A total of 324 players have been invited to participate in the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis March 1-7
The annual event at Lucas Oil Stadium and the attached Indianapolis Convention Center features medical evaluations, interviews with team personnel, media sessions, testing and on-field workouts for most of college football's best talent entering the 2022 NFL Draft April 28-30 in Las Vegas.
"We're so far ahead in our overall process than where we were a year ago, whether it's from free agency, draft prep, all that stuff – we're in a much better position," Lions general manager Brad Holmes said after the season.
"We went through some hard stuff, and I was kind of saying it all year, we are going through these hard things, but I will say at this point the foundation is laid. We still have some work that we have to do. We don't overlook that. But we're excited about this next phase of the process and the next phase of this journey."
Georgia leads the way with 14 players invited to the Combine, followed by Alabama (11), Oklahoma (11), LSU (9) and Texas A&M (9). Michigan has eight players invited, including potential Top 5 pick Aidan Hutchinson.
The Combine is an important week in the offseason schedule for all 32 teams, and usually the entire Lions contingent of coaches, front office personnel and medical staff are in Indianapolis for the event.
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It's the first time teams get real measurements on the underclassmen, and the medical evaluations on all 324 players are critical in the evaluation process. Then comes the testing, highlighted every year by the 40-yard dash.
The Combine was canceled last year due to COVID-19, so it will be good for NFL teams to get a look at these prospects up close this year, and good for NFL fans to watch the on-field workouts on the NFL Network.
"I hope it's a difference maker if it's two," Holmes said of the impact player they hope to get if they stay at No. 2 overall in the draft. "But I do think it is a good draft, though. It is a good draft at pretty much all the positions, really. I think that we'll be in a good spot."
This draft class is strong at edge rusher, wide receiver, offensive tackle and in the secondary, which should certainly help the Lions fill some holes a month after the start of free agency.
See below for a full list of the players invited to this year's Combine:
- Cal Adomitis, LS, Pittsburgh
- Austin Allen, TE, Nebraska
- Chase Allen, TE, Iowa State
- Christopher Allen, LB, Alabama
- Tyler Allgeier, RB, BYU
- Troy Andersen, LB, Montana State
- Tycen Anderson, DB, Toledo
- Blaise Andries, OL, Minnesota
- Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State
- Jalyn Armour-Davis, DB, Alabama
- Brian Asamoah, LB, Oklahoma
- Calvin Austin, WR, Memphis
- Kevin Austin Jr., WR, Notre Dame
- Tyler Badie, RB, Missouri
- Kalon Barnes, DB, Baylor
- Amaré Barno, DL, Virginia Tech
- Darrian Beavers, LB, Cincinnati
- David Bell, WR, Purdue
- Greg Bell, RB, San Diego State
- Markquese Bell, DB, Florida A&M
- Daniel Bellinger, TE, San Diego State
- Dane Belton, DB, Iowa
- Terrel Bernard, LB, Baylor
- Bubba Bolden, DB, Miami
- Slade Bolden, WR, Alabama
- Nik Bonitto, DL, Oklahoma
- Thomas Booker, DL, Stanford
- Andrew Booth, DB, Clemson
- Max Borghi, RB, Washington State
- Jaquan Brisker, DB, Penn State
- Gabe Brkic, K, Oklahoma
- Kennedy Brooks, RB, Oklahoma
- Ben Brown, OL, Mississippi
- Leddie Brown, RB, West Virginia
- Montaric Brown, DB, Arkansas
- Logan Bruss, OL, Wisconsin
- Coby Bryant, DB, Cincinnati
- Spencer Burford, OL, UTSA
- Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
- Darien Butler, LB, Arizona State
- Matthew Butler, DL, Tennessee
- Percy Butler, DB, Louisiana
- Grant Calcattera, TE, SMU
- Jake Camarda, P, Georgia
- Chance Campbell, LB, Mississippi
- Ja'Tyre Carter, OL, Southern
- Zach Carter, DL, Florida
- Tariq Castro-Fields, DB, Penn State
- Ty Chandler, RB, North Carolina
- Leo Chenal, LB, Wisconsin
- Lewis Cine, DB, Georgia
- Damone Clark, LB, LSU
- Micheal Clemons, DL, Texas A&M
- Jack Coan, QB, Notre Dame
- Qwynnterrio Cole, DB, Louisville
- Snoop Conner, RB, Mississippi
- Bryan Cook, DB, Cincinnati
- James Cook, RB, Georgia
- Jashaun Corbin, RB, Florida State
- Yusuf Corker, DB, Kentucky
- Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi
- Charles Cross, OL, Mississippi State
- Nick Cross, DB, Maryland
- Dustin Crum, QB, Kent State
- Myron Cunningham, OL, Arkansas
- DJ Davidson, DL, Arizona State
- Jordan Davis, DL, Georgia
- Kalia Davis, DL, UCF
- Ty Davis-Price, RB, LSU
- Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
- Dawson Deaton, OL, Texas Tech
- Austin Deculus, OL, LSU
- Cameron Dicker, K, Texas
- Kellen Diesch, OL, Arizona State
- Dai'Jean Dixon, WR, Nicholls State
- JoJo Domann, LB, Nebraska
- Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State
- Romeo Doubs, WR, Nevada
- Dontario Drummond, WR, Mississippi
- Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA
- Bill Dunkle, OL, San Diego State
- Cobie Durant, DB, South Carolina State
- Jerrion Ealy, RB, Mississippi
- Arnold Ebiketie, DL, Penn State
- Trestan Ebner, RB, Baylor
- Ickey Ekwonu, OL, N.C. State
- Kaiir Elam, DB, Florida
- Kaleb Eleby, QB, Western Michigan
- Noah Elliss, DL, Idaho
- MJ Emerson, DB, Mississippi State
- Kingsley Enagbare, DL, South Carolina
- Akayleb Evans, DB, Missouri
- Obinna Eze, OL, TCU
- Joshua Ezeudu, OL, North Carolina
- Erik Ezukanma, WR, Texas Tech
- Daniel Faalele, OL, Minnesota
- Neil Farrell, DL, LSU
- Jake Ferguson, TE, Wisconsin
- DaMarcus Fields, DB, Texas Tech
- Cordale Flott, DB, LSU
- Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati
- Jonathan Ford, DL, Miami
- Luke Fortner, OL, Kentucky
- Ty Fryfogle, WR, Indiana
- Sauce Gardner, DB, Cincinnati
- Haskell Garrett, DL, Ohio State
- Jeremiah Gemmel, LB, North Carolina
- Trenton Gill, P, N.C. State
- Luke Goedeke, OL, Central Michigan
- Mario Goodrich, DB, Clemson
- Tyler Goodson, RB, Iowa
- Kyler Gordon, DB, Washington
- Isaiah Graham-Mobley, LB, Boston College
- Danny Gray, WR, SMU
- Vincent Gray, DB, Michigan
- Kenyon Green, OL, Texas A&M
- Jeffrey Gunter, DL, Coastal Carolina
- Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State
- Jeremiah Hall, TE, Oklahoma
- Logan Hall, DL, Houston
- Kyle Hamilton, DB, Notre Dame
- Jake Hansen, LB, Illinois
- Aaron Hansford, LB, Texas A&M
- Christian Harris, LB, Alabama
- Kevin Harris, RB, South Carolina
- Kolby Harvell-Peel, DB, Oklahoma State
- Hassan Haskins, RB, Michigan
- Blake Hayes, P, Illinois
- Marquis Hayes, OL, Oklahoma
- Peyton Hendershot, TE, Indiana
- Connor Heyward, TE, Michigan State
- Dax Hill, DB, Michigan
- Chasen Hines, OL, LSU
- Chris Hinton, DL, Michigan
- Curtis Hodges, TE, Arizona State
- Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
- Aidan Hutchinson, DL, Michigan
- Ed Ingram, OL, LSU
- Keaontay Ingram, RB, USC
- D'Marco Jackson, LB, Appalachian State
- Drake Jackson, LB, USC
- Jordan Jackson, DL, Air Force
- Joshua Jobe, DB, Alabama
- Jermaine Johnson II, LB, Florida State
- Johnny Johnson III, WR, Oregon
- Josh Johnson, WR, Tulsa
- Tyree Johnson, DL, Texas A&M
- Zion Johnson, OL, Boston College
- Braxton Jones, OL, Southern Utah
- Jack Jones, DB, Arizona State
- Marcus Jones, DB, Houston
- Travis Jones, DL, Connecticut
- Velus Jones, WR, Tennessee
- Kerby Joseph, DB, Illinois
- Cam Jurgens, OL, Nebraska
- George Karlaftis, DL, Purdue
- Cole Kelley, QB, Southeastern Louisiana
- Derion Kendrick, DB, Georgia
- D'Eriq King, QB, Miami
- Darian Kinnard, OL, Kentucky
- Bam Knight, RB, N.C. State
- Charlie Kolar, TE, Iowa State
- Quentin Lake, DB, UCLA
- Nate Landman, LB, Colorado
- DeMarvin Leal, DL, Texas A&M
- Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina
- Tyler Linderbaum, OL, Iowa
- Alec Lindstrom, OL, Boston College
- Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah
- Drake London, WR, USC
- Vederian Lowe, OL, Illinois
- Abraham Lucas, OL, Washington State
- Chase Lucas, DB, Arizona State
- Jesse Luketa, DL, Penn State
- Boye Mafe, LB, Minnesota
- DeAngelo Malone, DL, Western Kentucky
- Damarri Mathis, DB, Pittsburgh
- Phidarian Mathis, DL, Alabama
- Cade Mays, OL, Tennessee
- Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State
- Marquan McCall, DL, Kentucky
- Zakoby McClain, LB, Auburn
- Zyon McCollum, DB, Sam Houston State
- Sincere McCormick, RB, UTSA
- Roger McCreary, DB, Auburn
- Trent McDuffie, DB, Washington
- Micah McFadden, LB, Indiana
- Marcus McKethan, OL, North Carolina
- Verone McKinley III, DB, Oregon
- Bo Melton, WR, Rutgers
- John Metchie, WR, Alabama
- James Mitchell, TE, Virginia Tech
- Max Mitchell, OL, Louisiana
- Smoke Monday, DB, Auburn
- Jeremiah Moon, LB, Florida
- Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan
- Chad Muma, LB, Wyoming
- Thayer Munford Jr., OL, Ohio State
- Jalen Nailor, WR, Michigan State
- Evan Neal, OL, Alabama
- Otito Ogbonnia, DL, UCLA
- David Ojabo, DL, Michigan
- Chig Okonkwo, TE, Maryland
- Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
- Leon O'Neal, DB, Texas A&M
- Esezi Otomewo, DL, Minnesota
- Cade Otton, TE, Washington
- Isaih Pacheco, RB, Rutgers
- Dylan Parham, OL, Memphis
- Joshua Paschal, DL, Kentucky
- Chris Paul, OL, Tulsa
- Jayden Peevy, DL, Texas A&M
- Trevor Penning, OL, Northern Iowa
- EJ Perry, QB, Brown
- Nick Petit-Frere, OL, Ohio State
- Kyle Philips, WR, UCLA
- George Pickens, WR, Georgia
- Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh
- Alec Pierce, WR, Cincinnati
- Dameon Pierce, RB, Florida
- Jalen Pitre, DB, Baylor
- Makai Polk, WR, Mississippi State
- D'vonte Price, RB, Florida International
- Brock Purdy, QB, Iowa State
- Teagan Quitoriano, TE, Oregon State
- Bernhard Raimann, OL, Central Michigan
- Charleston Rambo, WR, Miami
- LaBryan Ray, DL, Alabama
- Sean Rhyan, OL, UCLA
- Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati
- John Ridgeway, DL, Arkansas
- Ronnie Rivers, RB, Fresno State
- Reggie Roberson Jr., WR, SMU
- Brian Robinson, RB, Alabama
- Dominique Robinson, DL, Miami (Ohio)
- Tyrese Robinson, OL, Oklahoma
- Wan'Dale Robinson, WR, Kentucky
- Malcolm Rodriguez, LB, Oklahoma State
- Mike Rose, LB, Iowa State
- Dare Rosenthal, OL, Kentucky
- Josh Ross, LB, Michigan
- Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson
- Jeremy Ruckert, TE, Ohio State
- Andrew Rupcich, OL, Culver-Stockton
- Jamaree Salyer, OL, Georgia
- Jack Sanborn, LB, Wisconsin
- Braylon Sanders, WR, Mississippi
- Myjai Sanders, DL, Cincinnati
- Nephi Sewell, LB, Utah
- Justin Shaffer, OL, Georgia
- Khalil Shakir, WR, Boise State
- Abram Smith, RB, Baylor
- Brandon Smith, LB, Penn State
- Lecitus Smith, OL, Virginia Tech
- Tyler Smith, OL, Tulsa
- Tyreke Smith, DL, Ohio State
- Baylon Spector, LB, Clemson
- Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M
- Chris Steele, DB, USC
- Derek Stingley Jr., DB, LSU
- Jordan Stout, P, Penn State
- Cole Strange, OL, Tennessee-Chattanooga
- Carson Strong, QB, Nevada
- Pierre Strong, RB, South Dakota State
- Andrew Stueber, OL, Michigan
- Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, DL, Notre Dame
- Alontae Taylor, DB, Tennessee
- Cam Taylor-Britt, DB, Nebraska
- Isaac Taylor-Stuart, DB, USC
- Luke Tenuta, OL, Virginia Tech
- Kayvon Thibodeaux, DL, Oregon
- Cameron Thomas, DL, San Diego State
- Isaiah Thomas, DL, Oklahoma
- Juanyeh Thomas, DB, Georgia Tech
- Zach Thomas, OL, San Diego State
- Josh Thompson, DB, Texas
- Skylar Thompson, QB, Kansas State
- Tyquan Thornton, WR, Baylor
- Channing Tindall, LB, Georgia
- Jalen Tolbert, WR, South Alabama
- Zach Tom, OL, Wake Forest
- Cole Turner, TE, Nevada
- Tré Turner, WR, Virginia Tech
- Delarrin Turner-Yell, DB, Oklahoma
- Eyioma Uwazurike, DL, Iowa State
- CJ Verdell, RB, Oregon
- Cordell Volson, OL, North Dakota State
- Matt Waletzko, OL, North Dakota
- Kenny Walker III, RB, Michigan State
- Quay Walker, LB, Georgia
- Rasheed Walker, OL, Penn State
- Travon Walker, DL, Georgia
- Jermaine Waller, DB, Virginia Tech
- Jaylen Warren, RB, Oklahoma State
- Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State
- Jaylen Watson, DB, Washington State
- Luke Wattenberg, OL, Washington
- Sam Webb, DB, Missouri Western State
- Dohnovan West, OL, Arizona State
- Isaiah Weston, WR, Northern Iowa
- Rachaad White, RB, Arizona State
- Zamir White, RB, Georgia
- ZaQuandre White, RB, South Carolina
- Devon Williams, WR, Oregon
- Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama
- Joshua Williams, DB, Fayetteville State
- Kyren Williams, RB, Notre Dame
- Pepe Williams, DB, Houston
- Sam Williams, DL, Mississippi
- Tre Williams, LB, Arkansas
- Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
- Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
- Perrion Winfrey, DL, Oklahoma
- Jelani Woods, TE, Virginia
- JT Woods, DB, Baylor
- Mike Woods, WR, Oklahoma
- Tariq Woolen, DB, UTSA
- Alex Wright, DL, UAB
- Mykael Wright, DB, Oregon
- Devonte Wyatt, DL, Georgia
- Jalen Wydermyer, TE, Texas A&M
- Cade York, K, LSU
- Nick Zakelj, OL, Fordham
- Bailey Zappe, QB, Western Kentucky