2023 NFL Combine: A full list of the wide receivers invited

The Kansas City Chiefs are bound to keep a close eye on the way the NFL Combine will shake out for the wide receivers involved.

The 2023 NFL Combine gets underway this week and that means football fans will have their eyes glued to the prospects for this year’s first-year player draft in a new way this pre-draft season. For hundreds of players hoping to make their dreams of playing in the NFL come true, this week is the first major hurdle (or opportunity) for them to differentiate themselves from the fierce competition.

For the wide receivers at the NFL Combine, it’s going to be an important week because this year’s class is not considered as pro-ready as others. While some players will step in and help immediately, the deeper classes of the last few years will likely cast a shadow over this one. If that’s true, then this year’s prospects will have to work harder to make their case known.

For the Kansas City Chiefs, this position, in particular, is going to be one to watch at the Combine as Brett Veach and his front office staff descend upon Indianapolis for a week of scouting. Mecole Hardman is set to be a free agent, as are JuJu Smith-Schuster and Justin Watson. The only wideouts on the roster for next year at present are Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Kadarius Toney, and Skyy Moore—equal parts inconsistent, injured, and unproven.

Will the Chiefs make a move for one of the draft’s top wide receivers on display in Indy like Jaxon Smith-Njigba or Jordan Addison? Will they wait for a round or two and make a play for a prospect like Cedric Tillman? It will be a lot of fun to see which prospects separate themselves, who is linked with the Chiefs in interviews, and what Veach has to say to the media from Indy. Stay tuned for a fun week.

Here’s a complete list of every wide receiver invited to participate in the 2023 NFL Combine:

• Jordan Addison, USC
• Ronnie Bell, Michigan
• Jake Bobo, UCLA
• Kayshon Boutte, LSU
• Jalen Brooks, South Carolina
• Jason Brownlee, Southern Mississippi
• Jacob Copeland, Maryland
• Jalen Cropper, Fresno State
• Derius Davis, TCU
• Tank Dell, Houston
• Dontay Demus Jr., Maryland
• Demario Douglas, Liberty
• Josh Downs, North Carolina
• Grant DuBose, Charlotte
• Zay Flowers, Boston College
• Bryce Ford-Wheaton, West Virginia
• Antoine Green, North Carolina
• Jadon Haselwood, Arkansas
• Malik Heath, Mississippi
• Elijah Higgins, Stanford
• Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
• Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
• Andrei Iosivas, Princeton
• Kearis Jackson, Georgia
• Rakim Jarrett, Maryland
• Michael Jefferson, Louisiana
• Jaray Jenkins, LSU
• CJ Johnson, East Carolina
• Quentin Johnston, TCU
• Charlie Jones, Purdue
• Malik Knowles, Kansas State
• Matt Landers, Arkansas
• Marvin Mims Jr., Oklahoma
• Jonathan Mingo, Mississippi
• Puka Nacua, BYU
• Joseph Ngata, Clemson
• Trey Palmer, Nebraska
• A.T. Perry, Wake Forest
• Jayden Reed, Michigan State
• Rashee Rice, SMU
• Tyler Scott, Cincinnati
• Justin Shorter, Florida
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
• Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
• Mitchell Tinsley, Penn State
• Tre Tucker, Cincinnati
• Parker Washington, Penn State
• Jalen Wayne, South Alabama
• Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia
• Michael Wilson, Stanford