NFL Announces Indianapolis Will Host 2025 Combine
The NFL Scouting Combine will remain in Indianapolis at least one more year.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported on January 18 that the league announced Indianapolis as its 2025 NFL Scouting Combine location.
"Indianapolis will host the NFL Scouting Combine in 2025, striking a 1-year extension," Rapoport wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Rapoport included in his tweet a press release from the league announcing the 1-year extension.
"Indianapolis has a storied history with the NFL Combine, so we are thrilled to continue partnering with Visit Indy, the Indianapolis Colts, and our local partners for the event in 2025," said NFL executive vice president Peter O'Reilly. "The city has continued to innovate and help us evolve both the setup for the football evaluation process as well as growing the in-person experience for football fans in the region and across the city."
Indianapolis has hosted the NFL combine every year since 1987. The tradition started because of the city's central location in the country and because of Indianapolis' indoor facility.
Prior to Lucas Oil Stadium opening in 2008, the Colts' previous home of the RCA Dome held the league's combine.
In more recent years, there has been some talk about the combine moving around to different cities like the Super Bowl and NFL draft.
At one point, the NFL draft had a tradition of New York City just as Indianapolis does with the NFL combine. New York was the location of every NFL draft from 1965-2014.
But starting in 2015, the NFL draft has toured the country, which has given other cities an opportunity to host the league's biggest offseason event.
Moving the NFL combine around could do the same thing. But Indianapolis fans, including Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, have been strongly against giving up their NFL combine tradition.
"Indianapolis is a city built to host major sporting events, and I'm proud the Combine will continue to stay in our city," Irsay said in May 2022 when the league announced the event would remain in Indianapolis for 2023 and 2024.
The league's announcement on Thursday ensures Indianapolis' combine streak will reach at least 39 years.
