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Headling the offensive group was a strong group of wide receivers: Jacksonville State's Alan Bonner, Eastern Kentucky's Tyrone Goard, Eastern Washington's Brandon Kaufman, Elon's Aaron Mellette, Tennessee Tech's Darick Rogers and Lehigh's Ryan Spadola.

There also were six offensive linemen: Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Terron Armstead, Tennessee State's Rogers Gaines, Alabama A&M's Jamaal Johnson-Webb,

Youngstown State's Lamar Mady, Cornell's J.C. Tretter and James Madison's Earl Watford.

In addition, Southern Utah quarterback Brad Sorensen and Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet, the 2012 Walter Payton Award runner-up, received invitations.

Defensively, there were four FCS cornerbacks: Southeastern Louisiana's Robert Alford, Appalachian State's Demetrius McCray, Sam Houston State's Dax Swanson and William & Mary's B.W. Webb.

Also invited were linebackers Brandon Hepburn of Florida A&M and Keith Pough of Howard; defensive tackles Montori Hughes of UT Martin and Jared Smith of New Hampshire; Samford defensive end Nick Williams; and Georgia Southern safety J.J. Wilcox.

danefan wrote:Sportsnetwork says 24

BDKJMU wrote:NFL announced yesterday. Of the 324 players so far, 24 I-AA:
ARMSTEAD, TERRON ARKANSAS-PINEBLUFF OL03 OL
ALFORD, ROBERT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA DB02 DB
BONNER, ALAN JACKSONVILLE ST-AL WO04 WO
GAINES, ROGERS TENNESSEE ST OL21 OL
GOARD, TYRONE EASTERN KENTUCKY WO10 WO
HEPBURN, BRANDON FLORIDA A&M LB09 LB
HUGHES, MONTORI TENNESSEE-MARTIN DL18 DL
OHNSON-WEBB, JAMAAL ALABAMA A&M OL31 OL
KAUFMAN, BRANDON EASTERN WASHINGTON WO18 WO (junior)
MADY, LAMAR YOUNGSTOWN OL37 OL
MAYSONET, MIGUEL STONY BROOK RB23 RB
MCCRAY, DEMETRIUS APPALACHIAN ST DB24 DB
MELLETTE, AARON ELON WO21 WO
POUGH, KEITH HOWARD LB26 LB
ROGERS, DA’RICK TENNESSEE TECH WO27 WO
SMITH, JARED NEW HAMPSHIRE DL41 DL
SORENSEN, BRAD SOUTHERN UTAH QB14 QB
SPADOLA, RYAN LEHIGH WO31 WO
SWANSON, DAXTON SAM HOUSTON ST DB44 DB
TRETTER, J C CORNELL-NY OL49 OL
WATFORD, EARL JAMES MADISON OL53 OL
WEBB, B W WILLIAM & MARY DB52 DB
WILLIAMS, NICK SAMFORD DL51 DL
WILCOX, J J GEORGIA SOUTHERN DB54 DB

KayCee wrote:How can someone like Tyrann Mathieu (Honey Badger) from LSU be invited to the Combine when he was kicked off the team (and is not in school), and you have some many others who are graduating, or have graduated and are just as good of a football player than he is, and not even get an invite or getting the attention from the scouts as he is. To me it doesn't make sense. I know it all politically but come on, lets be fair about this.

JohnStOnge wrote:

KayCee wrote:How can someone like Tyrann Mathieu (Honey Badger) from LSU be invited to the Combine when he was kicked off the team (and is not in school), and you have some many others who are graduating, or have graduated and are just as good of a football player than he is, and not even get an invite or getting the attention from the scouts as he is. To me it doesn't make sense. I know it all politically but come on, lets be fair about this.

I think you may be underestimating Tyrann Mathieu as a football player. One thing he's got going for him is that he appears to be an elite return specialist.

In 2011 Mathieu was somebody who could take over a game at the highest level of college football. Could and did. And he did it playing on defense and making big plays on returns. I really don't think there are a whole lot of guys out there who are "just as good a footbal player" as he is who aren't being invited to the combine. Always reserve the possibility that there is someone being overlooked. But I think if there are any at all it's a pretty short list.

danefan wrote:That seems like a very large amount of FCS players.

Glad to see Maysonnet on that list. The kid will be a great NFL back.