Sports First NFL scouting combine 35 years ago was unknown, secretive camp: ‘It was like Fort Knox’ February 24, 2022 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star Comments Off on First NFL scouting combine 35 years ago was unknown, secretive camp: ‘It was like Fort Knox’ Purdue's Rod Woodson didn't know what a combine was when he came to Indy's first NFL Scouting Combine in 1987. "I just did what they asked me to do."