Montana State Brian Asamoah, Oklahoma Darrian Beavers, Cincinnati Terrel Bernard, Baylor Darien Butler, Arizona State Chance Campbell, Mississippi Leo Chenal, Wisconsin Damone Clark, LSU Nakobe Dean, Georgia JoJo Domann, Nebraska Jeremiah Gemmel, North Carolina Isaiah Graham-Mobley, Boston College Jake Hansen, Illinois Aaron Hansford, Texas A&M Christian Harris, Alabama D’Marco Jackson, Appalachian State Drake Jackson, USC Jermaine Johnson II, Florida State Nate Landman, Colorado Devin Lloyd, Utah Boye Mafe, Minnesota Zakoby McClain, Auburn Micah McFadden, Indiana Jeremiah Moon, Florida Chad Muma, Wyoming Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State Mike Rose, Iowa State Josh Ross, Michigan Jack Sanborn, Wisconsin Nephi Sewell, Utah Brandon Smith, Penn State Baylon Spector, Clemson Channing Tindall, Georgia Quay Walker, Georgia Tre Williams, Arkansas
Defensive backs
Tycen Anderson, Toledo Jalyn Armour-Davis, Alabama Kalon Barnes, Baylor Markquese Bell, Florida A&M Dane Belton, Iowa Bubba Bolden, Miami Andrew Booth, Clemson Jaquan Brisker, Penn State Montaric Brown, Arkansas Coby Bryant, Cincinnati Percy Butler, Louisiana Tariq Castro-Fields, Penn State Lewis Cine, Georgia Qwynnterrio Cole, Louisville Bryan Cook, Cincinnati Yusuf Corker, Kentucky Nick Cross, Maryland Cobie Durant, South Carolina State Kaiir Elam, Florida MJ Emerson, Mississippi State Akayleb Evans, Missouri DaMarcus Fields, Texas Tech Cordale Flott, LSU Sauce Gardner, Cincinnati Mario Goodrich, Clemson Kyler Gordon, Washington Vincent Gray, Michigan Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame Kolby Harvell-Peel, Oklahoma State Dax Hill, Michigan Joshua Jobe, Alabama Jack Jones, Arizona State Marcus Jones, Houston Kerby Joseph, Illinois Derion Kendrick, Georgia Quentin Lake, UCLA Chase Lucas, Arizona State Damarri Mathis, Pittsburgh Zyon McCollum, Sam Houston State Roger McCreary, Auburn Trent McDuffie, Washington Verone McKinley III, Oregon Smoke Monday, Auburn Leon O’Neal, Texas A&M Jalen Pitre, Baylor Chris Steele, USC Derek Stingley Jr. , LSU Alontae Taylor, Tennessee Cam Taylor-Britt, Nebraska Isaac Taylor-Stuart, USC Juanyeh Thomas, Georgia Tech Josh Thompson, Texas Delarrin Turner-Yell, Oklahoma Jermaine Waller, Virginia Tech Jaylen Watson, Washington State Sam Webb, Missouri Western State Damarion Williams, Houston Joshua Williams, Fayetteville State JT Woods, Baylor Tariq Woolen, UTSA Mykael Wright, Oregon
Specialists
Cal Adomitis, LS, Pittsburgh Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State Gabe Brkic, K, Oklahoma Jake Camarda, P, Georgia Cameron Dicker, K, Texas Trenton Gill, P, N. C. State Blake Hayes, P, Illinois Jordan Stout, P, Penn State Cade York, K, LSU
NFL Combine drills
The NFL will continue to utilize seven drills across all positions. They are the 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill, 20-yard shuttle and 60-yard shuttle.
Eventually, the NFL may no longer include the bench press among these drills, but for the time being, it remains.
As for the position-specific drills, the NFL made some notable changes to those in 2020. The changes were aimed at making the combine more entertaining for viewers as the event moved to prime-time. The combine was not held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so the NFL has had plenty of opportunities to evaluate those changes.
It appears the league will make more changes to its format in 2022. Per the AP, the league is going to eliminate the Wonderlic test and is also making changes to its positional drills to “better assess in-game player movements.”
These changes won’t have much of an impact on the fans watching. They’ll still see players run routes and blocking drills. They are just more tailored to each position.
Some drills for offensive linemen and defensive players also were revised to better assess in-game player movements.
NFL Combine records
Below are the best numbers for the core NFL Combine events — 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill, 20-yard shuttle and 60-yard shuttle — since 2006, or what the league calls “recent” history.
The NFL does not keep Combine records, so these marks are unofficial.
MORE: Complete NFL Combine records
40-yard dash
Electronic timing began in 1999
Record holder: John Ross, WR, 2017 Time: 4. 22 seconds Yeah, but: Running back Bo Jackson reportedly ran a 4. 12 at the Combine in 1986. Defensive back Deion Sanders was clocked at 4. 2 in 1989. Top five since 2006:
Bench press
Record holder: Stephen Paea, DT, 2011 Repetitions (225 pounds): 49
Top five since 2006:
Vertical jump
Record holder: Chris Conley, WR, 2015 / Donald Washington, CB, 2009 Height: 45. 0"
Top five since 2006:
Broad jump
Record holder: Byron Jones, DB, 2015 Length: 12'3"
Top five since 2006:
Three-cone drill
Record holder: J. T. Thomas, CB, 2018 Time: 6. 28 seconds
Top five since 2006:
20-yard shuttle
Record holder: Jason Allen, CB, 2006 / Brandin Cooks, WR, 2014 Time: 3. 81 seconds
Top five since 2006:
60-yard shuttle
Record holder: Shelton Gibson, WR, 2017 Time: 10. 71 seconds
Top five since 2006:
