They don’t command the spotlight of the annual NFL scouting combine, but college pro days are an important part of the overall process because more draft-eligible players gain up-close evaluations.
At a pro day, which is usually held on a college campus, a prospect goes through Combine-type measurements and drills to try to put themselves more on the radar of teams before the draft is held from April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri
Following is a working list of pro days involving FCS programs along with their top 2023 NFL prospect(s):
March 7 – Southern Utah (DL Francis Bemiy Jr., P Jake Gerardi) participating at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah
March 8 – Columbia (DB Fara’ad McCombs, RB Ryan Young) and Fordham (QB Tim DeMorat, ILB Ryan Greenhagen, WR Fotis Kokosioulis) participating at Columbia; Southern Illinois (WR Avante Cox, FB Jacob Garrett, RB Javon Williams Jr.) with participants also at Northwestern on March 14
March 9 – Harvard (Edge Truman Jones, CB Alex Washington); Illinois State (OLB Zeke Vandenburgh, OL Drew Bones); Monmouth (RB Owen Wright); Prairie View A&M (DE Kevin Victorian)
March 10 – Southeast Missouri (WR Johnny King); UC Davis (OG Nick Amoah)
March 13 – Portland State (CB Anthony Adams)
March 14 – Furman (WR Ryan Miller) and South Carolina State (WR Shaq Davis) participating at South Carolina; Grambling State (RB Maurice Washington)
March 15 – Kennesaw State (DL Travis Bell); Mercer (QB Fred Payton)
March 16 – McNeese (RB Deonta McMahon, LB Kordell Williams), Nicholls (RB Julien Gums), Northwestern State (LB Jomard Valsin Jr.), Southeastern Louisiana (CB Ferlando Jordan) and Southern (DE Jason Dumas, OLB Jordan Lewis) participating at Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, Louisiana; Wagner (Edge Titus Leo) participating at Army
March 20 – Northern Iowa (FS Benny Sapp III, C Erik Sorensen); Tarleton (CB Donovan Banks, OL Kendall Dearth)
March 21 – Princeton (WR Andrei Iosivas, WR Dylan Classi); Maine (C Michael Gerace, LB Adrian Otero); Stephen F. Austin (WR Xavier Gipson, DE B.J. Thompson)
March 22 – Bryant (LB Joe Andreessen) and Rhode Island (WR Ed Lee, CB Jordan Jones, FB Caleb Warren, RB Marques DeShields) participating at Bryant; Delaware (S Kedrick Whitehead, LB Johnny Buchanan); Jacksonville State (ILB Markail Benton) and Samford (OG Gavin Orr, WR Kendall Watson) participating at UAB; UIW (QB Lindsey Scott Jr., WR Taylor Grimes, WR Darion Chafin, LB Kelechi Anayalebechi); Weber State (S Desmond Williams, RB Josh Davis)
March 23 – UAlbany (TE Thomas Greaney, RB Todd Sibley Jr.); Holy Cross (LB Liam Anderson, S John Smith) and New Hampshire (OL Patrick Flynn, WR Sean Coyne) participating at Holy Cross; Eastern Kentucky (TE Dakota Allen, DL TK McLendon Jr.); Merrimack (H-Back Tyler Roberts, CB Darion McKenzie, LB Rodney Samson); Richmond (QB Reece Udinski) and VMI (LS Robert Soderholm III) participating at Richmond; William & Mary (OT Colby Sorsdal, TE Lachlan Pitts, WR Caylin Newton); Yale (DL Reid Nickerson)
March 24 – Hampton (WR Jadaki Bonds, Edge KeShaun Moore) and Norfolk State (OL Colby Byrd) participating at Hampton; Cal Poly (WR Chris Coleman) participating at San Jose State; Missouri State (WR Ty Scott, CB Montrae Braswell, SS Kyriq McDonald) participating at Missouri; Youngstown State (RB Jaleel McLaughlin)
March 27 – Jackson State (OL Aubrey Miller Jr., WR Dallas Daniels, DB Isaiah Bolden) and Alcorn State (RB Jarveon Howard) participating at Jackson State; Sam Houston (SS B.J. Foster); UT Martin (LB John H. Ford II, C Matthan Hatchie, S Devin Sims, WR Colton Dowell) with participants also at Tennessee on March 29
March 28 – Bethune-Cookman (TE Kemari Averett); Campbell (DE Brevin Allen, TE Julian Hill); Elon (PK Skylar Davis, DB Marcus Hillman, WR Jackson Parham), Gardner-Webb (WR T.J. Luther) and North Carolina A&T (DE Jermaine McDaniel) participating at North Carolina State; Eastern Washington (OLB/DE Mitchell Johnson) participating at Washington State; Northern Arizona (S Morgan Vest)
March 29 – Arkansas-Pine Bluff (OG/C Mark Evans II); Austin Peay (DL Chukwuemeka Manning Jr.), ETSU (RB Jacob Saylors) and Tennessee State (LB Jahsun Bryant, OL Robert Lacey III) participating at Tennessee; Georgetown (WR Joshua Tomas) and Lafayette (OLB Malik Hamm) participating at Maryland; Morgan State (RB Alfonzo Graham, OL Chris Anthony); North Dakota (RB Tyler Hoosman, WR Garett Maag); North Dakota State (OL Cody Mauch, FB Hunter Luepke, OG Nate Jensen, TE Noah Gindorff, CB Destin Talbert, Edge Spencer Waege)
March 30 – Florida A&M (Edge Isaiah Land, WR Xavier Smith, DB B.J. Bohler); South Dakota (OT Alex Jensen, LS Dalton Godfrey)
March 31 – Chattanooga (OG McClendon Curtis, DT Devonnsha Maxwell, ILB Ty Boeck, ILB Kameron Jones); Sacramento State (S/OLB Marte Mapu, WR Pierre Williams); South Dakota State (TE Tucker Kraft, DL Caleb Sanders, DL Reece Winkelman)
April 4 – Montana (LB Patrick O’Connell, CB Justin Ford)
April 5 – Montana State (FS Ty Okada)
April 11 – Central Connecticut State (LB Chizi Umunakwe) participating at UConn