NFL Scouting Combine’s invitation list includes 4 Auburn players

Four Auburn players are among the 329 prospects invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine.

Linebackers Eugene Asante and Jalen McLeod, running back Jarquez Hunter and wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith are the Tigers on the list of invited players released on Thursday by the NFL.

The NFL Scouting Combine will be held Feb. 24 through March 3 in Indianapolis. The on-the-field drills for linebackers will be held on Feb. 27 at Lucas Oil Stadium. The wide receivers and running backs will be on the field on March 1.

The annual event will gather the top prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft to be checked by medical staff, interviewed by team decision-makers and put through drills to gauge their football skills and tests to measure their athleticism by coaches and scouts.

Hunter ran for 1,201 yards and eight touchdowns on 187 carries and caught 21 passes for 155 yards and one touchdown in 2024. Hunter leaves the Tigers as the No. 4 rusher in school history with 3,371 career yards.

Lambert-Smith had 50 receptions for 981 yards and eight touchdowns this season. He had the fourth-most receiving yards in a season in school history and the most since Darvin Adams had 997 in 2009.

McLeod had 57 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, seven sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in 2024.

Asante recorded 49 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, seven quarterback hits and one fumble recovery this season.

The 2025 NFL Draft will be held April 24-26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.