Official NFL Combine Thread

[terps'n'skins]

It may be a little early, but I figured there will be a lot of posts coming up soon about the combine. So post all news about the Combine in here, and any thoughts on the players participating. To start it out, here are the offensive players that were invited to the Combine.

Quarterbacks -- 25 players invited

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. Brodie Croyle, Alabama (No. 3)

2. Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt (No. 4)

3. Omar Jacobs, Bowling Green (No. 9)

4. Matt Leinart, Southern Cal (No. 10)

5. Reggie McNeil, Texas A&M (No. 13)

6. Charlie Whitehurst, Clemson (No. 24)

7. Vince Young, Texas (No. 25)

Wild card: Kellen Clemens, Oregon (No. 2). Clemens broke his left ankle on Oct. 22 against Arizona, but he was having an outstanding season prior to the injury. Most likely, he will be a physically unable to perform (PUP) player to start the season, but he is worth a pick. Clemens could be good in the right system.

More names to know:

D.J. Shockley, Georgia (No. 20)

Eric Meyer, Eastern Wash. (No. 14)

Running backs -- 29 players invited

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. Joseph Addai, LSU (No. 1)

2. Reggie Bush, Southern Cal (No. 2)

3. Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin (No. 5)

4. Maurice Drew, UCLA (No. 7)

5. Andre Hall, South Florida (No. 10)

6. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota (No. 17)

7. Leon Washington, Florida State (No. 26)

8. LenDale White, Southern Cal (No. 27)

9. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (No. 29)

Wild card: Taurean Henderson, Texas Tech (No. 13). Third-down, long-yardage back who caught 303 passes and rushed for 3,248 yards. Possible kick returner. Has a burst to make the play.

More names to know:

P.J. Daniels, Georgia Tech (No. 8)

DonTrell Moore, New Mexico (No. 19)

Jerious Norwood, Mississippi State (No. 20)

Wide receivers -- 40 players invited

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. Jason Avant, Michigan (No. 4)

2. Derek Hagan, Arizona State (No. 15)

3. Santonio Holmes, Ohio State (No. 19)

4. Chad Jackson, Florida (No. 20)

5. Sinorice Moss, Miami (Fla.) (No. 26)

6. Maurice Stovall, Notre Dame (No. 34)

7. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin (No. 38)

8. Demetrius Williams, Oregon (No. 39)

9. Travis Wilson, Oklahoma (No. 40)

More names to know:

Hank Baskett, New Mexico (No. 5)

Mike Hass, Oregon State (No. 17)

Greg Lee, Pittsburgh (No. 23)

Martin Nance, Miami (Ohio) (No. 27)

Jonathan Orr, Wisconsin (No. 29)

Wild cards: Jeremy Bloom, Colorado (No. 8) and

Skyler Green, LSU (No. 13).

Both players have ability to return kicks and be a No. 3 or No. 4 wide receiver.

Tight ends -- 21 players invited

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. Dominique Byrd, Southern Cal (No. 2)

2. Vernon Davis, Maryland (No. 5)

3. Tim Day, Oregon (No. 6)

4. Anthony Fasano, Notre Dame (No. 7)

5. Joe Klopfenstein, Colorado (No. 11)

6. Mercedes Lewis, UCLA (No. 12)

7. Leonard Pope, Georgia (No. 16)

8. David Thomas, Texas (No. 19)

More names to know:

Charles Davis, Purdue (No. 4)

Garrett Mills, Tulsa (No. 14)

Cooper Wallace, Auburn (No. 20)

T.J. Williams, N.C. State (No. 21)

Offensive linemen -- 50 players invited

Logan Mankins (first round -- NE), Michael Roos (second round -- TEN), Jammal Brown (first round -- NO), Khalif Barnes (second round -- JAC), Nick Kaczur (third round -- NE), Rob Petitti (sixth round -- DAL), Alex Barron (first round -- STL), and Dan Buenning (fourth round -- TB) were just some of the offensive linemen that started at least eight games and played well. Mankins received one vote for Rookie of the Year.

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia (No. 11)

2. Max Jean-Gilles, Georgia (No. 12)

3. Davin Joseph, Oklahoma (No. 13)

4. Winston Justice, Southern Cal (No. 14)

5. Nick Mangold, Ohio State (No. 17)

6. Marcus McNeill, Auburn (No. 20)

7. Jonathan Scott, Texas (No. 33)

8. Charles Spencer, Pittsburgh (No. 37)

9. Jeremy Trueblood, Boston College (No. 45)

10. Eric Winston, Miami (Fla.) (No. 50)

Wild card: Pat McQuistan, Weber State (No. 21). From a Division I-AA program, McQuistan is a guy with long arms, big hands and is very strong. He could be a surprise choice, much like Logan Mankins was last year for New England. But McQuistan won't go in the first round like Mankins did.

More names to know:

Kevin Boothe, Cornell (No. 1)

Greg Eslinger, Minnesota (No. 9)

Jahri Evans, Bloomsburg (No. 10)

Taitusi Lutui, Southern Cal (No. 16)

Fred Matua, Southern Cal (No. 19)

Kickers/punters/deep snappers

(11 kickers, 3 deep snappers)

First players likely to be picked (listed alphabetically):

1. Josh Huston, Ohio State (No. 02)

2. John Torp, Colorado (No. 10)

3. Steve Weatherford, Illinois (No. 11)

Here's NFL Networks Combine schedule: http://nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9234181

[RIDETHEWALRUS]

Now its time to wait to fawn over 40 times...

man is the offseason way too long

[PCS]

A little early? It's about a week from now isn't it? I'm not sure I have that kind of attention span.