The NFL has released the list of all 329 prospects invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. From Feb. 24 to March 3, players will interview with teams, undergo medical tests, and take part in on-field workouts. The event serves as an important opportunity for teams to get first-hand access to players leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft.
Biggest Snubs From the 2025 NFL Combine
The NFL does a great job of extending NFL Combine invitations to most of the players who get drafted. However, a few players slip through the cracks every year and don’t get invited to the event. Of the 329 prospects invited in 2025, these stand out as the biggest snubs.
Cam Miller, QB, North Dakota State
As a four-year starting quarterback who excelled for an FCS powerhouse, it’s a bit surprising Cam Miller didn’t get an invite to the NFL Combine. Miller was a two-time FCS national champion, most recently leading North Dakota State to a title in 2024. He was also a first-team FCS All-American and the MVFC Offensive Player of the Year.
He hardly has the biggest arm you’ve ever seen, but he’s an accurate thrower with tremendous athleticism and an accomplished résumé. His film looks the part of a late-round pick, and with 15 other quarterbacks invited to the 2025 Combine, Miller stands out as arguably the biggest snub at his position.
Willie Lampkin, C, North Carolina
After three seasons at Coastal Carolina and two seasons at North Carolina, Willie Lampkin heads to the NFL as a 2024 CSN first-team All-American and a four-time all-conference lineman between his two schools.
Measuring in at 5’10” and 270 pounds at the Senior Bowl, Lampkin is much smaller than the average NFL offensive lineman. However, he plays with tremendous pad level and overall weight distribution and maximizes what he has to work with. He’s an above-average athlete for the interior offensive line and blocks with a high motor.
Lampkin’s size is an obvious question mark, but his tape is very good, and he already proved at the Senior Bowl he can thrive in a 1-on-1 vacuum against much bigger competition. He’s a player worthy of an NFL Combine invitation.
Thomas Perry, C/G, Middlebury
It’s not often a Division III offensive lineman stands out as a particularly glaring NFL Combine snub, but that’s certainly the case with Thomas Perry.
A three-time first-team all-conference player in the NESCAC, Perry dominated at the collegiate level. His tape displays his tremendous raw power, as well as his nasty demeanor and top-notch athleticism for his size. His hand usage is a work in progress, but he does a good job of winning with proper pad level.
Perry will have questions surrounding whether he can make the big jump in competition making the move to the NFL. That said, an NFL Combine invitation would have been a great chance to show he more than matches up with his peers athletically.
Marcus Wehr, G, Montana State
Entering the 2024 season, Marcus Wehr generated NFL buzz as PFF’s highest-rated offensive tackle in Division I football the year before. He backed that up with another strong year, this time at guard, his more realistic landing spot in the pros.
Wehr stands out as a valuable athlete along the interior offensive line, as he possesses the coordination and mobility to block well on the move. He processes exotic rush looks well and does a good job of executing his assignments as a zone blocker. It always helps as a small-school player to have an especially strong résumé, and with two first-team FCS All-American nods, he fits that bill.
While Wehr won’t wow you with his size or overwhelming power, he’s a refined blocker who moves very well and can hold his ground at the point of attack. Even if he didn’t get an NFL Combine invitation, he should still generate late-round consideration.
Nash Hutmacher, DT, Nebraska
As a star defensive tackle who also starred on Nebraska’s wrestling team, Nash Hutmacher is an accomplished two-sport athlete with one of the more interesting stories in the 2025 draft class.
Hutmacher was a two-year starter for the Cornhuskers, generating 42 quarterback pressures and 6.5 sacks over those two seasons. As one would expect from a player with a wrestling background, he understands leverage very well and can win at the point of attack with expert strike placement and a low center of gravity. He also shows a strong anchor against the run.
Nebraska has hardly been a powerhouse over the last decade, though its program seems to be on the upward swing. That said, it’s still surprising to see a player as talented as Hutmacher snubbed from an NFL Combine invitation.
Johnny Walker Jr., EDGE, Missouri
As a top performer at the East-West Shrine Bowl and a CSN All-SEC defender in 2024, Johnny Walker Jr. would make for a perfect NFL Combine invitee, in theory.
Walker exploded for 9.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in 2024, serving as a valuable cornerstone of Missouri’s defense in his redshirt senior year. He’s explosive off the line of scrimmage with flexibility turning the outside corner, and he also possesses the level of effort that teams want out of their defensive ends.
Considering the quality of his tape against high-level competition, it’s surprising Walker didn’t earn an NFL Combine invitation this year. Even with the snub, he still projects as a fifth-or sixth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Bilhal Kone, CB, Western Michigan
There aren’t usually too many players who appear at the Senior Bowl who don’t get invited to the NFL Combine, but Kone stands out this year as one of those rare snubs.
Even as a Group of Five cornerback, it’s no surprise Bilhal Kone had the attention of the Senior Bowl staff. He had a combined 17 pass deflections in his last two years in college, making a seamless transition to Western Michigan after previously starring at Indiana State. He’s a fluid cover corner with ideal burst coming out of his breaks and good instincts in zone coverage.
Kone doesn’t stand out as the biggest playmaker or most physical cornerback in the 2025 draft class, but he’s an athletic defender in coverage who mirrors route concepts efficiently. Though he didn’t get invited to the NFL Combine, don’t be shocked if a team still ends up taking him on Day 3 come April.
