2020 NFL Combine: Dates, times, invites and how to watch

The 2020 NFL Combine will be the final step of the pre-draft process leading up to April’s 2020 NFL Draft and here’s all you need to know to watch.

Just from watching 2020 NFL Draft prospects play in college, there are many things that we can tell about their stock heading to the next level. We know that Joe Burrow is an elite quarterback prospect, that Chase Young is a freak coming off the edge on defense, that Henry Ruggs III can run like the wind and that Laviska Shenault Jr. is the epitome of a size-weight-speed guy. Yet, the 2020 NFL Combine will give us an even better idea of this.

On Friday, the list of prospects that will be invited to the 2020 NFL Combine was released, meaning that we now know who will be running the 40-yard dash, running drills and doing everything that takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium roughly two months ahead of the 2020 NFL Draft.

The athletic testing and drills aren’t the only parts of the NFL Combine that matter, however. Behind closed doors, teams interview these prospects, which can be just as important for their draft stock — if not more. Additionally — something critical to a player like Tua Tagovailoa — there are also medical evaluations that will be key.

With some changes from previous years, let’s dive into how you can watch the 2020 NFL Combine, a brief look at the prospects that will be participating and much more.

Dates, Times and How to Watch

NFL Draft prospects will descend on Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday, Feb. 24. However, the first few days of the process are largely for media availability, interviews with teams, medical evaluations and the bench press as well. None of that will be televised. The televised drills and workouts will begin on Thursday, Feb. 27 with a big move to primetime this year in a big switch.

Here’s how the position groups are set to break down on those days and the times when the workouts will be covered.

• Thursday, Feb. 27 – QB, WR, TE (4 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET)
• Friday, Feb. 28 – RB, OL, K, ST (4 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET)
• Saturday, Feb. 29 – DL, LB (4 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET)
• Sunday, March 1 – DB (2 p.m. – 7 p.m. ET)

All of the coverage of these workouts will be broadcast on NFL Network, which you can watch online if you log in with a valid cable or satellite subscription. You can also watch through NFL Mobile on your phone or mobile device.

NFL Combine Invites

The NFL handed out 337 invites to the 2020 NFL Combine in Indianapolis. We’re going to save you from listing all of those out here. However, if you do want to see that list, you can check out NFL.com where they’re served in alphabetical order.

What we will offer is some tidbits regarding how the field of prospects invited to the Combine stack up, first by position:

Then by the conference where they played their college football, where the SE, not shockingly, reigns supreme:

And finally, a look at the colleges that sent the most prospects to the 2020 NFL Combine, led by the national champion LSU Tigers with a wild 16 prospects, followed by Michigan and Ohio State, each with 11:

Snubs

With 337 prospects invited to the NFL Combine, it’s shocking that there are somehow players who are interesting that failed to get the nod for Indianapolis. Yet, here we are.

A quartet of quarterbacks with Mason Fine (North Texas), Tyler Huntley (Utah), Bryce Perkins (Virginia) and Khalil Tate (Arizona) not getting invited is a bit shocking. The same can be said for some other intriguing prospects such as safeties Reggie Floyd (Virginia Tech) and Myles Dorn (North Carolina), cornerback Levonta Taylor (Florida State) and linebacker T.J. Brunson (South Carolina).

These players, among others, that weren’t invited will still have the opportunity to test athletically and do drills at their respective pro days. Even without them though, the 2020 NFL Combine should be a treat for fans to get a glimpse at what’s coming in the 2020 NFL Draft.