Oklahoma’s Parnell Motley snubbed from 2020 NFL Combine

One of Oklahoma’s rising NFL Draft prospects will not be able to show off his talents at the 2020 NFL Combine.

One of Oklahoma’s rising prospects will be sitting at home for the NFL’s biggest interview.

Parnell Motley put together one of the better senior campaigns in recent Sooners history in 2019, but he announced on Monday that he was not invited to the 2020 NFL Combine.

The NFL invited 64 defensive backs to the NFL Combine in 2019. Of those defensive backs, 36 were corners. In the 2019 NFL Draft, 32 corners were drafted in the seven rounds.

This, though, truly feels like a snub that could hurt Motley’s soaring draft stock. The former Oklahoma corner impressed many towards the end of the 2019 season, and that continued in the early stages of the draft process.

Motley will now have one major interview in front of NFL teams at the Oklahoma Pro Day—which annually takes place in March.

In 2019, the former Oklahoma corner finished with 13 pass break ups, one interception and five forced fumbles. Motley was a key cog to Oklahoma’s defensive success in and shut down his side of the field in most of the Sooners games.

The 2020 NFL Draft commences on April 23 and ends on April 25 from Las Vegas, Nevada. It remains to be seen if Motley will be drafted, but people close to the situation have told me that it would be a shock if he isn’t drafted come April.

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