NFL Scouting Combine

The National Football League (NFL) Combine is the 3 day showplace, occuring every February in Indianapolis, where prospective college athletes perform physical and mental tests in front of professional coaches, general managers, and scouts. With increasing interest in the NFL Draft, the scouting combine has grown is scope and significance, allowing personel directors to evaluate upcoming prospects in a standardized setting. Its origins have evolved from the National, Blesto, and Quadra Scouting services in 1977, to the media frenzy it has become today.

Tests/evaluations include: 40 yard dash Bench Press Vertical jump Broad jump 20 yard shuttle 3 cone drill 60 yard shuttle Position specific drills Interviews Physical measurements Injury evaulation Drug screen The Cybex test The Wonderlic test

Athletes attend by invite only. Implications of one's performance during the combine can affect perception, draft status, salary, and career. The draft has popularized the term Workout Warrior, whereby an athlete, based on superior measurables such as size, speed and strength have increased their "draft stock", despite having a possibly average or subpar college career. --Yoomanchu 09:32, 24 November 2005 (UTC)