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Do you need to be invited to the Combine to be drafted? Hell No!
Jonathan Woodard the current Buffalo Bill defensive lineman was just one player of the many who was not invited to the Combine or a top three All-Star game to get drafted!
Our friends over at Hero Sports, put together a list of small school players who were not sent a Combine invite that were drafted. There were players drafted all the way up in the second round. So if you were not given a Combine Invite don’t fret, it is going to be okay! Remember only 14 small schoolers received an invite this year that is down from 18 last year.
2014
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
Walt Aikens
Liberty*
CB
4th
Miami
Terrence Fede
Marist
DE
7th
Miami
Shelby Harris
Illinois St.
DE
7th
Oakland
Demetrius Rhaney
Tenn. St.
C
7th
St. Louis
*Liberty was an FCS school in 2014.
2015
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
Rodney Gunter
Delaware St.
DT
4th
Arizona
Tray Walker
Texas Southern
CB
4th
Baltimore
James O’Shaughnessy
Illinois St.
TE
5th
Kansas City
Neal Sterling
Monmouth
WR
7th
Jacksonville
2016
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
Seth DeValve
Princeton
TE
4th
Cleveland
Tyrone Holmes
Montana
OLB
6th
Jacksonville
Kamu Grugier-Hill
E. Illinois
LB
6th
New England
Jonathan Woodard
C. Arkansas
DE
7th
Jacksonville
Trevor Bates
Maine
LB
7th
Indianapolis
2017
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
Chad Williams
Grambling
WR
3rd
Arizona
Samson Ebukam
EWU
DE
4th
Los Angeles
Jamal Agnew
San Diego
CB
5th
Detroit
Jylan Ware
Alabama St.
OT
7th
Oakland
Brad Seaton
Villanova
OT
7th
Tennessee
2018
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
P. J. Hall
SHSU
DT
2nd
Oakland
Justin Watson
Penn
WR
5th
Tampa Bay
Daurice Fountain
N. Iowa
WR
5th
Indianapolis
Tremon Smith
C. Arkansas
CB
6th
Kansas City
Foye Oluokun
Yale
LB
6th
Atlanta
Keion Crossen
W. Carolina
CB
7th
New England
Kendall Donnerson
SEMO
OLB
7th
Green Bay
2019
PLAYER
SCHOOL
POS.
RD.
TEAM
Quincy Williams
Murray State
SS
3rd
Jacksonville
Drew Forbes
SEMO
OG
6th
Cleveland
Jimmy Moreland
JMU
CB
7th
Washington
Quinton Bell
PV A&M
OLB
7th
Oakland
Kaden Elliss
Idaho
OLB
7th
New Orleans
**There are 32 actually, EJ Speed was drafted in the the 5th round in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Tarleton State. **
**Stephen Denmark was drafted by Valdosta State in the 7th round as well **
NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com
