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FCS: NFL Combine Invite, Or Lack Thereof, Doesn’t Always Reflect Draft Status

Sam Herder by Sam Herder
March 23, 2022
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Jimmy Moreland JMU

James Madison cornerback Jimmy Moreland was drafted by Washington in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft. (JMU Athletics)

An invite to the NFL Combine is a huge deal for FCS prospects. However, it doesn’t lock in one’s chance to get drafted.

Plenty of players with combine invites end up not hearing their name called. Although sometimes being an undrafted free agent is better than getting selected in the seventh round because a prospect is then able to pick a team situation that is most beneficial to them.

And on the flip side, there are several examples of FCS players who did not receive a combine invite still getting drafted.

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Below are past FCS players drafted that were not invited to the combine, and FCS players invited to the combine that did not get drafted.


2015

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Delaware State DT/DE Rodney Gunter (4th round, Arizona)

Texas Southern CB Tray Walker (4th round, Baltimore)

Illinois State TE James O’Shaughnessy (5th round, Kansas City)

Tennessee State OG Anthony Morris (7th round, Oakland)

Monmouth WR Neal Sterling (7th round, Jacksonville)

Eastern Washington OT Jake Rodgers (7th round, Atlanta)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Southeastern Louisiana University QB Bryan Bennett

Prairie View A&M QB Jerry Lovelocke

North Dakota State RB John Crockett

Stephen F. Austin RB Gus Johnson

Lafayette RB Ross Scheuerman

Yale RB Tyler Varga

South Dakota State RB Zach Zenner

Coastal Carolina OT Chad Hamilton

Towson DE Ryan Delaire

Harvard DE Zach Hodges

Chattanooga DT Derrick Lott

Norfolk State DE Lynden Trail

Montana DE Zack Wagenmann

James Madison FS Dean Marlowe

Eastern Washington SS Tevin McDonald

Portland State P Kyle Loomis


2016

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Princeton TE Seth DeValve (4th round, Cleveland)

Montana OLB Tyrone Holmes (6th round, Jacksonville)

Eastern Illinois OLB Kamu Grugier-Hall (6th round, New England)

Central Arkansas DE Jonathan Woodard (7th round, Jacksonville)

Maine LB Trevor Bates (7th round, Indianapolis)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Liberty QB Josh Woodrum

Illinois State RB Marshaun Coprich

Southern Utah DE James Cowser

Jacksonville State DT DeVaunte Sigler

Stony Brook OLB Victor Ochi

Liberty K John Lunsford


2017

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Grambling State WR Chad Williams (3rd round, Arizona)

Eastern Washington OLB Samson Ebukam (4th round, LA Rams)

San Diego CB Jamal Agnew (5th round, Detroit)

Alabama State OT Jylan Ware (7th round, Oakland)

Villanova OT Brad Seaton (7th round, Tennessee)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Charleston Southern OT Erik Austell

Chattanooga DE Keionta Davis

Eastern Washington WR Kendrick Bourne

Illinois State OG Cameron Lee

South Carolina State OT Javarius Leamon

Saint Francis S Lorenzo Jerome

Tennessee State OG Jessamen Dunker

Tennessee State CB Ezra Robinson

William & Mary OT Jerry Ugokwe


2018

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Sam Houston OL P.J. Hall (2nd round, Oakland)

Penn WR Justin Watson (5th round, Tampa Bay)

Northern Iowa WR Daurice Fountain (5th round, Indianapolis)

Central Arkansas CB Tremon Smith (6th round, Kansas City)

Yale S Foyesade Oluokun (6th round, Atlanta)

Western Carolina CB Keion Crossen (7th round, New England)

SEMO OLB Kendall Donnerson (7th round, Green Bay)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Idaho State OG Skyler Phillips

Jacksonville State OLB Darius Jackson

Jacksonville State RB Roc Thomas

Murray State CB D’Montre Wade

North Dakota State LB Nick DeLuca

South Dakota State WR Jake Wieneke

Southern CB Danny Johnson

Stony Brook OT Timon Parris


2019

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Murray State SS Quincy Williams (3rd round, Jacksonville)

SEMO OG Drew Forbes (6th round, Cleveland)

James Madison CB Jimmy Moreland (7th round, Washington)

Prairie View A&M OLB Quinton Bell (7th round, Oakland)

Idaho OLB Kaden Elliss (7th round, New Orleans)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Northern Arizona WR Emmanuel Butler

UC Davis WR Keelan Doss

Northern Colorado WR Alex Wesley

Northwestern State WR Jazz Ferguson

Villanova OG Ethan Greenidge

Weber State OG Iosua Opeta


2020

Players drafted that were not invited to the combine:

Tennessee State OG Lachavious Simmons (7th round, Chicago)

James Madison QB Ben DiNucci (7th round, Dallas)

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Montana LB Dante Olson

Portland State Charlie Taumoepeau

Rhode Island OG Kyle Murphy

Rhode Island WR Aaron Parker

Princeton QB Kevin Davidson

South Carolina State OT Alex Taylor

Illinois State RB James Robinson

Bucknell P Alex Pechin


*2021

*Due to COVID, the 2021 combine format changed. In-person workouts took place at college pro days. Interviews and psychological testing were virtual, and there were limited in-person medical exams.

Players invited to the combine that did not get drafted:

Illinois State OT Drew Himmelman

South Dakota State WR Cade Johnson

Illinois State S Christian Uphoff

North Carolina Central CB Bryan Mills

Grambling State OG David Moore

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