Just a day after hearing about Florida A&M superstar defensive back Markquese Bell and only hours after hearing of Southern Jaguars Star Ja’Tyre Carter being invited to the NFL Combine, the NFL has released the list of the players attending the HBCU Combine in Mobile, Alabama. The HBCU combine will be held Friday, January 28 – Saturday, Jan 29th, at the University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. The event will include HBCU stars like QB Aqeel Glass of Alabama A&M, Jackson State Wide Receiver Keith Corbin, and Southern Jaguars QB, Ladarius Skelton. Both Glass and Skelton will also be featured in the HBCU Legacy Bowl and therefore will have multiple chances to perform in front of scouts. According to Doug Williams, initiatives like the HBCU Legacy Bowl and the HBCU Combine were put in place after zero HBCU players were drafted in the 2021 NFL draft. The hope is that the NFL’s efforts to put more HBCU talent in front of scouts will result in an increase in HBCU players seeing their NFL dreams realized.
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The full list of attendees, according to NFL.com ,can be found below:
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Dee Anderson, TE, Alabama A&M
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Aqeel Glass, QB, Alabama A&M
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Ezra Gray, RB, Alabama State
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Felix Harper, QB, Alcorn State
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Juwan Taylor, DS, Alcorn State
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Solomon Wise, OLB, Alcorn State
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Josh Wilkes, WR, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
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KeShawn Williams, RB, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
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Untareo Johnson, OLB, Bethune-Cookman
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Jamal Savage, OT, Bethune-Cookman
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Trey Gross, WR, Delaware State
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Kwannah Kollie, WR, Delaware State
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Elvin De La Rosa, DS, Fayetteville State
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Keyshawn James, DE, Fayetteville State
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Antwan Collier, DS, Florida A&M
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Keenan Forbes, OG, Florida A&M
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Shemar Bridges, WR, Fort Valley State
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James Fagan, DT, Hampton
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Jett Duffey, QB, Hampton
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Keith Corbin, WR, Jackson State
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Kingston Davis, RB, Miles
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Jerry Garner, OLB, Mississippi Valley State
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Juwan Carter, QB, Norfolk State
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Chris Myers, OLB, Norfolk State
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Korey Banks, WR, North Carolina A&T
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Ron Hunt, WR, North Carolina A&T
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Jah-Maine Martin, RB, North Carolina A&T
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Jawon Pass, QB, Prairie View A&M
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Chad Gilchrist, ILB, South Carolina State
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Zafir Kelly, DC, South Carolina State
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Will Vereen, WR, South Carolina State
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Marquis McClain, WR, Southern
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Ladarius Skelton, QB, Southern
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Cam Durley, OT, Tennessee State
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Cory Rahman, DS, Tennessee State
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Jonathan Giles, WR, Texas Southern
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Jeff Proctor, RB, Texas Southern
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Will Adams, DS, Virginia State
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Javon Frazier, OLB, Virginia State
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Zachary Wilcox, OT, Virginia State
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Per NFL.com , This year’s Combine will also include members of the HBCU Development and Women’s Pipeline Initiative, including Lauren Askevold (Jackson State); Athletic Trainer, Regyn Davis-Young (Winston-Salem State University); Athletic Trainer, Brianna Robinson (Florida Memorial University); Athletic Trainer, Annie Wilkerson (Alabama A&M University); Athletic Trainer, Vikaya Powell (North Carolina A&T); Equipment Manager, George Stubbs (Grambling State University); Equipment Manager, Jamel Askew (Virginia State University); Video Personnel, and Mia Stephens (Minnesota Vikings) – Video Personnel.
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