Five Miami football alums receive NFL Combine invites

Defensive tackle Leonard Taylor, Offensive lineman Javion Cohen and Matt Lee and safeties Kamren Kinchens and James Williams will represent the Miami football program at the 2024 NFL Combine in Indianapolis from February 26 through March 4.

Taylor will be the first Miami football alum to compete in the 2024 NFL Combine on Thursday, February 29 when defensive lineman and linebackers are tested beginning at 3 PM Eastern time on the NFL Network.

Kinchens and Williams will compete on the second day when defensive backs and tight ends go through drills. No Miami players will compete on the third day of the NFL Combine when Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers and Running Backs go through drills and measurements for administrators and scouts.

Cohen and Lee will have their turn to impress administrators and scouts when offensive linemen participate in the NFL Combine on Sunday, March 3. Cohen, Kinchens, Taylor and Williams are all projected to be drafted. Lee is currently projected as an undrafted free agent, making the combine critical for him.

Kinchens currently has the highest draft projection among the Miami players. The NFL Mock Draft Database lists Kinchens as the 42nd-best prospect on its big board. Among the prominent and more well-known websites, Kinchens seems to be falling out of the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

Taylor is projected as the 52nd overall prospect, Williams 106th, Cohen 143rd and Lee 334th. The NFL invited 321 prospects to the 2024 NFL Combine. At least 224 players are selected in the NFL Draft each season. That number can rise due to compensatory picks.

Miami has not had four players drafted since 2021. Jaelen Phillips and Greg Rousseau were selected in the first round, Brevin Jordan in the fifth and Quincy Roche was drafted in the sixth round. The 2024 NFL Draft is from Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 2, in Detroit.