The NFL Combine is an annual, week-long showcase of the top college football athletes in front of executives and team personnel for all 32 NFL teams.
The 2025 Combine will be held in Indianapolis from February 27 to March 2, with NFL personnel on hand to evaluate the nation's top college football players eligible for the upcoming NFL Draft.
The NFL invited a total of 329 prospects to the 2025 NFL Combine. Of those invited, 59, or one in every six players invited, has played in or been an active player during the year that their team played in the Rose Bowl Game.
About half of those Rose Bowl Game alumni are from the 2025 CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential. Ohio State will showcase a staggering 15 players at the combine, while Oregon is not far behind with 12. There are 19 players from the 2024 edition of The Granddaddy of Them All at the combine, as Alabama has 10 and Michigan has nine representatives. Penn State has six players who played in the 2023 Rose Bowl Game at the Combine, while Utah has three from that matchup. There are a pair of quarterbacks that were backups for their teams in the Rose Bowl Game as Kyle McCord was with Ohio State for the 2022 game and Tyler Shough was with Oregon back in 2019 season.
There is at least one player from both teams attending the combine dating back to the 2021 Rose Bowl Game. Key players to note include 2025 Defensive Player of the Game Cody Simon (Ohio State) and 2024 Defensive Player of the Game Mason Graham (Michigan).
For the complete list, see below. Keep in mind, the list includes players who were active the year the team played in the Rose Bowl Game. This list may be missing some players if they transferred to another school.
2025
Ohio State (15) - Denzel Burke, Emeka Egbuka, Ty Hamilton, Jordan Hancock, TreVeyon Henderson, Will Howard, Donovan Jackson, Quinshon Judkins, Seth McLaughlin, Lathan Ransom, Jack Sawyer, Josh Simmons, Cody Simon, JT Tuimoloau, Tyleik Williams
Oregon (12) - Jeff Bassa, Jordan Burch, Jamaree Caldwell, Josh Conerly Jr., Ajani Cornelius, Terrance Ferguson, Dillon Gabriel, Derrick Harmon, Traeshon Holden, Jordan James, Tez Johnson, Jabbar Muhammad
2024
Michigan (9) – Donovan Edwards, Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, Myles Hinton, Will Johnson, Colston Loveland, Kalel Mullings, Josaiah Stewart
Alabama (9 new, 1 accounted for in the 2025 game) – Isaiah Bond, Tyler Booker, James Burnip, Jihaad Campbell, CJ Dippre, Seth McLaughlin, Jalen Milroe, Malachi Moore, Quandarrius Robinson, Tim Smith
2023
Penn State (6) – Abdul Carter, Kobe King, KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Jaylen Reed, Tyler Warren, Kevin Winston Jr.
Utah (3) – Brant Kuithe, Karene Reid, Junior Tafuna
2022
Ohio State (1 new, 11 accounted for the 2025 game) – Denzel Burke, Emeka Egbuka, Ty Hamilton, Jordan Hancock, TreVeyon Henderson, Donovan Jackson, Kyle McCord, Lathan Ransom, Jack Sawyer, Cody Simon, JT Tuimoloau, Tyleik Williams
Utah (0 new, all accounted for in the 2023 game) – Brant Kuithe, Karene Reid, Junior Tafuna
2021
Alabama (0 new, 5 accounted for in other games) – Traeshon Holden (Oregon), Seth McLaughlin (Ohio State), Malachi Moore, Quandarris Robinson, Tim Smith,
Notre Dame (4) – Howard Cross III, Jack Kiser, Rylie Mills, Xavier Watts
2020
Oregon (1) – Tyler Shough
Wisconsin (0)
