Pair of Liberty football players invited to the NFL combine

Liberty University Flames football players John Lunsford, a kicker, and quarterback Josh Woodrum are among the top collegiate players in the country who have been invited to participate in the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine.

Earlier today, the NFL released its invitee list which features over 300 of the best draft-eligible college players in the country. The NFL Scouting Combine will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 23-29.

Top executives, coaching staffs, player personnel departments, and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams will be on hand to evaluate the nation’s top college football players eligible for the upcoming NFL Draft. The intense, four-day job interview is an exciting time for the athletes and a vital step in achieving their dreams of playing in the NFL.

Lunsford and Woodrum were two of 22 FCS players invited to this year’s NFL Scouting Combine. Liberty was one of five FCS programs with multiple invitees, joining Harvard (2), North Dakota State (2), South Carolina State (2), and Southern Utah (3). They are the first Liberty players to be invited to the NFL Scouting Combine since running back Rashad Jennings in 2009, who was eventually selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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