NFL Combine: Notable 2024 snubs and all-time best players who did not participate in Indianapolis

Each draft cycle a bunch of prospects soar up NFL teams’ draft boards thanks to out-of-this-world workout performances at the NFL Combine, a place to show off their raw athleticism. However, each year there are plenty of deserving upperclassmen who don’t receive the opportunity to highlight their talents in front of the NFL’s front offices in Indianapolis as a little over 300 prospects get invited. 

“You only have so many spots, you can’t bring in 500 guys,” CBS Sports’ Rick Spielman, the former Minnesota Vikings general manager of 16 seasons, said on the “With the First Pick Podcast” in 2023. “It’s always around that 330 mark (319 in 2023).

“You have to save spots for the juniors coming out. Whether it’s 50 or 60, whatever amount of juniors come out every year, you have to save an amount of spots for them as well because a lot of times there’s no work been done on them. There’s been tape done on them, but those are the guys that you want to get in front of at the combine. As a general manager, we always made the point that the Senior Bowl, the East-West bowl, and all these all-star games where the seniors are going to show up, let’s get as much work as we can get done there with the interview process and the test so that when we get to the combine, we can focus on the juniors we haven’t gotten in front of at all.”

That being said, here are few combine snubs for 2024, analysis on their game, plus a list of some of the best NFL players in recent memory who went on to have stellar careers despite the snub. 

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-02-25 19:31:02

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