Jordyn Tyson Will Skip On-Field Workouts. Will It Affect Draft Stock?

Jordyn Tyson Will Skip On-Field Workouts At NFL Combine. Will It Affect His Draft Stock?

Jordyn Tyson enters the 2026 NFL Combine as one of the top wide receiver prospects. Dane Brugler of The Athletic has Tyson ranked 12th among all draft candidates and the second wide receiver. Brugler reported that Tyson will not be doing workouts at the combine. This is why this matters.

Injury Concerns

Tyson reportedly will not work out as he is working himself back from a hamstring injury originally sustained in October in a game against Texas Tech. That’s valid. The main concern is Tyson’s injury history. The 6’2”, 200-pound receiver has sustained multiple injuries during his four-year college career.

• In 2022, multi-ligament knee injury in his freshman year at the University of Colorado
• In 2024, broken collar bone in his time at Arizona State
• In 2025, hamstring injury in his final season at Arizona State

In his four-year college career, Tyson has played in only 33 games.

While sitting out of the on-field workouts due to injury is a completely valid reason, when that is reinforced by a history of injuries, it becomes concerning.

Tyson reportedly will go through medical evaluations.

Depth of the Position

This year, 46 wide receivers are attending the NFL Combine. At a minimum, three are expected to be selected in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft; maybe five could hear their names called on the first day.

In comparison, last year, three wide receivers went in the first round of the draft. The first receiver selected, Tetairoa McMillan, went eighth overall. McMillan also did not participate in on-field workouts. McMillan also entered the combine without having missed a college game due to injury.

Tyson entered the combine tightly bunched as a top-3 prospect, with Ohio State’s Carnell Tate and USC’s Makai Lemon. Both Tate and Lemon are expected to perform on-field workouts on Saturday at the combine. In addition, Washington’s Denzel Boston, Tennessee’s Chris Brazzel, Indiana’s Omar Cooper, and Alabama’s Germie Bernard are all jockeying to get into the first round of the NFL Draft. And all are expected to perform on the field workouts on Saturday.

The depth of the position clearly juxtaposes with the lack of depth at the quarterback position.

Jordan Tyson

Tyson’s film, when healthy, is exceptional. In his freshman year at Colorado, before his catastrophic knee injury, he had 23 receptions, 11 receptions for 15 or more yards, 466 yards, and four touchdowns. After transferring to Arizona State in 2024, Tyson collected 75 receptions, 24 of which were for 15 or more yards, 1,098 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His 2025 year was slowed by the hamstring injury. Yet, he still managed a Pro Football Focus’ seventh-best receiving grade (85.3) with 61 receptions for 711 receiving yards.

It isn’t that Tyson isn’t one of the top receivers coming into the combine; he is. But his tape, although exceptional, is marred by injuries. The combine would have been his opportunity to show that his athleticism isn’t slowed by injuries. It would have been an opportunity to distinguish himself from the crowd of receivers firsthand.

Now still recovering from the hamstring injury, Tyson will sit and watch his competition perform at the combine and hope that his pro-day makes the statement for first-round consideration that his fellow receivers are announcing at the combine.