The first groups of NFL prospects start reporting to Indianapolis for the scouting combine Sunday, starting with tight ends, quarterbacks, and wide receivers. Each day another group of players arrive and start the process while the group that arrived the previous day will move onto the next phase. The week’s schedule for all prospects will go like this:
- Day 1: Arrival, registration, orientation, interviews.
- Day 2: Measurements/weigh-in, Pre-exam and X-rays, interviews
- Day 3: Media, medical exams, position coach interview, psychological testing
- Day 4: NFLPA meeting, bench press, interviews, psychological testing
- Day 5: Limited testing, interviews, on-field workout,
- Day 6: Departure
Tuesday begins head coach and GM press conferences with Mike Mayock speaking at 8:15 a.m. P.T. (11:15 E.T.). You can see the entire press conference schedule here.
The first day we see any players take the field for workouts is Thursday, February 27 and there will be four days of workouts lasting until Sunday, March 1.
On-field drills include the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, 3-cone drill, 20-yard shuttle, and 60-yard shuttle along with position-specific drills. There are some new positions drills this year, which you can see here.
All times below are Pacific
NFL Scouting Combine schedule
Sunday, February 23
Group 1-3 (TE, QB, WR) arrival, check-in
Monday, February 24
Group 4-6 (PK, ST, OL, RB) arrival, check-in
Tuesday, February 25
Group 7-9 arrival (DL, LB) arrival, check-in
5am – 8am: Group 1-3 (QB, WR, TE) media interviews
8am – 1pm – HC, GM press conferences (Mike Mayock 8:15am)
Wednesday, February 26
Group 10-11 (DB) arrival, check-in
5 a.m. – 8 a.m. Group 4-6 (PK, ST, OL) media interviews
8:45am – 11am HC, GM press conferences
11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bench press (QB, WR, TE)
Thursday, February 27
5 a.m. – 8 a.m. Group 7-9 (DL, LB) media interviews
11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bench press (RB, OL, ST)
1 p.m. – 8 p.m. QB, WR, TE on-field workouts – LIVE, NFL Network (3-hour recap at 9 p.m.)
Friday, February 28
5am – 7am Group 10-11 (DB) media interviews
11:30am – 3:00pm Bench press (DL, LB)
1 p.m. – 8 p.m. RB, OL, ST on-field workouts– LIVE, NFL Network (3-hour recap at 9 p.m.)
Saturday, February 29
Noon – 3:00pm Bench press (DB)
1 p.m. – 8 p.m. DL, LB on-field workouts – LIVE, NFL Network (3-hour recap at 9 p.m.)
Sunday, March 1
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. DB on-field workouts.– LIVE, NFL Network (3-hour recap at 5 p.m.).
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