2015 NFL Scouting Combine Dates and Player Invite List

The NFL Scouting Combine is a vital event in the path to the draft. More than 300 prospects are expected to participate in the 2015 combine in their quest to achieve their NFL dreams. The event will be held from Feb. 17-23, and NFL Network will provide extensive coverage of the event.

Friday, Feb. 20: Specialists, offensive linemen, tight ends

Saturday, Feb. 21: Quarterbacks, running backs wide receivers

Sunday: Feb. 22: Defensive linemen, linebackers

Monday, Feb. 23: Defensive backs

Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

Jay Ajayi, Boise State

Javorius Allen, USC

Cameron Artis-Payne, Auburn

Dominique Brown, Louisville

Malcolm Brown, Texas

Michael Burton (FB), Rutgers

B.J. Catalon, TCU

David Cobb, Minnesota

Tevin Coleman, Indiana

John Crockett, North Dakota State

Mike Davis, South Carolina

Michael Dyer, Louisville

Jahwan Edwards, Ball State

Jalston Fowler (FB), Alabama

Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

Todd Gurley, Georgia

Dee Hart, Colorado State

Braylon Heard, Kentucky

Kenny Hilliard, LSU

Joey Iosefa, Hawaii

David Johnson, Northern Iowa

Duke Johnson, Miami (Fla.)

Gus Johnson, Stephen F. Austin

Matt Jones, Florida

Jeremy Langford, Michigan State

Terrence Magee, LSU

Marcus Murphy, Missouri

Thomas Rawls, Central Michigan

Josh Robinson, Mississippi State

Ross Scheuerman, Lafayette

Tyler Varga, Yale

Karlos Williams, Florida State

Trey Williams, Texas A&M

T.J. Yeldon, Alabama

Zach Zenner, South Dakota State

While I personally don't consider WR a top priority for the Saints this offseason,

but Sean Payton does love his toys.

Nelson Agholor, USC 
Mario Alford, West Virginia 
Dres Anderson, Utah 
Kenny Bell, Nebraska 
Da'Ron Brown, Northern Illinois 
Kaelin Clay, Utah 
Sammie Coates, Auburn 
Chris Conley, Georgia 
Amari Cooper, Alabama 
Jamison Crowder, Duke 
Davaris Daniels, Notre Dame 
Devante Davis, UNLV 
Geremy Davis, Connecticut 
Titus Davis, Central Michigan 
Stefon Diggs, Maryland 
Phillip Dorsett, Miami (Fla.) 
Devin Funchess, Michigan 
Antwan Goodley, Baylor 
Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri 
Rashad Greene, Florida State 
Rannell Hall, Central Florida 
Justin Hardy, East Carolina 
Josh Harper, Fresno State 
Christion Jones, Alabama 
Dezmin Lewis, Central Arkansas 
Tony Lippett, Michigan State 
Tyler Lockett, Kansas State 
Deon Long, Maryland 
Donatella Luckett, Harding 
Vince Mayle, Washington State 
Tre McBride, William & Mary 
Ty Montgomery, Stanford 
Keith Mumphery, Michigan State 
J.J. Nelson, Alabama-Birmingham 
DeVante Parker, Louisville 
Breshad Perriman, Cental Florida 
Ezell Ruffin, San Diego State 
DeAndre Smelter, Georgia Tech 
Devin Smith, Ohio State 
Jaelen Strong, Arizona State 
Darren Waller, Georgia Tech 
DeAndrew White, Alabama 
Kevin White, West Virginia 
Cam Worthy, East Carolina

Tight Ends

Blake Bell, Oklahoma 
E.J. Bibbs, Iowa State 
Nick Boyle, Delaware 
Gerald Christian, Louisville 
Cameron Clear, Texas A&M 
A.J. Derby, Arkansas 
Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State 
Jesse James, Penn State 
Ben Koyack, Notre Dame 
Tyler Kroft, Rutgers 
Nick O'Leary, Florida State 
MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois 
Wes Saxton, South Alabama 
Jean Sifrin, Massachusetts 
Randall Telfer, USC 
Eric Tomlinson, UTEP 
Clive Walford, Miami (Fla.) 
Maxx Williams, Minnesota

Offensive Guards, Centers, and Tackle should be in the crosshairs this year.

Offensive linemen

Al Bond (OT), Memphis 
Brett Boyko (OT), UNLV 
Jamon Brown (OT), Louisville 
Trenton Brown (OG), Florida 
A.J. Cann (OG), South Carolina 
T.J. Clemmings (OT), Pittsburgh 
Takoby Cofield (OT), Duke 
La'el Collins (OT), LSU 
Rob Crisp (OT), North Carolina State 
Reese Dismukes (C), Auburn 
Andrew Donnal (OT), Iowa 
Jamil Douglas (OT), Arizona State 
Cameron Erving (OT), Florida State 
Tayo Fabuluje (OT), TCU 
Jon Feliciano (OG), Florida 
B.J. Finney (C), Kansas State 
Jake Fisher (OT), Oregon 
Ereck Flowers (OT), Miami (Fla.) 
Andy Gallik (C), Boston College 
Max Garcia (C), Florida 
Laurence Gibson (OT), Virginia Tech 
Mark Glowinski (OG), West Virginia 
Hroniss Grasu (C), Oregon 
Chaz Green (OT), Florida 
Chad Hamilton (OT), Coastal Carolina 
Jarvis Harrison (OG), Texas A&M 
Bobby Hart (OT), Florida State 
Rob Havenstein (OT), Wisconsin 
Sean Hickey (OT), Syracuse 
D.J. Humphries (OT), Florida 
Tre Jackson (OG), Florida State 
Arie Kouandjio (OG), Alabama 
Greg Mancz (C), Toledo 
Ali Marpet (OT), Hobart 
Josue Matias (OG), Florida State 
Darrian Miller (OT), Kentucky 
John Miller (OG), Louisville 
Mitch Morse (OT), Missouri 
Robert Myers (OG), Tennessee State 
Cedric Ogbuehi (OT), Texas A&M 
Andrus Peat (OT), Stanford 
Terry Poole (OT), San Diego State 
Jeremiah Poutasi (OT), Utah 
Corey Robinson (OT), South Carolina 
Ty Sambrailo (OT), Colorado State 
Brandon Scherff (OT), Iowa 
Adam Shead (OG), Oklahoma 
Austin Shepherd (OT), Alabama 
Donovan Smith (OT), Penn State 
Tyrus Thompson (OT), Oklahoma 
Laken Tomlinson (OG), Duke 
Daryl Williams (OT), Oklahoma

And my highest rate needs are on defense. Linemen, Linebackers, and especially Defensive Backs.

Defensive linemen

Henry Anderson (DE), Stanford 
Arik Armstead (DE), Oregon 
Tavaris Barnes (DE), Clemson 
Vic Beasley (DE), Clemson 
Michael Bennett (DT), Ohio State 
Angelo Blackson (DT), Auburn 
Malcom Brown (DT), Texas 
Anthony Chickillo (DE), Miami (Fla.) 
Frank Clark (DE), Michigan 
Xavier Cooper (DT), Washington State 
Christian Covington (DT), Rice 
Corey Crawford (DE), Clemson 
Carl Davis (DT), Iowa 
Tyeler Davison (DE), Fresno State 
Ryan Delaire (DE), Towson 
B.J. Dubose (DE), Louisville 
Mario Edwards (DE), Florida State 
Kyle Emanuel (DE), North Dakota State 
Trey Flowers (DE), Arkansas 
Dante Fowler (DE), Florida 
Markus Golden (DE), Missouri 
Eddie Goldman (DT), Florida State 
Randy Gregory (DE), Nebraska 
Marcus Hardison (DE), Arizona State 
Eli Harold (DE), Virginia 
Zach Hodges (DE), Harvard 
Danielle Hunter (DE), LSU 
Martin Ifedi (DE), Memphis 
Grady Jarrett (DT), Clemson 
Derrick Lott (DT), Tennessee-Chattanooga 
Joey Mbu (DT), Houston 
Ellis McCarthy (DT), UCLA 
Rakeem Nunez-Roches (DT), Southern Mississippi 
Owamagbe Odighizuwa (DE), UCLA 
Nate Orchard (DE), Utah 
Leon Orr (DT), Florida 
David Parry (NT), Stanford 
Jordan Phillips (DT), Oklahoma 
Darius Philon (DT), Arkansas 
Shane Ray (DE), Missouri 
Cedric Reed (DE), Texas 
Bobby Richardson (DT), Indiana 
Ryan Russell (DE), Purdue 
Danny Shelton (NT), Washington 
Deon Simon (NT), Northwestern State 
Preston Smith (DE), Mississippi State 
Za'Darius Smith (DE), Kentucky 
J.T. Surratt (DT), South Carolina 
Lynden Trail (DE), Norfolk State 
Louis Trinca-Pasat (DT), Iowa 
Davis Tull (DE), Tennessee-Chattanooga 
Zack Wagenmann (DE), Montana 
Leterrius Walton (DT), Central Michigan 
Leonard Williams (DT), USC 
Gabe Wright (DT), Auburn

Linebackers

Kwon Alexander (OLB), LSU 
Stephone Anthony (ILB), Clemson 
Neiron Ball (OLB), Florida 
Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil (OLB), Maryland 
Aaron Davis (ILB), Colorado State 
Paul Dawson (ILB), TCU 
Trey DePriest (ILB), Alabama 
Xzavier Dickson (OLB), Alabama 
Bud Dupree (OLB), Kentucky 
Alani Fua (OLB), BYU 
Geneo Grissom (OLB), Oklahoma 
Obum Gwacham (DE), Oregon State 
Bryce Hager (ILB), Baylor 
Ben Heeney (ILB), Kansas 
Amarlo Herrera (ILB), Georgia 
Jordan Hicks (ILB), Texas 
Mike Hull (ILB), Penn State 
A.J. Johnson (ILB), Tennessee 
Taiwan Jones (ILB), Michigan State 
Eric Kendricks (ILB), UCLA 
Hau'oli Kikaha (OLB), Washington 
Lorenzo Mauldin (OLB), Louisville 
Benardrick McKinney (ILB), Mississippi State 
Mark Nzeocha (OLB), Wyoming 
Denzel Perryman (ILB), Miami (Fla.) 
Hayes Pullard (ILB), USC 
Edmond Robinson (OLB), Newberry 
Jake Ryan (OLB), Michigan 
Martrell Spaight (OLB), Arkansas 
J.R. Tavai (OLB), USC 
Shaq Thompson (OLB), Washington 
Max Valles (OLB), Virginia 
Tony Washington (OLB), Oregon 
Damien Wilson (ILB), Minnesota 
Ramik Wilson (ILB), Georgia

Defensive backs

Adrian Amos (SS), Penn State 
Detrick Bonner (FS), Virginia Tech 
Ibraheim Campbell (SS), Northwestern 
Alex Carter (CB), Stanford 
D.C. Celiscar (CB), Western Michigan 
Justin Coleman (CB), Tennessee 
Jalen Collins (CB), LSU 
Landon Collins (FS), Alabama 
Justin Cox (FS), Mississippi State 
Ronald Darby (CB), Florida State 
Quandre Diggs (CB), Texas 
Lorenzo Doss (CB), Tulane 
Kurtis Drummond (FS), Michigan State 
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (CB), Oregon 
Durell Eskridge (FS), Syracuse 
Charles Gaines (CB), Louisville 
Clayton Geathers (SS), Central Florida 
Jacoby Glenn (CB), Central Florida 
Senquez Golson (CB), Ole Miss 
Doran Grant (CB), Ohio State 
Ladarius Gunter (CB), Miami (Fla.) 
Chris Hackett (FS), TCU 
Anthony Harris (FS), Virginia 
Troy Hill (CB), Oregon 
Gerod Holliman (FS), Louisville 
Kyshoen Jarrett (SS), Virginia Tech 
A.J. Jefferson (CB), UCLA 
Kevin Johnson (CB), Wake Forest 
Byron Jones (CB), Connecticut 
Craig Mager (CB), Texas State 
Dean Marlowe (FS), James Madison 
Bobby McCain (CB), Memphis 
Tevin McDonald (SS), Eastern Washington 
Steven Nelson (CB), Oregon State 
Garry Peters (CB), Clemson 
Marcus Peters (CB), Washington 
Cody Prewitt (SS), Ole Miss 
Damarious Randall (FS), Arizona State 
Jordan Richards (SS) Stanford 
Quinten Rollins (CB), Miami (Ohio) 
Eric Rowe (CB), Utah 
James Sample (SS), Louisville 
Josh Shaw (CB), USC 
Jacorey Shepherd (CB), Kansas 
D'Joun Smith (CB), Florida Atlantic 
Derron Smith (FS), Fresno State 
Tye Smith (CB), Towson 
Damian Swann (CB), Georgia 
Jaquiski Tartt (FS), Samford 
Trae Waynes (CB), Michigan State 
Kevin White (CB), West Virginia 
Jermaine Whitehead (FS), Auburn 
P.J. Williams (CB), Florida State 
Julian Wilson (CB), Oklahoma

I would be very surprised to have any Punters or Kickers taken in the draft, but here is the list of specialist.

Specialists

Will Bauman (P), North Carolina State 
Kyle Brindza (K), Notre Dame 
Joe Cardona (LS), Navy 
Kyle Christy (P), Florida 
Sam Ficken (K), Penn State 
Will Johnson (P), Texas State 
Josh Lambo (K), Texas A&M 
Kyle Loomis (P), Portland State 
Justin Manton (K), Louisiana-Monroe 
Trevor Pardula (P), Kansas 
Jared Roberts (K), Colorado State 
Spencer Roth (P), Baylor

Regional Combine places and date as well as the new Veterans Combine to be held in Arizona are below as well.

2015 NFL Regional Combine Info

Combine	Date	Location
Miami	Sat., Feb. 7	Doctors Hospital Training Facility
Houston	Sat., Feb. 14	Methodist Training Center
Denver	Sat., Feb. 21	Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Center
Baltimore	Sat., Feb. 28	Armour Performance Center
Chicago	Sat., Mar. 7	Halas Hall at Conway Park
Arizona (Super Regional, invite only)	Sat., Mar. 21	Arizona Cardinals' Facility

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