More than one in five of the participants in the upcoming NFL combine (74 out of 332) will hail from the SEC. However, that doesn’t mean that every draft-eligible future pro from the conference will take the field in Indianapolis from Feb. 23-29.
A number of capable SEC players missed out on combine invitations, including surprise absentee Jake Coker from Alabama. The Crimson Tide quarterback is on our list of five SEC players -- and we easily could have named more -- who could still wind up on NFL rosters next season despite combine snubs:
Coker: Eighteen quarterbacks will appear before the scouts in Indy, but the senior quarterback from the national champion will not be among them.