Six former Tennessee players are set for the NFL Combine this week in Indianapolis.
Scouting Combine live coverage will begin on Thursday afternoon and last through Sunday evening.
Here are Tennessee’s participants:
- EDGE – James Pearce Jr.
- RB – Dylan Sampson
- WR – Dont’e Thornton
- WR – Bru McCoy
- DT – Elijah Simmons
- DT – Omarr Norman-Lott
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Pearce, Simmons, and Norman-Lott will be one of the first groups televised during on-field workouts with the defensive linemen and linebackers kicking things off on Thursday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
The offensive trio of Tennessee players will have the Saturday afternoon on-field showcase. McCoy, Thornton, and Sampson will work out on television from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET on Saturday alongside the wide receivers, running backs, and quarterbacks.
Common combine drills include the 40-yard dash, the bench press, the shuttle drill, the vertical jump, and on-field position drills.
While on-field workouts don’t begin until Thursday, Tennessee’s defensive trio will go through their media and team interviews on Wednesday. The Vols’ offensive trio will have their media time on Friday before workouts on Saturday.
As it has since 1987, the NFL Combine will once again take place in Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium.
Tennessee’s six participants in 2025 doubles the Vols’ number from 2024. Last February, Tennessee had a trio of NFL Combine participants with quarterback Joe Milton III, running back Jaylen Wright, and cornerback Kamal Hadden – all of whom ended up being drafted.
After the combine in Indianapolis, Tennessee’s NFL hopefuls will have another opportunity to impress scouts during the Vols’ Pro Day event on campus on Tuesday, Mar. 11. Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for coverage of the event from Knoxville.
The 2025 NFL Combine will be televised on the NFL Network this week.
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place from April 24 to 26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Tennessee Players Drafted Under HC Josh Heupel
2022
- No. 49 New Orleans Saints: CB Alontae Taylor
- No. 71 Chicago Bears: WR Velus Jones Jr.
- No. 175 Las Vegas Raiders: DL Matthew Butler
- No. 199 Carolina Panthers: OL Cade Mays
- No. 204 Tennessee Titans: S Theo Jackson
2023
- No. 10 Chicago Bears: OT Darnell Wright
- No. 68 Detroit Lions: QB Hendon Hooker
- No. 73 New York Giants: WR Jalin Hyatt
- No. 74 Cleveland Browns: WR Cedric Tillman
- No. 77 Los Angeles Rams: DE Byron Young
2024
- No. 120 Miami Dolphins: RB Jaylen Wright
- No. 193 New England Patriots: QB Joe Milton III
- No. 211 Kansas City Chiefs: CB Kamal Hadden
