The NFL Scouting Combine begins Wednesday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Along with 40-yard dash times and 225-pound bench presses, the big benefit of the Combine is the player interviews. Each team gets 60 "formal" interviews, though any number of conversations can be held informally in a hallway. Last year, Clay Matthews III told us about his memorable interview with Packers general manager Ted Thompson. Most teams focus a large percentage of those interviews on the juniors, since this is their first chance to really get to know the early entrants.
Like we did with the Senior Bowl, Scout.com will have blowout coverage of the Scouting Combine all week. And leading up to the Combine, we will point out some of the prospects who will be of interest to the Packers.
Schedule
The players arrive in the following groups for their four-day job interviews:
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Kickers, punters and special teams; offensive line; tight ends.
Schedule: Wednesday: Exams and team interviews. Thursday: Measurements, exams, media interviews, team interviews, psychological tests. Friday: NFLPA meeting, psychological tests, team interviews, special teams workouts. Saturday: Workouts (timing, stations, skill drills).
Thursday, Feb. 25
Quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs.
Schedule: Thursday: Exams and team interviews. Friday: Measurements, exams, media interviews, team interviews, psychological tests. Saturday: NFLPA meeting, psychological tests, team interviews. Sunday: Workouts (timing, stations, skill drills).
Friday, Feb. 26
Defensive line, linebackers.
Schedule: Friday: Exams and team interviews. Saturday: Measurements, exams, media interviews, team interviews, psychological tests. Sunday: NFLPA meeting, psychological tests, team interviews. Monday: Workouts (timing, stations, skill drills).
Saturday, Feb. 27
Defensive backs.
Schedule: Saturday: Exams and team interviews. Sunday: Measurements, exams, media interviews, team interviews, psychological tests. Monday: NFLPA meeting, psychological tests, team interviews. Tuesday: Workouts (timing, stations, skill drills).
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Player list
Quarterbacks
Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
Levi Brown, Troy
Jarrett Brown, West Virginia
Sean Canfield, Oregon State
Daryll Clark, Penn State
Armanti Edwards, Appalachian St.
Max Hall, BYU
Tim Hiller, Western Michigan
Mike Kafka, Northwestern
Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
Thaddeus Lewis, Duke
Colt McCoy, Texas
Tony Pike, Cincinnati
Zac Robinson, Oklahoma State
John Skelton, Fordham
Riley Skinner, Wake Forest
Jevan Snead, Mississippi
Tim Tebow, Florida
Halfbacks
Matthew Asiata, Utah
Joique Bell, Wayne State
Jahvid Best, California
LeGarrette Blount, Oregon
Chris Brown, Oklahoma
Andre Dixon, Connecticut
Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State
Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech
Toby Gerhart, Stanford
Montario Hardesty, Tennessee
Javarris James, Miami (Fla.)
Stafon Johnson, USC
Darius Marshall, Marshall
Ryan Mathews, Fresno State
Dexter McCluster, Mississippi
Joe McKnight, USC
Shawnbrey McNeal, SMU
Lonyae Miller, Fresno State
Brandon Minor, Michigan
Pat Paschall, North Dakota State
Charles Scott, LSU
C.J. Spiller, Clemson
James Starks, Buffalo
Ben Tate, Auburn
Keith Toston, Oklahoma State
Keiland Williams, LSU
Fullbacks
John Conner, Kentucky
Rashawn Jackson, Virginia
Manase Tonga, BYU
Wide receivers
Seyi Ajirotutu, Fresno State
Danario Alexander, Missouri
Alric Arnett, West Virginia
Brandon Banks, Kansas State
Chris Bell, Norfolk State
Arrelious Benn, Illinois
Nyan Boateng, California
Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
Antonio Brown, Central Michigan
Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State
Chris Carter, Cal-Davis
Riley Cooper, Florida
Eric Decker, Minnesota
Marcus Easley, Connecticut
Jacoby Ford, Clemson
David Gettis, Baylor
Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
Shay Hodge, Mississippi
Brandon James, Florida
Donald Jones, Youngstown St.
Kevin Jurovich, San Jose State
Brandon LaFell, LSU
Scott Long, Louisville
Chris McGaha, Arizona State
Kerry Meier, Kansas
Carlton Mitchell, South Florida
Preston Parker, North Alabama
Jared Perry, Missouri
Taylor Price, Ohio
David Reed, Utah
Andre Roberts, The Citadel
Emmanuel Sanders, SMU
Jordan Shipley, Texas
Golden Tate, Notre Dame
Demaryius Thomas, Ga. Tech
Verran Tucker, California
Chastin West, Fresno State
Blair White, Michigan State
Damian Williams, USC
Jeremy Williams, Tulane
Mike Williams, Syracuse
Stephen Williams, Toledo
Ryan Wolfe, UNLV
Tight ends
Nate Byham, Pittsburgh
Dorin Dickerson, Pittsburgh
Ed Dickson, Oregon
Jim Dray, Stanford
Brody Eldridge, Oklahoma
Dedrick Epps, Miami (Fla.)
Riar Geer, Colorado
Garrett Graham, Wisconsin
Jimmy Graham, Miami (Fla.)
Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma
Rob Gronkowski, Arizona
Clay Harbor, Missouri State
Aaron Hernandez, Florida
Michael Hoomanawanui, Illinois
Jeron Mastrud, Kansas State
Anthony McCoy, USC
Tony Moeaki, Iowa
Colin Peek, Alabama
Dennis Pitta, BYU
Andrew Quarless, Penn State
Offensive tackles
Zane Beadles, Utah
Ciron Black, LSU
Charles Brown, USC
Bryan Bulaga, Iowa
Kyle Calloway, Iowa
Bruce Campbell, Maryland
Selvish Capers, West Virginia
Anthony Davis, Rutgers
Chris DeGeare, Wake Forest
Vlad Ducasse, Massachusetts
Jason Fox, Miami (Fla.)
John Jerry, Mississippi
Kyle Jolly, North Carolina
Matt Kopa, Stanford
Shawn Lauvao, Arizona State
Marshall Newhouse, TCU
Russell Okung, Oklahoma State
Cole Pemberton, Colorado State
Rodger Saffold, Indiana
Chris Scott, Tennessee
Mike Tepper, California
Adam Ulatoski, Texas
Jared Veldheer, Hillsdale
Ed Wang, Virginia Tech
Tony Washington, Abilene Chr.
Thomas Welch, Vanderbilt
Trent Williams, Oklahoma
Sam Young, Notre Dame
Guards
Jon Asamoah, Illinois
Dorian Brooks, James Madison
Brandon Carter, Texas Tech
Kurtis Gregory, Missouri
Joe Hawley, UNLV
Mike Iupati, Idaho
Mike Johnson, Alabama
Alex Parsons, USC
Mitch Petrus, Arkansas
Dace Richardson, Iowa
Shelley Smith, Colorado State
Centers
Jeff Byers, USC
Erik Cook, New Mexico
Jake Hickman, Nebraska
Ted Larsen, N.C. State
Eric Olsen, Notre Dame
Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
Matt Tennant, Boston College
J.D. Walton, Baylor
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Defensive tackles
Note: The NFL lists players under the assumption they’ll play in a 4-3 defense.
Charles Alexander, LSU
Geno Atkins, Georgia
Terrence Cody, Alabama
LaMarr Houston, Texas
Art Jones, Syracuse
Linval Joseph, East Carolina
Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma
Earl Mitchell, Arizona
Aleric Mullins, North Carolina
Mike Neal, Purdue
Jared Odrick, Penn State
Vince Oghobaase, Duke
Jeff Owens, Georgia
Corey Peters, Kentucky
Brian Price, UCLA
Jay Ross, East Carolina
Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas
D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech
Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
Cam Thomas, North Carolina
Torell Troup, Central Florida
Dan Williams, Tennessee
Al Woods, LSU
Doug Worthington, Ohio State
Defensive ends
Note: The NFL lists players under the assumption they’ll play in a 4-3 defense. Frequently, a 4-3 end/3-4 outside linebacker hybrid will go through linebacker drills, as well.
Rahim Alem, LSU
Tyson Alualu, California
Kevin Basped, Nevada
Alex Carrington, Arkansas State
Antonio Coleman, Auburn
Jermaine Cunningham, Florida
Dexter Davis, Arizona State
Hall Davis, La.-Lafayette
Brandon Deaderick, Alabama
Carlos Dunlap, Florida
Junior Galette, Stillman
Clifton Geathers, South Carolina
Thaddeus Gibson, Ohio State
Brandon Graham, Michigan
Everson Griffen, USC
Greg Hardy, Mississippi
Jerry Hughes, TCU
Carl Ihenacho, San Jose State
Sergio Kindle, Texas
Jammie Kirlew, Indiana
Austen Lane, Murray State
Brandon Lang, Troy
Erik Lorig, Stanford
Albert McClellan, Marshall
Greg Middleton, Indiana
Koa Misi, Utah
Arthur Moats, James Madison
Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech
Jason Pierre-Paul, South Florida
Ricky Sapp, Clemson
O’Brien Schofield, Wisconsin
George Selvie, South Florida
Cameron Sheffield, Troy
Daniel Te’o-Nesheim, Wash.
Adrian Tracy, William & Mary
Lorenzo Washington, Alabama
C.J. Wilson, East Carolina
E.J. Wilson, North Carolina
Lindsey Witten, Connecticut
Corey Wootton, Northwestern
Jason Worilds, Virginia Tech
Willie Young, N.C. State
Outside linebackers
Jason Beauchamp, UNLV
Kyle Bosworth, UCLA
Navorro Bowman, Penn State
Keenan Clayton, Oklahoma
Justin Cole, San Jose State
Harry Coleman, LSU
Kavell Conner, Clemson
Rennie Curran, Georgia
A.J. Edds, Iowa
Cody Grimm, Virginia Tech
Keaton Kristick, Oregon State
Simoni Lawrence, Minnesota
Sean Lee, Penn State
Samuel Maxwell, Kentucky
Eric Norwood, South Carolina
Perry Riley, LSU
Steven Sylvester, Utah
Dekoda Watson, Florida State
Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri
Inside linebackers
Pat Angerer, Iowa
Donald Butler, Washington
Lee Campbell, Minnesota
Jamar Chaney, Mississippi State
Phillip Dillard, Nebraska
Travis Goethel, Arizona State
Josh Hull, Penn State
Micah Johnson, Kentucky
Boris Lee, Troy
Rolando McClain, Alabama
Mike McLaughlin, Boston Coll.
Roddrick Muckelroy, Texas
Darryl Sharpton, Miami (Fla.)
Brandon Spikes, Florida
Nathan Triplett, Minnesota
Daryl Washington, TCU
Kion Wilson, South Florida
Cornerbacks
Javier Arenas, Alabama
Cornelius Brown, UTEP
Crezdon Butler, Clemson
Nolan Carroll, Maryland
Chris Chancellor, Clemson
Chris Cook, Virginia
Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State
Dominique Franks, Oklahoma
Brandon Ghee, Wake Forest
Marshay Green, Mississippi
Joe Haden, Florida
Chris Hawkins, LSU
Brian Jackson, Oklahoma
Kareem Jackson, Alabama
A.J. Jefferson, Fresno State
Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt
Trevard Lindley, Kentucky
Devin McCourty, Rutgers
Sherrick McManis, Northwestern
Joshua Moore, Kansas State
Jerome Murphy, South Florida
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Indiana (Pa.)
David Pender, Purdue
Josh Pinkard, USC
Patrick Robinson, Florida State
Devin Ross, Arizona
Amari Spievey, Iowa
Kevin Thomas, USC
Syd’quan Thompson, California
Walter Thurmond, Oregon
Vern Verner, UCLA
Stephan Virgil, Virginia Tech
Jamar Wall, Texas Tech
Donovan Warren, Michigan
Kyle Wilson, Boise State
Safeties
Nate Allen, South Florida
Jonathon Amaya, Nevada
Lucien Antoine, Oklahoma State
Larry Asante, Nebraska
Eric Berry, Tennessee
Morgan Burnett, Georgia Tech
Kam Chancellor, Virginia Tech
Barry Church, Toledo
Kurt Coleman, Ohio State
Chad Jones, LSU
Reshad Jones, Georgia
Kendrick Lewis, Mississippi
Taylor Mays, USC
Kyle McCarthy, Notre Dame
Nick Polk, Indiana
Dennis Rogan, Tennessee
Myron Rolle, Florida State
Darian Stewart, South Carolina
Darrell Stuckey, Kansas
Earl Thomas, Texas
T.J. Ward, Oregon
Justin Woodall, Alabama
Major Wright, Florida
Special teams
Brent Bowden, Virginia Tech (P)
Matt Dodge, East Carolina (P)
Clint Gresham, TCU (LS)
Robert Malone, Fresno State (P)
Zoltan Mesko, Michigan (P)
Aaron Pettrey, Ohio State (K)
Scott Ravanesi, So. Illinois (P)
Brett Swenson, Mich. St. (K)
Leigh Tiffin, Alabama (K)