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Nfl Combine

Behind the Prep: What It Takes to Get an Athlete Ready for the NFL Combine and Draft

Dr. Joseph Horrigan | Posted 04.24.2013 | Sports
Dr. Joseph Horrigan

As you watch the NFL Draft selections, keep in mind these players began training last spring for the college season and then went straight into six weeks of focused training to try to reach peak performance at the NFL Combine or their college Pro Day.

The Road to the NFL

Leigh Steinberg | Posted 04.03.2013 | Sports
Leigh Steinberg

Players now engage in elaborate training in the period between their last game and the scouting combine in February and the agent takes on the financial and advisory role during the process.

'Unacceptable'

AP | Posted 03.19.2013 | Sports

PHOENIX (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell calls it "unacceptable" to ask a college player at the scouting combine any questions about his sexual...

NY AG: NFL Must Act On Sexual Orienation Concern

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.14.2013 | Sports

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Thursday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly...

LOOK: Female Kicker Makes History ... Quickly

AP | DENNIS WASZAK JR. | Posted 05.03.2013 | Sports

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Lauren Silberman lined up for a kick at NFL history, took a deep breath and booted the football. It barely went anywhere, ...

NFL Draft Preparation: Put Your Money Where Your Mindset Is

Barbara Bruno | Posted 05.03.2013 | Sports
Barbara Bruno

In the 2013 NFL Draft, sheer athletic talent will seduce several professional football coaches, general managers and owners into making a terribly expensive errors. At the highest level of competition in any sport, athletic skill is not enough.

14 Players Who Helped Their Draft Stock Most At NFL Combine

National Football Post | Posted 02.28.2013 | Sports

NFP breaks down 14 players who helped their draft status the most with their performance at the Combine. 1. Tavon Austin, WR/RET, West Virginia: Au...

The NFL Draft, Notre Dame, and Things That Don't Matter

Joshua Vowles | Posted 04.29.2013 | Sports
Joshua Vowles

It's that time of year when die-hard college football fans and die-hard NFL fans (some of which are one in the same) come together and debate endlessly about the draft and the players in them that can help NFL teams win games over the next 5-10 years.

NFL Teams To Prospect: 'Do You Like Girls?'

Posted 02.27.2013 | Sports

NFL prospect Nick Kasa was asked by scouts about his sexual orientation at the NFL Combine, the tight end said in a radio interview on Tuesday. Ka...

NFL Combine Faceplant!

Posted 02.26.2013 | Sports

Shamarko Thomas stood out at the NFL Combine on Tuesday for two reasons. First, the safety out of Syracuse clocked in with the fastest time of any...

The NFL Draft Combine: The Super Bowl of NFL Scouting -- How Do Players Prepare?

Leigh Steinberg | Posted 04.28.2013 | Sports
Leigh Steinberg

Players are competing with each other to be rated as highly as possible. Signing bonuses are most heavily concentrated at the top of the first round and decline after that. A difference in 30 draft slots can mean millions of guaranteed dollars in a sport with a high rate of injury.

10 Things From This Year's Combine

AP | MICHAEL MAROT | Posted 02.26.2013 | Sports

INDIANAPOLIS — Who's the best athlete? The best quarterback? How about the emergence of the read-option and whether it will impact this year's NFL d...

Is The 40 Irrelevant?

CBS Sports | Posted 02.25.2013 | Sports

It's the elite athletes vs. the combine and the combine is getting its ass kicked. This is happening specifically with the speed of the players and...

'Teams Want To Know Whether Manti Te'o Is Gay'

Posted 02.26.2013 | Sports

NFL teams have questions about Manti Te'o, on and off the field. Te'o does not believe that his draft stock will be hurt by his involvement in th...

NFL Draft Prospect Diagnosed With Heart Condition

AP | MICHAEL MAROT | Posted 04.27.2013 | Sports

INDIANAPOLIS — Top draft prospect Star Lotulelei will undergo more extensive heart tests when he returns to Utah. Doctors at the NFL's annual s...

NFL Combine Standouts

Posted 02.25.2013 | Sports

By Russ Lande, National Football Post Eddie Lacy (Alabama) and Chris Thompson (Florida State) did not workout today due to pre-existing injuries an...

Te'o Talks 'Embarrassing' Hoax At NFL Combine

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2013 | Sports

Speaking in front of the largest group of reporters he's faced since it was revealed that his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, never actually existed, Notre ...

WATCH: Offensive Lineman Shatters Combine Record

Posted 02.23.2013 | Sports

Offensive lineman don't tend to get a lot of attention unless they screw something up. But Terron Armstead, the agile offensive lineman out of Arkansa...

Jim Harbaugh's Role Model Is WHOM?

The Contra Costa Times | Cam Inman | Posted 04.25.2013 | San Francisco

Jim Harbaugh unexpectedly testified Friday that he is a big fan of the show "Judge Judy," at least for its value in telling the truth. "When you lie ...

How Business Gets Done At The NFL Combine

National Football Post | Posted 02.21.2013 | Sports

By Jack Bechta, National Football Post This must be my 25th Combine and I hope to have many more. As an agent you either love it or hate it. If yo...

NFL Scouting Combine: 10 Buzzworthy Players

Posted 02.21.2013 | Sports

By Dan Pompei, National Football Post Over the course of the NFL scouting combine, a number of players will create a buzz that will carry them into...

The NFL Combine and a Booming Performance Training Industry: Who Wins?

Barbara Bruno | Posted 04.21.2013 | Sports
Barbara Bruno

College football players are amateurs, right? Amateurs are usually broke, right? So how can training former collegiate players for the world's most over-hyped job interview become a burgeoning industry?

'Just Be Myself'

AP | Posted 02.25.2013 | Sports

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Manti Te'o told USA Today on Monday that he doesn't believe the online hoax that fooled him will affect his stock in the upco...

Dreamcatcher: The National Football League Is an Iraq War Veteran's Next Mission

Barbara Bruno | Posted 04.19.2013 | Sports
Barbara Bruno

Brandon O'Brien isn't your average NFL Draft hopeful. The 6'1", 218 lb wide receiver served two tours of duty in Iraq before deciding to dedicate his post-Marine Corps life to getting a shot at playing professional football.

Winners And Losers Of THe NFL Combine

Posted 03.01.2012 | Sports

NFL scouts have packed up their whistles and stopwatches as the combine comes to a close. But now, the fun part begins, as teams and those of us in th...