Welcome to the season when NFL prospects and their agents show you… what they want to show you.
Between the NFL Combine schedule and Pro Days, we gain more info about players and perhaps even overthink what we already know. I wrote an article last year entitled A Summary of Combine Research & What Matters if you want a deeper dive on the subject.
Editors Note: For more on each rookie, check out Andy, Mike, and Jason’s exclusive rookie rankings and production profiles found only in the Dynasty Pass, part of the UDK+ for 2026.
Pro Day Thoughts
Pro Days are self-contained events on college campuses meant to not only showcase players for the upcoming NFL Draft but also a chance for the universities to “show out”. There is a personal aspect to bringing someone to your “home” in which we all want to show off and highlight the best of what we have. Beyond being a “dog and pony show”, this part of the process seriously does inform the next month of NFL evaluators including how they will utilize their top-30 visits. I wrote a top-30 visit article last year on that part of the draft process if you want another piece of the puzzle.
Some of the information from Pro Days will feel repetitive for those that participated in the combine but it is an opportunity for evaluators to snoop around, ask questions to positional coaches, and dig deeper.
Pro Day times related to speed such as the 40-yard dash can be incredibly unreliable. It is 2026! Can we not just all agree that honesty is important in this business? The general rule of thumb is to add at least 0.10 seconds to the 40-time after it is run. Nothing better than a local college coach getting to boast that his WR ran a 4.4 when in reality, this was a 4.55.
“What am I not seeing?” is a question I ask often when evaluating prospects on film and the Pro Day should feel no different. It is easy to splice together highlight reel takes and forget that we are looking at college football players; in other words, the majority of players the prospect faced will never be playing on an NFL field and likely will be vying to sell you life insurance or go to high school coaching.
For the players who did not participate in the combine, what are they being asked to do now at their Pro Day? What are they “showing off” and is that skill even valuable for us?
Remember Zach Wilson.
Beyond the drills, QBs participate in throwing to receivers running a number of different routes: Slant, Curl, End Zone Fade, Sail, Post/Corner, and a Go Route. All of which have zero defenders on the field. “Throwing against air” in shorts whether at the Combine or Pro Days ultimately should not sway billion dollar organizations. Right?
Annual reminder (before Pro Day/combine szn starts)
Zach Wilson completed just ONE of these attempts in his career: a play-action pass of 45+ air yards. pic.twitter.com/BFf8pKGFeh
— Kyle Borgognoni (@kyle_borg) February 18, 2026
2026 Pro Days Schedule
Listed below are the confirmed Pro Day schedules (as of publishing date) and the corresponding offensive skill position players who were invited to the NFL combine. These are NOT all of the prospects who will be showcased on the pro day.
This list will be updated as more information becomes public regarding other Pro Days.
| Date | Colleges | QB Combine Invites | RB Combine Invites | WR Combine Invites | TE Combine Invites |
| March 2 | Ball State | — | — | — | — |
| March 5 | Illinois State, Navy | — | Eli Heidenreich (NAVY) | — | — |
| March 6 | Wisconsin | — | — | Vinny Anthony II (Wisconsin) | — |
| March 10 | Colorado State, San Diego State | — | — | — | — |
| March 11 | Kansas | Jalon Daniels (KU) | — | Emmanuel Henderson Jr. (KU) | — |
| March 12 | Delaware State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State | — | Jadyn Ott (OKLA) | Deion Burks (OKLA) | Jaren Kanak (OKLA) |
| March 16 | South Carolina, Syracuse, Washington | — | Jonah Coleman (WASH), Rahsul Faison (USC) | Denzel Boston (WASH) | — |
| March 17 | Northwestern | — | — | — | |
| March 18 | Central Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, Stanford | Drew Allar (PSU) | Kaytron Allen (PSU) | — | Khalil Dinkins (PSU), Sam Roush (STAN) |
| March 19 | California, Memphis, North Dakota State | Cole Payton (NDSU) | — | Bryce Lance (NDSU) | — |
| March 20 | Michigan, Vanderbilt | Diego Pavia (VAN) | Max Breedson (MICH) | Donaven McCulley (MICH) | Eli Stowers (VAN), Marlin Klein (MICH) |
| March 23 | Bowling Green | — | — | — | — |
| March 24 | Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Boise State | — | Jeremiyah Love (ND), Jadarian Price (ND) | Malachi Fields (ND), Jeff Caldwell (CIN) | Eli Raridon (ND), Joe Royer (CIN) |
| March 25 | Arizona, Ohio State, UCF, UNLV | — | CJ Donaldson (OSU) | Carnell Tate (OSU) | Max Klare (OSU), Will Kacmarek (OSU) |
| March 26 | Jackson State, Pittsburgh, UAB, Kennesaw State | — | Desmond Reid (PITT) | — | — |
| March 27 | Houston, Mississippi State, South Dakota State | — | — | Brenen Thompson (MSU) | Tanner Koziol (HOU) |
| March 31 | Colorado | — | — | — | — |
| April 1 | Indiana, Nevada | Fernando Mendoza (IU) | Roman Hemby (IU) | Elijah Sarrett & Omar Cooper Jr. (IU) | Riley Nowakowski (IU) |
| April 3 | Montana | — | — | — | — |
| April 10 | Towson | — | — | — | — |