The most important set of job interviews most football players will ever have begins later this month.The annual NFL scouting combine will be held Feb. 23-29 in Indianapolis, and the official list of invitees is out. Here are the Big Ten players who will be poked, prodded, timed and scrutinized as they make their cases to be drafted: Jack Allen, C, Michigan State Geronimo Allison, WR, Illinois Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State Vonn Bell, S, Ohio State Austin Blythe, C, Iowa Briean Boddy-Calhoun, CB, Minnesota Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State Anthony Brown, CB, Purdue Aaron Burbridge, WR, Michigan State Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State De’Vondre Campbell, OLB, Minnesota Leonte Carroo, WR, Rutgers Maliek Collins, DT, Nebraska Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State Brad Craddock, K, Maryland Sean Davis, S, Maryland Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State Josh Ferguson, RB, Illinois Graham Glasgow, C, Michigan Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State Joel Heath, DT, Michigan State Willie Henry, DT, Michigan Jordan Howard, RB, Indiana Andy Janovich, FB, Nebraska Quinton Jefferson, DT, Maryland Austin Johnson, NT, Penn State Cardale Jones, QB, Ohio State Marshall Koehn, K, Iowa Darius Latham, DT, Indiana Darron Lee, OLB, Ohio State Alex Lewis, OT, Nebraska Jordan Lomax, S, Iowa Steve Longa, OLB, Rutgers Dean Lowry, DE, Northwestern Jordan Lucas, S, Penn State Jalin Marshall, WR, Ohio State Tyler Marz, OT, Wisconsin Braxton Miller, WR, Ohio State Eric Murray, CB, Minnesota Carl Nassib, DE, Penn State Yannick Ngakoue, OLB, Maryland Drew Ott, DE, Iowa Joshua Perry, ILB, Ohio State Tyvis Powell, S, Ohio State Joe Schobert, OLB, Wisconsin Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana Joel Stave, QB, Wisconsin Nate Sudfeld, QB, Indiana Lawrence Thomas, DT, Michigan State Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State Vincent Valentine, DT, Nebraska Nick Vannett, TE, Ohio State Dan Vitale, FB, Northwestern Jihad Ward, DE, Illinois Adolphus Washington, DT, Ohio State Anthony Zettel, DT, Penn State That’s a whole lot of Buckeyes — 14 of ’em in fact. Indianapolis will be like Columbus West. Michigan State has a big group, too, at seven invitees. But that’s still half as many as Ohio State.The biggest name not included: Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock, who many though had improved his draft stock considerably with a strong senior season. He could still very much get a look by NFL teams, but he’ll have to impress in individual workouts and during the Wolverines’ pro day.
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