With the college football season complete, the 2026 NFL scouting combine is the last major chance draft prospects have to make an impact on NFL teams.
Over the course of a few weeks, prospects will take part in interviews and on-field drills, all with the goal of convincing an NFL team they are worth a draft pick. While some players head into the event knowing they’ll get drafted no matter how they perform, a few players will see their status rise dramatically after delivering standout physical displays.
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For NFL fans who don’t follow college football with the same amount of fervor, the NFL combine provides football fans an early glimpse at future NFL stars. Want to see if that quarterback prospect actually has a cannon for an arm, or if that wideout really as fast as everyone says? This is the opportunity for both fans and NFL teams to find that out.
Follow along as Yahoo Sports provides updates of the 2026 NFL scouting combine, including the latest rumors, news and standout performances during the event.
How to watch the 2026 NFL scouting combine
Dates: Feb. 23 through March 2 (on-field workouts from Feb. 26 through March 1)
Location: Lucas Oil Stadium | Indianapolis
TV channel: NFL Network
Follow along with the latest news coming out of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.
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Charles Robinson
Maybe it’s the quarterback chaos or the landslide of head coaching changes. Or because it’s late February and many of the NFL’s personnel departments already seem satisfied that the No. 1 overall pick in the draft is in the barn. Or maybe it’s because the 2025 season produced a wildly unexpected Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, and an even more unexpected Super Bowl quarterback winner in Sam Darnold.
Whatever the driving force, it’s thrusting the usual sideshow of the NFL scouting combine — trade rumors, free-agency buzz and clandestine general manager meetings — into the middle of the main stage. And with that, the college players who are taking their next big step toward draft positioning have become a subplot.
“It’s going to be a wild offseason and it’s going to start next week [at the combine],” one prominent NFL agent said this week. “There’s so much more than usual with different veteran stuff compared to how guys are going to work out — and we have a good class of guys [in the draft]. All the quarterback things to figure out, some of the [veteran] defensive players — some of the young players that could be traded with the staff changes — there’s going to be a lot going on.”
Read more on the biggest veteran storylines to watch — including the future of Lamar Jackson.
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