No HBCU players were selected in the 2024 NFL Draft. Alabama A&M offensive tackle Carson Vinson figures to end that drought in the 2025 draft.

After playing left tackle for the entirety of the Reese’s Senior Bowl for the winning team, Vinson has been at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis since Thursday with the other leading offensive-line prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft, which will be held April 24-27 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

On Sunday, the offensive linemen had their turn on the field to wrap up this year’s NFL Scouting Combine, and Vinson had a podium finish in one of the measured events. His 7.51-second showing in the three-cone drill was good for third-fastest among the combine’s offensive linemen.

The three-cone drill is designed to measure a player’s ability to change directions.

Vinson joined two other NFL Draft prospects with Alabama football roots in tackling the measured drills at the combine on Sunday. Here’s how they did:

• Alabama guard Tyler Booker: 5.38-second 40-yard dash, 27-inch vertical jump, 94-inch broad jump, 7.96-second three-cone drill, 4.84-second shuttle run  
• Alabama A&M offensive tackle Carson Vinson: 5.12-second 40-yard dash, 28.5-inch vertical jump, 111-inch broad jump, 7.51-second three-cone drill (third among offensive linemen),
• Jacksonville State guard Clay Webb (Oxford): 5.11-second 40-yard dash, 31-inch vertical jump, 107-inch broad jump, 4.90-second shuttle run

Ohio State center Seth McLaughlin, who played at Alabama from 2020 through 2023, is recovering from a torn Achilles tendon suffered on Nov. 19 and could not take part in the on-the-field portion of the combine at Lucas Oil Stadium.

The players will have the opportunity to participate in the bench press on Monday. In the bench press, each player does as many repetitions as he can with a 225-pound weight bar.

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