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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.
The full list of attendees, according to NFL.com ,can be found below:
Dee Anderson, TE, Alabama A&M
Aqeel Glass, QB, Alabama A&M
Ezra Gray, RB, Alabama State
Felix Harper, QB, Alcorn State
Juwan Taylor, DS, Alcorn State
Solomon Wise, OLB, Alcorn State
Josh Wilkes, WR, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
KeShawn Williams, RB, Arkansas Pine-Bluff
Untareo Johnson, OLB, Bethune-Cookman
Jamal Savage, OT, Bethune-Cookman
Trey Gross, WR, Delaware State
Kwannah Kollie, WR, Delaware State
Elvin De La Rosa, DS, Fayetteville State
Keyshawn James, DE, Fayetteville State
Antwan Collier, DS, Florida A&M
Keenan Forbes, OG, Florida A&M
Shemar Bridges, WR, Fort Valley State
James Fagan, DT, Hampton
Jett Duffey, QB, Hampton
Keith Corbin, WR, Jackson State
Kingston Davis, RB, Miles
Jerry Garner, OLB, Mississippi Valley State
Juwan Carter, QB, Norfolk State
Chris Myers, OLB, Norfolk State
Korey Banks, WR, North Carolina A&T
Ron Hunt, WR, North Carolina A&T
Jah-Maine Martin, RB, North Carolina A&T
Jawon Pass, QB, Prairie View A&M
Chad Gilchrist, ILB, South Carolina State
Zafir Kelly, DC, South Carolina State
Will Vereen, WR, South Carolina State
Marquis McClain, WR, Southern
Ladarius Skelton, QB, Southern
Cam Durley, OT, Tennessee State
Cory Rahman, DS, Tennessee State
Jonathan Giles, WR, Texas Southern
Jeff Proctor, RB, Texas Southern
Will Adams, DS, Virginia State
Javon Frazier, OLB, Virginia State
Zachary Wilcox, OT, Virginia State
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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