Bowling Green tight end Harold Fannin Jr. from Canton accepts invite to 2025 NFL Combine

Posted by author January 31, 2025 NFL

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McKinley High School graduate Harold Fannin Jr. accepted an invite to the 2025 NFL Combine, according to the Bowling Green athletics department.

Fannin is coming off a record-setting season for the Bowling Green football team as a tight end and is currently in Mobile, Alabama, for the Senior Bowl.

The combine runs Feb. 27 to March 2 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Fannin is the first Bowling Green player invited to the NFL Combine since Chris Jones in 2014.

What day will tight end Harold Fannin Jr. work out at the NFL Combine

The tight ends are scheduled to work out at the combine with the defensive backs on Friday, Feb. 28. All workouts air on the NFL Network.

When does Harold Fannin Jr. play in the Senior Bowl?

Fannin has reportedly performed well throughout this past week in Senior Bowl practices. The Senior Bowl game is 2:30 p .m. Saturday and will be broadcast live on the NFL Network.

A look Harold Fannin Jr.’s stats in 2024

Fannin totaled 117 receptions for 1,555 yards to lead the nation in both categories in 2024 while also setting all-time FBS season records for a tight end. Fannin led the nation’s tight ends in more than 105 different categories, according to BG, and he led all receivers in 20-plus categories.

Fannin became the school’s first-ever consensus All-American, earning first-team honors in four of the five consensus All-America teams. He also just became the second FBS tight end to earn a league MVP honor when the MAC named Fannin the Vern Smith Leadership Award recipient. Fannin was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, too.

Fannin leaves Bowling Green owning more than 20 school records. He set eight FBS records in 2024 and his 17 receptions in the 68 Ventures Bowl tied an FBS record for tight end receptions in any game.

Fannin is the highest-graded college football player according to Pro Football Focus, earning an overall grade of 96.1. He is also the top-graded pass-catching tight end in run blocking (73.7 grade). Fannin’s 34 broken tackles in 2024 set a PFF-era record for a tight end. The closest tight end this season has 19.