Several of the 321 prospects invited to Indianapolis for the 2024 scouting combine stand out far more for their abilities on the field, not in the weight room or on the track.
Although these may not be the biggest players or the ones turning heads during testing, they have a proven ability to play football at a high level. For that alone, many of these prospects deserve to be picked near the top of the draft no matter how they fare at the combine.
Jordan Addison is the best recent example to prove this. The USC wideout didn't perform well at last year's combine, running a relatively pedestrian 4.