LOGAN, Utah – Former Utah State football player Jalen Royals has been invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, which will begin on Monday, Feb. 24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The combine will run through Monday, March 3.

Royals is the first Aggie to be invited to the NFL Combine since Jordan Love in 2020.
 
In all, 329 players were invited to this year's NFL Scouting Combine, including 48 wide receivers. Royals is one of eight Mountain West players, including one of four receivers.
 
Royals, a 6-foot, 205-pound wide receiver from Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove HS/Georgia Military College) spent three seasons at Utah State (2022-24) and appeared in 32 games with 21 starts. He was named a College Football Network Third Team All-American and All-Mountain West First Team selection in 2023 and earned Second Team All-MW honors in 2024.
 
Royals started each of the first seven games this season before suffering a season-ending injury. During those seven games, Royals caught 55 passes for 834 yards with six touchdowns, which included four 100-yard receiving games. He also returned nine kickoffs for 184 yards.
 
For his career, Royals caught 126 passes for 1,914 yards and 21 touchdowns. He ranks tied for third all-time in school history in touchdown receptions, 12th all-time in receiving yards, 16th all-time in receptions, and tied for fifth all-time in 100-yard receiving games with eight. Royals had nine touchdown receptions of 50-plus yards in his career and had a touchdown catch in 13 of his last 16 games.
 
During the 2023 season, Royals started all 13 games and had 71 receptions for 1,080 yards and a school-record 15 touchdowns as he was just the 13th player in school history to record 1,000 receiving yards in a season. His 1,080 receiving yards are the 10th-most in a single season in school history, while his 71 receptions are tied for the 10th most and his 15 total touchdowns are tied for the eighth-most. He also led the nation with seven touchdown receptions of 50-plus yards.
 
About the NFL Scouting Combine
The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine is the annual job fair for prospective new NFL players. For eight days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, players are put through a series of drills, tests and interviews with more than 600 NFL personnel including head coaches, general managers and scouts. The 2025 NFL Draft is slated for April 24-26.
 
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 27, the NFL Network (Comcast Ch. 270, Dish Network Ch. 154, DirecTV Ch. 212) and NFL.com will broadcast live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, providing an up-close look at the 329 NFL prospects looking to take the next step in their careers. Live coverage of on-field workouts begins Thursday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. (MT). Quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers will be featured on Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. (MT).
 
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