How to watch South Carolina football stars compete at the NFL Combine
The South Carolina football program will be among the best represented at this week’s NFL Combine. In total, 12 Gamecocks will compete in Indianapolis with 11 (Nick Emmanwori, TJ Sanders, Kyle Kennard, Demetrius Knight, Rocket Sanders, Josh Simon, O’Donnell Fortune, Torricelli Simpkins, Bam Martin-Scott, Tonka Hemingway, and DeAndre Jules) participating in the main NFL Scouting Combine events and punter Kai Kroeger taking part in the combine’s Specialists Showcase earlier in the week.
Whether one considers USC’s combine invitation total to be 11 or 12, this year marks a Carolina combine record. Only Texas, Ohio State, and Georgia have more than 12 players invited to the 2025 NFL Combine.
Here is GamecockCentral’s Mike Uva’s breakdown of the 11 non-specialist Gamecocks competing in Indianapolis and also a Kroeger breakdown ahead of his trip to Lucas Oil Stadium.
Last year, five South Carolina football alums competed in Indianapolis. Four of them (Xavier Legette, Spencer Rattler, Marcellas Dial, and Nick Gargiulo) earned NFL Draft selection. If the Gamecocks come close to that invitations-picks ratio, they will have a big-time showing at the draft. In total, 329 players received NFL Combine invitations. 257 will hear their names called this April.
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With a strong contingent of USC products in Indianapolis, South Carolina could challenge the program record for NFL Draft picks. In 2009 and then again in 2013, seven Gamecocks earned selections.
Below is how to watch the 2025 NFL Combine and the South Carolina football products in attendance. *NFL Network and NFL.com will handle the majority of the NFL Combine’s coverage.*
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Defensive Linemen/Linebackers: 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 27th
–Gamecock defensive tackles TJ Sanders, Tonka Hemingway, and DeAndre Jules, EDGE Kyle Kennard, and linebackers Demetrius Knight and Bam Martin-Scott will compete on Thursday.
Defensive Backs/Tight Ends: 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28th
–Gamecock defensive backs Nick Emmanwori and O’Donnell Fortune and tight end Josh Simon will compete on Friday.
Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers/Running Backs: 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 1st
–Gamecock running back Rocket Sanders will compete on Saturday.
Offensive Linemen: 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 2nd
–Gamecock offensive lineman Torricelli Simpkins will compete on Sunday.
All of the primary NFL Combine coverage will be on NFL Network and then streamed on NFL.com. Some of the coverage will be live, while other parts will be recorded. NFL.com also will provide non-televised coverage available after the fact. Most of the draft coverage will focus on on-field drills and select interviews/media availability.
Each group will have most of its on-field work and measurements on their listed days. However, the position groups will have interviews and even a few on-field activities in the days leading up to and the one day after their primary day.
