2025 NFL Scouting Combine: Day 1, Defensive Line and Linebacker testing
The 2025 NFL offseason is rolling on and the NFL Combine is upon us as they will have their various testing events televised for the enjoyment of the viewing audience. After testing the water of holding things in prime time in 2022, the afternoon schedule is back for a third-straight year with coverage starting at 3 PM.
All participants have the opportunity to perform six on-field drills regardless of position as well as the bench press. With the exception of special team players, position groups will also have additional drills specific to their designated position. In all, 329 players were invited to the combine to showcase their talents. Some players may chose to skip some or all the drills either due to injury or their desire to perform them at their individual school’s pro day.
With a change to some of the position-specific drills in 2020, a full list was provided four years ago. Any adjustments to the position drills since 2023 have not been announced. For this reason, the position-specific drills from recent years will be listed as they may be the same drills again in 2025.
Listed below is the schedule for Thursday, the times each group is supposed to do each activity, and the specific drills for each position.
2025 NFL Combine Schedule
TV: NFL Network
Online: NFL+, NFL Network App, or NFL.comÂ
Order of drills for all participants:
- Vertical Jump
- Broad Jump
- 40-yard Dash
- Individual Skill Drills
- Three-cone Drill
- 20-yard Shuttle
- 60-yard Shuttle
- Bench Press (performed the following day)
Thursday February 27, 2025
3 PM to 8 PM: On-field workouts for Defensive Linemen and Linebackers
Position specific drills from past years:
- DL: Run and club drill, Run the hoop drill
- LB: Shuffle, sprint, change of direction drill, Short zone breaks drill
Make sure to check in at Steel Curtain Network for the full schedule each day for the 2025 NFL Combine.
Once upon a time, people who frequented our website loved to watch the combine and use a thread to discuss what was going on.
I wanted to let everyone know before 3pm, and the start of the workouts, I’ll bump this article up to the main spot so you all can feel free to use this as an open thread for the workouts.
If not, no big deal, but wanted to let everyone know that’s the plan for every day of the Combine!
COMBINE! I’ll watch a good bit of it, because I don’t watch college ball, and this is where I get to know the players.
Then come back in here and comment about what you see!
Careful what you wish for. You just might get some really dumb comments…
No, really dumb comments would be ones coming from me about the combine as this is very far beyond my specialty. As I said on Pittsburgh Standard Time this morning, I respect the opinion of anybody who takes the time to watch the combine and is into it. I think anything you have to say about it is worthwhile because you have looked into it more than I have.
Maybe it’s the cleats, but there was some slippage during the DL drills.
They focus heavily on the 40 (which is pointless for the big boys) and don’t show too much of the field drills (which are much more interesting for the front seven).
No one has really stood out in my opinion, so I’ll have to read up on all the players who were invited.
I’m not zeroed in on specific players yet, but man I can’t get over what the D linemen look like these days! It looks like a group of Julius Peppers out there flying around. Rare are the Casey Hamptons in today’s player types. These guys are all so impressively fluid and athletic – look like TE’s, but they’re all over 300lbs. Really impressive.