NFL Combine Features Three Temple Players

PHILADELPHIA – This week, the NFL's talent evaluators will flock to Indianapolis for the annual combine. The week-long event challenges 332 of the top college prospects to test and perform in front of every NFL team's top brass.

Three Temple players were invited this year – DT Matt Ioannidis, LB Tyler Matakevich and DB Tavon Young. All three have been preparing for the strength, speed and agility drills they will be asked to perform.

The NFL has scheduled events from Wednesday, February 24, through Monday, February 29. Players are grouped by position and are walked through interviews and drills together. Temple players' schedules are:

		Media Interviews	Workouts
Defensive Line	Ioannidis	Friday (2/26)	Sunday (2/28)
Linebackers	Matakevich	Friday (2/26)	Sunday (2/28)
Defensive Backs	Young	Saturday (2/27)	Monday (2/29)

The NFL Network will broadcast all of the workouts live from Lucas Oil Stadium. Those broadcasts will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET. Each night, the Network will recap the day's events with Combine Primetime beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Current projections by CBSports.com

Player	Overall Rank	Projected Round	Position-Rank
Tyler Matakevich	100	3-4	ILB-4
Matt Ioannidis	168	5	DT-15
Tavon Young	185	5-6	CB-23
Kyle Friend	226	6-7	OG-15
Robby Anderson	423	FA	WR-50
Alex Wells	612	FA	FS-26
Eric Lofton	746	FA	OG-44
Hershey Walton	801	FA	DT-57