The Kansas City Chiefs are back at the site of Super Bowl LIX at the New Orleans Saints practice facility, but this time with the 2025 NFL season in mind.

Scouts from all 32 NFL teams are attending the annual Historically Black College &  University (HBCU) Combine on Monday, Feb. 17. This comes ahead of the HBCU Legacy Bowl — an All-Star game supported by Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ 15 and the Mahomies Foundation — set to be played on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Kansas City has a history of being interested in HBCU prospects in the NFL draft. They even recently selected former Fayetteville State CB Joshua Williams in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft. 

A total of 46 HBCU prospects participated in the combine this year. Here's a quick look at those players and a few standouts below. . .

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Full list of 2025 HBCU Combine participants:

• Virginia Union DL Isaac Anderson
• Morgan State EDGE Nana Asante*
• Virginia State DB Kenny Bennett*
• Florida A&M DB Kendall Bohler
• Southern DB Jamarius Brown*
• Alabama State DB James Burgess
• Hampton RB Elijah Burris
• Virginia Union RB Jada Byers
• Delaware State DL Darren Cook*
• Grambling QB Myles Crawley
• Alabama State LB DeMarkus Cunningham
• North Carolina Central WR Joaquin Davis
• Morgan State DB Carlvainsky Decius
• Alabama State OL Arelious Dunn
• Alabama A&M RB Donovan Eaglin
• Tennessee State QB Draylen Ellis
• Howard OL Darius Fox
• Florida A&M WR Jamari Gassett
• Alcorn State TE Tavarious Griffin
• Alabama A&M WR Jacolby Hewitt*
• Howard LB Terrance Hollon
• Howard RB Jarett Hunter
• North Carolina A&T OL Jason Ivey*
• South Carolina State OL Cam Johnson
• Howard DB Robert Jones III
• Norfolk State WR Jaquez Jones
• Norfolk State DB Terron Mallory
• North Carolina Central DL Quantez Mansfield
• Langston DB Travis Martin
• Jackson State DB Robert McDaniel
• Jackson State RB Irv Mulligan
• South Carolina State QB Eric Phoenix
• Virginia State LB K'Vaughan Pope*
• Florida A&M TE Jeremiah Pruitte*
• Florida A&M QB Daniel Richardson
• Howard DB Xavier Robiou
• Bowie State LB Sadiq Salawu
• Texas Southern DB Canary Simmons*
• Prairie View A&M WR Trejon Spiller
• Prairie View A&M DL Fred Stokes
• Delaware State RB Jaden Sutton
• Alabama State DL Trequan Thomas
• Jackson State DL Tru Thompson
• South Carolina State TE Keshawn Toney
• Tennessee State EDGE Chris Walker*
• Morgan State DL Elijah Williams

*Players will not participate in HBCU Legacy Bowl practices.

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Top performers from the HBCU Combine:

Jackson State S Robert McDaniel

Robert McDaniel, S, Jackson State (HBCU Combine):

• HT: 6023
• WT: 213
• VJ: 38.5"
• BJ: 10'8"
• 40: 4.55
• Bench: 14 reps

The highest rated prospect at the event. 55 tackles, 10.0 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, 3 INTs this season. Draftable player.

— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) February 17, 2025

North Carolina Central WR Joaquin Davis

North Carolina Central WR Joaquin Davis was one of the standouts at the HBCU Combine Monday at the Saints facility in New Orleans. The 6-4, 192 pounder ran a 4.44 40, had a 40.5 vertical and didn’t drop a pass thrown his way. Reports from the combine on The Insiders @nflnetwork,… pic.twitter.com/82FxS8ehBD

— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) February 17, 2025

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Virginia Union RB Jada Byers

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