The NFL announced its 319 invitees to the 2026 Scouting Combine, which will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis from Feb. 26 through March 1. Five TCU Horned Frogs have been invited to participate in the event, which serves as a primer for the 2026 NFL Draft later this spring. WR Eric McAlister, FS Bud Clark, LB Namdi Obiazor, LB Kaleb Elarms-Orr and TE DJ Rogers are the TCU athletes who’ve received combine invitations.
The Horned Frogs have sent players to the combine in each of the last
six years. Jack Bech and Savion Williams represented TCU last year, while Josh Newton, Jared Wiley and Brandon Coleman were three of the six Horned Frogs invited in 2024. TCU had nine players at the combine in 2023: Max Duggan, Kendre Miller, Derius Davis, Quentin Johnston, Steve Avila, Alan Ali, Dee Winters, Dylan Horton and Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson.
McAlister and Elarms-Orr were both named All-Big 12 First Team selections in 2025. McAlister led the Horned Frogs in receiving, catching 72 passes for 1,190 yards and 10 touchdowns. Elarms-Orr was TCU’s leading tackler on defense, finishing with 130 total tackles (60 solo stops) while adding four sacks and two pass breakups.
Clark was named an All-Big 12 Second Team player in each of his last two years at TCU. The sixth-year safety concluded his collegiate career with 214 tackles, 35 pass breakups and 15 interceptions. Obiazor, who was also a six-year college player, was a one-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention who ended his time in Fort Worth with 302 total tackles (166 solo stops), 17 TFLs, 8.5 sacks, nine pass breakups, three interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Rogers had a career season at tight end in 2025, finishing with 34 receptions for 319 yards and two touchdowns. A former four-star prospect, Rogers ended his time at TCU with 53 catches for 539 yards and five touchdowns.
