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Live updates from 2025 NFL scouting combine, day 4. Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, QBs speak
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INDIANAPOLIS — The day many have been waiting for has arrived at the NFL combine.
The quarterbacks, always the showcase position group, will take their turn at answering questions. That means players like Miami 's Cam Ward , Colorado's Shedeur Sanders , Ole Miss ' Jaxson Dart and Alabama's Jalen Milroe .
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Meanwhile, local products Harold Fannin Jr. from Canton McKinley High School and Bowling Green State University and Wadsworth native and Notre Dame product Mitchell Evans will before all of the executives and coaches at Lucas Oil Stadium. They will be joined by the rest of the tight end, as well as the defensive backs, including Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter.
Follow along here for updates from the fourth day of the combine from Indianapolis :
Bowling Green TE Harold Fannin Jr. results from Friday's combine
Here's the results Harold Fannin Jr. posted Friday:
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Vertical jump: 34 inches
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Broad jump: 9 feet, 10 inches
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40-yard dash: 4.71 seconds
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3-cone drill: 6.97 seconds
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20-yard shuttle: 4.39 seconds
Notre Dame TE Mitchell Evans results from Friday's combine
Here's the results Mitchell Evans posted Friday:
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Vertical jump: 31 inches
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Broad jump: 9 feet, 7 inches
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40-yard dash: 4.74 seconds
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10-yard split: 1.56 seconds
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3-cone drill: 7.25 seconds
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20-yard shuttle: 4.4 seconds
Matt Campbell has another believer in Iowa State WR Jayden Higgins
Matt Campbell has been involved with one of the more impressive college football turnarounds since becoming Iowa State's head coach in 2016. He's gone 64-51 in that time, capped by this season's 11-3 record, the best he's posted since he arrived at Ames.
Campbell has also done plenty to help players get to the NFL. Three Cyclones are in Indianapolis, including wide receiver Jayden Higgins.
"Coach Campbell, he's awesome," Higgins said. "That team there, that organization, it's all about being together, being a team, and that's why I wanted to go there. I wanted to be a part of the brotherhood and it was great."
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Texas WR Isaiah Bond looking to smoke the 40-yard dash
Texas has produced plenty of fast wide receivers. A year ago, the Longhorns had Xavier Worthy at the combine, where he ran a 4.21-second 40-yard dash, part of what attracted him to the Kansas City Chiefs .
Isaiah Bond is one of the latest Texas wide receivers who has arrived at Indianapolis with big goals. He has Texas-sized goals when it comes to his 40-yard time on Saturday.
"I'm going to break the record tomorrow, for sure," Bond said. "I anticipate running 4.20, or possibly if I'm feeling great, I might run 4.1."
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Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson says hamstring injury wasn't vs. Ohio State
Dylan Sampson was a workhorse for the Tennessee football team last fall. The running back rushed for 1,491 yards on 258 carries, helping the Volunteers make the college football playoffs.
Then, in the opening round at Ohio State, Sampson had just six yards on only two carries. The reason for the limited carries was a hamstring injury, the nature of which he tried to set straight on Friday.
"A lot of people thought I got hurt in that game, but no, I was dealing with a hamstring injury from (the) Vandy (game) and it was lingering and I was trying to talk positive," Sampson said. "It was feeling good. The only thing I didn't have that week of practice was contact and I tried to go out and give my all for my team but it just wasn't going. I would have been a liability out there and I didn't want to get anybody else hurt or further injure myself."
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Texas QB Quinn Ewers reports he's fully healthy after injury-plagued 2024
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is a polarizing figure in a polarizing class. The former No. 1 quarterback in his high school class, had a less than stellar final year with the Longhorns, even though he led them to the college football semifinal, where they lost to Ohio State.
Ewers, though, was battling through multiple injuries during the season. There was an oblique strain that he initially sustained in a Week 2 win at Michigan that ultimately forced him to miss two-plus games, then a high ankle sprain he suffered in late November against Kentucky.
"I think affected me for sure," Ewers said, "but kind of going back to my mental toughness and my resiliency, I think it was good for me kind of to go through stuff like that and see where I ended up toward the end of it all, when it does occur again, because it's a violent sport we play, I'll be ready and I'll have a way to attack it."
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Ewers had 3,472 passing yards, 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his final year in Texas.
Miami QB Cam Ward joins Shedeur Sanders in not throwing at combine
The NFL teams already knew that Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders wasn't going to throw or work out at the combine. On Friday, Miami quarterback Cam Ward told reporters that he was also going to hold off throwing until the pro day next month.
Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart did confirm that his plan was to throw during Saturday's quarterback workouts.
NFL combine press conference schedule | When do players start talking on Friday?
The first group of players to speak Friday will be a mix of quarterbacks and wide receivers at 8 a.m. They will be followed at 9 a.m. by more of the same, although the first of the three group at that hour includes Ward, Sanders and Milroe.
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The running backs will rotate through in three groups at 10 a.m.
NFL combine schedule on Friday for the NFL draft prospects at the combine
The defensive backs and tight ends will all be measured on Friday. Then they'll go through drills at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs will speak to the media, while also going through more team interviews and an ortho exam. The offensive linemen, meanwhile, will undergo medical tests, team interviews and pre-ordered studies.
The placekickers, defensive lineman and linebackers' final day in Indianapolis will be spent on the bench press. They will also do broadcast interviews.
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What time is the NFL combine on Friday and how to watch on TV?
The NFL Network will have live coverage throughout the week. It can also be streamed on NFL+.
On Friday, the NFL Network schedule from Indianapolis is as follows:
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8 a.m. — Good Morning Football (live)
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10 a.m. — Good Morning Football 9encore)
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3 p.m. — 2025 NFL Scouting Combine: Defensive Linemen and Linebackers (live)
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8 p.m. — 3-hour cutdown version airs at 8 p.m.
NFL draft order
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Tennessee Titans : 3-14 record; .522 strength of schedule (SOS)
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Cleveland Browns : 3-14; .536 SOS
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New York Giants : 3-14; .554 SOS
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New England Patriots : 4-13; .471 SOS
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Jacksonville Jaguars : 4-13; .478 SOS
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Las Vegas Raiders : 4-13; .540 SOS
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New York Jets : 5-12; .495 SOS
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Carolina Panthers : 5-12; .498 SOS
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New Orleans Saints : 5-12; .505 SOS
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Chicago Bears : 5-12; .554 SOS
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San Francisco 49ers : 6-11; .564 SOS
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Dallas Cowboys : 7-10; .522 SOS
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Miami Dolphins : 8-9; .419 SOS
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Indianapolis Colts : 8-9; .457 SOS
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Atlanta Falcons : 8-9; .519 SOS
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Arizona Cardinals : 8-9; .536 SOS
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Cincinnati Bengals : 9-8; .478 SOS
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Seattle Seahawks: 10-7; .498 SOS
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10-7; .502 SOS
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Denver Broncos : 10-7; .502 SOS
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Pittsburgh Steelers : 10-7; .502 SOS
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Los Angeles Chargers : 11-6; .467 SOS
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Green Bay Packers : 11-6; .533 SOS
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Minnesota Vikings : 14-3; .474 SOS
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Houston Texans : 10-7; .481 SOS
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Los Angeles Rams : 10-7; .505 SOS
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Baltimore Ravens : 12-5; .529 SOS
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Detroit Lions : 15-2; .516 SOS
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Washington Commanders : 12-5; .436 SOS
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Buffalo Bills : 13-4; .467 SOS
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Philadelphia Eagles : 14-3; .453 SOS
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Kansas City Chiefs : 15-2; .488 SOS
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: NFL combine live updates, schedule, invitees, news and results
