The NFL Combine kicks off tomorrow with the first players arriving and taking care of administrative matters. After the Combine wraps up next week, the next step towards the 2011 NFL Draft will be the various Pro Days around the country (posted after the jump). We read about Cam Newton's workout a couple weeks ago, but that was only conducted for the media, with no NFL scouts, coaches, or other personnel people in attendance. The Pro Days will have a variety of scouts and other individuals on hand, particularly with some players electing not to perform certain tasks at the NFL Combine.
I've listed the schedule of Pro Days after the jump and they're currently posted in alphabetical order. The NFL Combine ends on March 1 and the first Pro Days will be March 3. Those will be conducted by Baylor, Tulane, and Utah State. The final Pro days will wrap up on March 31 and will include Eastern Washington and North Carolina.
These Pro Days can be valuable bits of information, particularly when a player limits himself at the NFL Combine. QB Blaine Gabbert has been bouncing around the first round in mock drafts and his agent recently confirmed that he will not throw at the Combine, but rather will wait until Missouri's Pro Day on March 17. As Joel points out in that article, throwing at his Pro Day will afford Gabbert the opportunity to throw to his Tigers wide receivers and not random guys assigned to him at the Combine. He can control the environment to some extent, which can help make him some extra cash if he can move up the rankings.
As we get through the Combine and begin checking out the Pro Days, are there are any in particularly where you think we should? Auburn (Nick Fairley, Cam Newton) and Alabama (Marcell Dareus, Julio Jones) will be two of the bigger ones, but are there any more under the radar Pro days we should keep an eye on in the coming month?
- Akron: March 10
- Alabama: March 9
- Alabama A&M: March 8
- Alabama State: March 4
- Albany State: March 4
- Arizona: March 12
- Arizona State: March 25
- Arkansas: March 8
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff: March 8
- Arkansas-Monticello: March 16
- Arkansas Tech: March 7
- Auburn: March 8
- Ball State: March 25
- Baylor: March 3
- Boise State: March 24
- Boston College: March 23
- Bowling Green: March 15
- Brigham Young: March 9
- Buffalo: March 10
- California: March 9
- California-Davis: March 9
- Central Arkansas: March 7
- Central Florida: March 23
- Central Michigan: March 14
- Central Missouri: March 28
- Cincinnati: March 28
- The Citadel: March 28
- Clark: March 9
- Coastal Carolina: March 29
- Colorado State: March 9
- Connecticut: March 23
- East Carolina: March 23
- Eastern Illinois: March 11
- Eastern Michigan: March 14
- Eastern Washington: March 31
- Emporia State: March 15
- Florida A&M: March 16
- Fordham: March 8
- Georgia Southern: March 21
- Georgia Tech: March 9
- Idaho: March 11
- Illinois: March 15
- Indiana: March 16
- Indiana State: March 18
- Iowa State: March 22
- Jackson State: March 11
- James Madison: March 16
- Kansas State: March 15
- Kent State: March 9
- Kentucky: March 10
- Liberty: March 8
- Lindenwood: March 4
- Louisiana-Monroe: March 16
- Louisiana Tech: March 17
- Louisville: March 23
- Maine: March 24
- Marshall: March 16
- Maryland: March 16
- McNeese State: March 15
- Michigan State: March 16
- Middle Tennessee State: March 24
- Minnesota: March 8
- Mississippi: March 22
- Missouri: March 17
- Missouri Western: March 28
- Montana: March 14
- Montana State: March 15
- Nebraska: March 10
- Nebraska-Omaha: March 9
- Nevada: March 22
- Nevada-Las Vegas: March 24
- New Mexico: March 24
- New Mexico State: March 30
- Newberry: March 14
- North Carolina: March 31
- North Carolina Central: March 30
- North Carolina State: March 23
- North Dakota State: March 21
- North Texas State: March 9
- Northern Colorado: March 9
- Northern Illinois: March 10
- Northern Iowa: March 30
- Northwestern: March 8
- Northwest Missouri: March 28
- Northwestern State: March 18
- Ohio: March 10
- Oklahoma: March 8
- Oregon State: March 11
- Penn State: March 16
- Pittsburgh: March 15
- Portland State: March 9
- Prairie View A&M: March 8
- Purdue: March 11
- Rice: March 28
- Rhode Island: March 7
- Robert Morris: March 15
- Rutgers: March 9
- San Diego State: March 24
- South Dakota State: March 22
- South Florida: March 24
- Southeast Louisiana: March 15
- Southern California: March 30
- Southern Illinois: March 24
- Southern Mississippi: March 11
- Stanford: March 17
- Tennessee: March 11
- Tennessee Chattanooga: March 23
- Tennessee State: March 24
- Texas: March 29
- Texas-El Paso: March 9
- Texas A&M-Kingsville: March 30
- Texas Christian: March 11
- Texas State: March 23
- Texas Tech: March 10
- Towson: March 15
- Troy: March 4
- Tulane: March 3
- Tuskegee: March 7
- UCLA: March 29
- Utah: March 29
- Utah State: March 3
- Virginia: March 17
- Virginia Union: March 16
- Wake Forest: March 14
- Washington: March 30
- Weber State: March 4
- West Texas: March 10
- West Virginia: March 17
- Western Kentucky: March 24
- William & Mary: March 16