Friday marks the start of an important step for many football players across the country, as both college pro days and the 2021 NFL Scouting Combine simultaneously get underway.
Among that group are 57 members from the 2021 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl class who earned invites to the NFL Combine. That number nearly doubles last year’s total of 34 participants and marks a new high for Combine invitees in the Collegiate Bowl’s 10-year history.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL Scouting Combine annually held in Indianapolis was cancelled this year. Although the traditional Combine will not take place, NFL teams are working with colleges to coordinate in-person workouts with the various pro days running from March 5 to April 9. All interviews and psychological testing will take place virtually, and there will be limited in-person medical exams as teams will work with school personnel to obtain comprehensive medical information for each invited prospect.
Here are the 57 Collegiate Bowl players who earned official invites to the altered Combine this year:
| First Name | Last Name | Pos. | School |
| Kayode | Awosika | G/T | University at Buffalo |
| Joshua | Ball | T | Marshall University |
| Derrick | Barnes | LB | Purdue University |
| John | Bates | TE | Boise State University |
| Rakeem | Boyd | RB | University of Arkansas |
| Brady | Breeze | S | University of Oregon |
| Earnest | Brown | DE | Northwestern University |
| Lorenzo | Burns | CB | University of Arizona |
| Matt | Bushman | TE | BYU |
| Rico | Bussey | WR | Hawaii |
| Camryn | Bynum | CB | Cal Berkeley |
| Michael | Carter II | CB | Duke University |
| Drue | Chrisman | PT | Ohio State |
| Jacob | Curhan | T | Cal Berkeley |
| Davis | Daniel | CB | University of Georgia |
| Zachary | Davidson | TE | University of Central Missouri |
| Tommy | Doyle | T | Miami University |
| D’Wayne | Eskridge | WR | Western Michigan |
| Chris | Evans | RB | Michigan |
| Padriac | Fisher | LB | Northwestern University |
| Darrick | Forrest | S | University of Cincinnati |
| Stone | Forsythe | T | University of Florida |
| William | Fries | G/T | Penn State |
| Tyree | Gillespie | S | University of Missouri |
| Chauncey | Golston | DE | University of Iowa |
| Carson | Green | T/G | Texas A&M University |
| Pressley | Harvin | PT | Georgia Tech |
| Blake | Haubeil | PK | Ohio State University |
| Daelin | Hayes | DE | University Notre Dame |
| Sadarius | Hutcherson | G/T | South Carolina |
| Drake | Jackson | C | University of Kentucky |
| Tarron | Jackson | DE | Coastal Carolina University |
| Naquan | Jones | DT | Michigan State University |
| Deommodore | Lenoir | CB | University of Oregon |
| Ben | Mason | FB | University of Michigan |
| Javon | McKinley | WR | University of Notre Dame |
| Zech | McPhearson | CB | Texas Tech |
| Quinn | Meinerz | G/C | UW-Whitewater |
| Bryan | Mills | CB | North Carolina Central |
| Briley | Moore | TE | Kansas State |
| David | Moore | G | Grambling State |
| Jimmy | Morrissey | C | Pittsburgh |
| Dazz | Newsome | WR | UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Tre | Nixon | WR | UCF |
| Janarius | Robinson | DE | Florida State |
| Aaron | Robinson | CB | University of Central Florida |
| Robert | Rochell | CB | University of Central Arkansas |
| Tedarrell | Slaton | DT | University of Florida |
| Ihmir | Smith-Marsette | WR | University of Iowa |
| Charles | Snowden | OLB | University of Virginia |
| Dylan | Soehner | TE | Iowa State University |
| Marquiss | Spencer | DE | Mississippi State |
| Brandon | Stephens | CB | SMU |
| Darius | Stills | DT | West Virginia University |
| Michael | Strachan | WR | Charleston |
| Erroll | Thompson | LB | Mississippi State |
| Landon | Young | T | University of Kentucky |