Archive for February, 2009
This was the group of guys that I most wanted to see: linebackers and defensive linemen. A few guys dominated in every drill they competed in, while others succeeded in a single drill and were quite average in others. Unfortunately, Brian Orakpo and Rey Maualuga injured their hamstrings during drills (I was really bummed about that).
But I want to note that Aaron Curry looked fantastic today. He was calm, composed, and he definitely impressed in every drill.
Here are the NFL Combine results for february 23:
1) Brian Orakpo –Texas/DE
Bench press-31 reps
40 yard dash-4.70 sec
vertical leap- 39.5 in
2) Aaron Maybin–Penn St/DE
40 yard dash-4.89 sec
3) )Larry English–Northern Illinois/DE
Bench press-24 reps
40 yard dash-4.90 sec
4) Everette Brown–Florida St/DE
Bench press-26 reps
40 yard dash- 4.73 sec
5) Michael Johnson–Georgia Tech/DE
40 yard dash- 4.75 sec
6) B.J Raji–Boston College/DT
Bench press-33 reps
40 yard dash-5.13 sec
7) Terrance Taylor–Michigan/DT
Bench press-37 reps
40 yard dash-5.24 sec
8 ) Ron Brace–Boston College/DT
Bench press- 32 reps
40 yard dash- 5.47 sec
9) Evander Hood–Missouri/DT
Bench press- 34 reps
40 yard dash-4.91 sec
10) Jarron Gilbert–San Jose St/DT
40 yard dash- 4.87 sec
vertical leap-35.5 in
11) Rey Maualuga–USC/MLB
Bench press-23 reps
40 yard dash-4.83 (unofficial)
12) Aaron Curry–Wake Forest/OLB
Bench press 25 reps
40 yard dash- 4.56 sec
13) James Laurinaitis–Ohio St/MLB
Bench press- 22 reps
40 yard dash- 4.82 sec
14) Brian Cushing–USC/OLB
Bench press- 30 reps
40 yard dash- 4.74 sec
15) Scott McKillop–Pittsburgh/MLB
Bench press- 27 reps
40 yard dash- 4.77 sec
16) Clay Matthews–USC/OLB
40 yard dash- 4.67 sec
17) Clint Sintim–Virginia/OLB
40 yard dash- 4.78 sec
*Surprise Performer:*
18) Connor Barwin–Cincinnati/DE
Bench press-22 reps
40 yard dash-4.66 sec
vertical leap- 40.5 in
Today the running backs, wide receivers, and quarterbacks groups competed in workout drills. Here is a brief summary of the key stats:
Darrius Heyward-Bey– Maryland/WR
- Kory Sheets photo provided by NFL.com
Bench press-16 reps
40 yard dash- 4.30 sec
vertical leap-38.5 in
Percy Harvin–Florida/WR
Bench press- 19 reps
40 yard dash- 4.41 sec
vertical leap- n/a
Jeremy Maclin–Missouri/WR
40 yard dash- 4.44 sec
Chris Wells–Ohio St/HB
Bench press-25 reps
40 yard dash- 4.59 sec
vertical leap-33.5 in
Knowshon Moreno–Georgia/HB
Bench press-25 reps
40 yard dash- 4.60 sec
vertical leap-35.5 in
*Surprise Performance:*
Andre Brown– North Carolina St/HB
Bench press-24 reps
40 yard dash- 4.49 sec
vertical leap-37 in
I had fun watching the offensive linemen and tight ends compete in today’s drills. As promised, here are some of the top prospect stats for day 1.
Jason Smith –Baylor/OT
Bench press-33 reps
40 yard dash-5.22 sec
Jamon Meredith–South Carolina/OT
Bench press- 31 reps
40 yard dash-5.03 sec
Michael Oher–Ole Miss/OT
Bench press- 21 reps
40 yard dash- 5.19 sec
Eugene Monroe–Virgina/OT
Bench press- 23 reps
40 yard dash- 5.16 sec
Brandon Pettigrew–Oklahoma St/TE
Bench press- 22 reps
40 yard dash-4.85 sec
vertical leap- 33 in
Surprise performer:
Jared Cook–South Carolina/TE
Bench press- 23 reps
40 yard dash- 4.50 sec
vertical leap-41 in
(for reference, 225 lbs are the standard weight used for bench press drill)
Hey everyone,
if you’re like me and don’t have NFL network to watch the combine (which starts today), then go to the following website to watch live coverage!
That’s what I am doing right now. I hope you enjoy it.
The live coverage is from 11am-2pm Eastern time.
http://www.nfl.com/combine/live/app
For those of you who cannot get any video coverage, I’ll make sure to post a few of the key statistics later today. If there are any specific players you would like to hear about, let me know and I can try to post their stats as well.
