The NFL Scouting Combine is a chance for draft hopefuls to meet with and workout in front of NFL executives, scouts and coaches.
The hope is that they can perform well during drills and team interviews to increase their draft stock as much as possible ahead of the draft in April.
The entire Combine is eight days long with players arriving for the 2026 Combine starting on Sunday, Feb. 22. Over the week, players will run through drills, be taken through workouts and meet with teams while everything they do is highly scrutinized. NFL teams will then use what they learned to then go to schools’ pro days.
Here is everything to know about the NFL Scouting Combine, including schedule, dates, workout times, record and invites.
The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine will air on NFL Network throughout the weekend. The coverage focuses on the individual workouts, and NFL Network does its best to catch viewers up on results they missed during commercial breaks.
Here are all of the players who were invited to the 2026 NFL Combine.
While the NFL Combine is actually a week-long event, the majority of NFL fans care about only four days. From Thursday to Sunday of Combine week, the draft prospects will go through drills and workouts.
While the events themselves don’t automatically correlate with NFL success, they give fans a chance to see how the prospects stack up against past draft picks who competed in the events, while also looking to increase their draft stock in the current class.
