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Combine may be last best chance for HBCU gridiron stars to shine
May 22, 7:21 PMBlack College Sports ExaminerGregory SmithPrevious
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Southern's Stewart set to ink deal with Arizona Cardinals
While their former classmates take it easy, some of the best football players from historically black colleges and universities, as well as other small colleges, are sweating on the playing field in Greensboro, North Carolina today and tomorrow.
The inaugural HBCU-Small College Pro Football Combine may be their last best hope of getting an invitation to an NFL training camp or -- better yet -- a free agent contract.
More than 48 players will run the 40, bench press, do vertical jumps and pull-ups, and run around the field for agility drills at North Carolina A&T University. They'll do this, all for the benefit of scouts from 13 NFL franchises, looking to find that one last gem that escaped notice in last month's NFL draft.
Only two players from HBCUs were drafted, though a couple of dozen were brought into NFL mini-camps as free agents. However, most HBCU and small college grid iron players were passed over, by and under by most NFL scouts.
The invitation-only combine was organized by former NFL Pro Bowler Gene Washington and former North Carolina A&T professor Mark Bloomquist.
"Few NFL players come from a historically black college," Bloomquist explained. "HBCU players bring an elevated level of pride to the league, knowing that they represent a select group. We wanted to give them a special venue to showcase their talent for NFL coaches and scouts."
May 22, 7:21 PMBlack College Sports ExaminerGregory SmithPrevious
http://www.examiner.com/x-27014-Bla...-best-chance-for-HBCU-gridiron-stars-to-shine
Southern's Stewart set to ink deal with Arizona Cardinals
While their former classmates take it easy, some of the best football players from historically black colleges and universities, as well as other small colleges, are sweating on the playing field in Greensboro, North Carolina today and tomorrow.
The inaugural HBCU-Small College Pro Football Combine may be their last best hope of getting an invitation to an NFL training camp or -- better yet -- a free agent contract.
More than 48 players will run the 40, bench press, do vertical jumps and pull-ups, and run around the field for agility drills at North Carolina A&T University. They'll do this, all for the benefit of scouts from 13 NFL franchises, looking to find that one last gem that escaped notice in last month's NFL draft.
Only two players from HBCUs were drafted, though a couple of dozen were brought into NFL mini-camps as free agents. However, most HBCU and small college grid iron players were passed over, by and under by most NFL scouts.
The invitation-only combine was organized by former NFL Pro Bowler Gene Washington and former North Carolina A&T professor Mark Bloomquist.
"Few NFL players come from a historically black college," Bloomquist explained. "HBCU players bring an elevated level of pride to the league, knowing that they represent a select group. We wanted to give them a special venue to showcase their talent for NFL coaches and scouts."
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