Bud Dupree Topped Byron Jones in the Broad Jump at 2015 Combine

by Chase Stuart on March 3, 2015

Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones made history at the 2015 combine, with an unbelievable broad jump of 147 inches. And the video was every bit as impressive as it sounds. Keep in mind that no other player in combine history has ever even hit the 140 inch mark, giving Jones a full 8″ lead on every other broad jump ever recorded in Indianapolis.

On the other hand, Alvin “Bud” Dupree did something special, too. Remember, the Kentucky outside linebacker weighed in at 269 pounds, and he managed to jump 138 inches. In combine history, no other player over 260 pounds has jumped more than 129 inches; lower the weight to over 250 pounds, and the best mark after Dupree is 131 inches. So the Wildcats edge rusher was really in a class of his own, too.

There were 249 prospects in Indianapolis who performed in the broad jump. I performed a regression analysis using weight and height as my inputs, since both variables were highly significant in predicting the broad jump. Here is the best-fit formula:

Expected Broad Jump = 95.16 + 0.873 * Height – 0.183 * Weight

There is almost a one-to-one relationship between the broad jump and height: For every eight inches of height, a player would be expected to jump seven inches farther. With weight, about five pounds of body weight translates into one fewer inch on the broad jump.

So let’s look at Dupree and Jones. Dupree measured 6’4 269, giving him an expected broad jump of 112.3 inches, which he exceeded by 25.7 inches. Jones, on the other hand, was a more aerodynamic 6’1, 199 pounds. That gave him an expected broad jump of 122.5 inches. And while the 147″ mark that Jones recorded was incredible, that “only” exceeded expectations by 24.5 inches. As a result, Dupree is your combine champion in yet another category. The table below shows the results of every player who participated at the combine in the broad jump. Data comes from NFLSavant.com.

Rk	Name	Pos	College	Height	Weight	Exp Broad J	Actual Broad J	Diff
1	Alvin Dupree	OLB	Kentucky	76	269	112.3	138	25.7
2	Byron Jones	CB	Connecticut	73	199	122.5	147	24.5
3	Chris Conley	WR	Georgia	74	213	120.8	139	18.2
4	Davis Tull	OLB	Tennessee-Chattanooga	74	246	114.8	132	17.2
5	Owamagbe Odighizuwa	DE	UCLA	75	267	111.8	127	15.2
6	Vic Beasley	OLB	Clemson	75	246	115.7	130	14.3
7	Ameer Abdullah	RB	Nebraska	69	205	117.9	130	12.1
8	Zack Hodges	OLB	Harvard	74	250	114.1	125	10.9
9	Sammie Coates	WR	Auburn	73	212	120.1	131	10.9
10	Mario Edwards Jr.	DT	Florida St.	75	279	109.6	120	10.4
11	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	DT	Southern Miss	74	307	103.6	114	10.4
12	Bobby McCain	CB	Memphis	69	195	119.8	130	10.2
13	Rannell Hall	WR	Central Florida	72	198	121.8	132	10.2
14	Trey Flowers	DE	Arkansas	74	266	111.1	121	9.9
15	Craig Mager	CB	Texas St.	71	201	120.4	130	9.6
16	P.J. Williams	CB	Florida St.	72	194	122.6	132	9.4
17	David Johnson	RB	Northern Iowa	73	224	118	127	9
18	Josh Shaw	CB	USC	72	201	121.3	130	8.7
19	Grady Jarrett	NT	Clemson	73	304	103.3	112	8.7
20	Ellis McCarthy	DT	UCLA	77	338	100.6	109	8.4
21	Eric Kendricks	ILB	UCLA	72	232	115.6	124	8.4
22	Jordan Hicks	OLB	Texas	73	236	115.8	124	8.2
23	Preston Smith	DE	Mississippi St.	77	271	112.9	121	8.1
24	Mark Glowinski	OG	West Virginia	76	307	105.4	113	7.6
25	Donovan Smith	OG	Penn St.	78	338	101.5	109	7.5
26	Eli Harold	OLB	Virginia	75	247	115.5	123	7.5
27	Ronald Darby	CB	Florida St.	71	193	121.9	129	7.1
28	Frank Clark	DE	Michigan	75	271	111.1	118	6.9
29	Jermaine Whitehead	FS	Auburn	71	197	121.1	128	6.9
30	Cameron Erving	C	Florida St.	77	313	105.2	112	6.8
31	Terry Poole	OG	San Diego St.	77	307	106.3	113	6.7
32	Ryan Russell	DE	Purdue	76	269	112.3	119	6.7
33	John Crockett	RB	North Dakota St.	72	217	118.4	125	6.6
34	Melvin Gordon	RB	Wisconsin	73	215	119.6	126	6.4
35	Kevin Johnson	CB	Wake Forest	72	188	123.7	130	6.3
36	Arik Armstead	DT	Oregon	79	292	110.8	117	6.2
37	Kenny Bell	WR	Nebraska	73	197	122.9	129	6.1
38	Kyle Emanuel	OLB	North Dakota St.	75	255	114	120	6
39	Stephone Anthony	ILB	Clemson	75	243	116.2	122	5.8
40	Damien Wilson	ILB	Minnesota	72	245	113.2	119	5.8
41	David Cobb	RB	Minnesota	71	229	115.3	121	5.7
42	Randy Gregory	OLB	Nebraska	77	235	119.4	125	5.6
43	Jaquiski Tartt	SS	Samford	73	221	118.5	124	5.5
44	Laurence Gibson	OT	Virginia Tech	78	305	107.5	113	5.5
45	Mitch Morse	OG	Missouri	77	305	106.6	112	5.4
46	Michael Dyer	RB	Louisville	68	218	114.7	120	5.3
47	Darren Waller	WR	Georgia Tech	78	238	119.8	125	5.2
48	Edmond Robinson	OLB	Newberry	75	245	115.9	121	5.1
49	Martrell Spaight	OLB	Arkansas	72	236	114.9	120	5.1
50	T.J. Clemmings	OT	Pittsburgh	77	309	105.9	111	5.1
51	Justin Cox	FS	Mississippi St.	73	191	124	129	5
52	Zach Zenner	RB	South Dakota St.	71	223	116.4	121	4.6
53	Jesse James	TE	Penn St.	79	261	116.4	121	4.6
54	Max Valles	OLB	Virginia	77	251	116.5	121	4.5
55	Benardrick McKinney	ILB	Mississippi St.	76	246	116.5	121	4.5
56	Clive Walford	TE	Miami	76	251	115.6	120	4.4
57	Geneo Grissom	DE	Oklahoma	75	262	112.8	117	4.2
58	Ben Heeney	ILB	Kansas	72	231	115.8	120	4.2
59	MyCole Pruitt	TE	Southern Illinois	74	251	113.9	118	4.1
60	Jake Ryan	OLB	Michigan	74	240	115.9	120	4.1
61	Adrian Amos	FS	Penn St.	72	218	118.2	122	3.8
62	Bryan Bennett	QB	Southeastern Louisiana	74	211	121.2	125	3.8
63	Geremy Davis	WR	Connecticut	74	216	120.3	124	3.7
64	Wes Saxton	TE	South Alabama	75	248	115.3	119	3.7
65	Landon Collins	SS	Alabama	72	228	116.3	120	3.7
66	Kwon Alexander	OLB	LSU	73	227	117.4	121	3.6
67	Obum Gwacham	DE	Oregon St.	77	246	117.4	121	3.6
68	Eric Rowe	FS	Utah	73	205	121.4	125	3.6
69	Duke Johnson	RB	Miami	69	207	117.6	121	3.4
70	Jay Ajayi	RB	Boise St.	72	221	117.6	121	3.4
71	Javorius Allen	RB	USC	72	221	117.6	121	3.4
72	Ty Montgomery	WR	Stanford	72	221	117.6	121	3.4
73	Jalston Fowler	FB	Alabama	71	254	110.7	114	3.3
74	Cody Prewitt	FS	Mississippi	74	208	121.8	125	3.2
75	Gus Johnson	RB	Stephen F. Austin	70	215	117	120	3
76	Tyeler Davison	DT	Fresno St.	74	316	102	105	3
77	Nick Marshall	QB	Auburn	73	207	121.1	124	2.9
78	Xavier Cooper	DT	Washington St.	75	293	107.1	110	2.9
79	Jaelen Strong	WR	Arizona State	74	217	120.1	123	2.9
80	Devin Funchess	WR	Michigan	76	232	119.1	122	2.9
81	Jordan Phillips	NT	Oklahoma	77	329	102.2	105	2.8
82	Julian Wilson	CB	Oklahoma	74	205	122.3	125	2.7
83	J.T. Surratt	DT	South Carolina	73	304	103.3	106	2.7
84	Ali Marpet	C	Hobart & William Smith	76	307	105.4	108	2.6
85	Darius Philon	DT	Arkansas	73	298	104.4	107	2.6
86	DeVante Parker	WR	Louisville	75	209	122.4	125	2.6
87	Bryce Petty	QB	Baylor	75	230	118.6	121	2.4
88	Tre McBride	WR	William & Mary	72	210	119.6	122	2.4
89	Keith Mumphery	WR	Michigan St.	72	215	118.7	121	2.3
90	La'el Collins	OT	LSU	76	305	105.8	108	2.2
91	Jalen Collins	CB	LSU	73	203	121.8	124	2.2
92	Deon Simon	NT	Northwestern St. (LA)	76	321	102.8	105	2.2
93	Anthony Chickillo	DE	Miami	75	267	111.8	114	2.2
94	Michael Burton	FB	Rutgers	71	242	112.9	115	2.1
95	Lynden Trail	DE	Norfolk St.	79	269	115	117	2
96	D'Joun Smith	CB	Florida Atlantic	70	187	122.1	124	1.9
97	Derrick Lott	DT	Tennessee-Chattanooga	76	314	104.1	106	1.9
98	Jahwan Edwards	RB	Ball St.	69	220	115.2	117	1.8
99	Kevin White	WR	West Virginia	75	215	121.3	123	1.7
100	Tye Smith	CB	Towson	72	195	122.4	124	1.6
101	Za'Darius Smith	DE	Kentucky	76	274	111.4	113	1.6
102	Henry Anderson	DE	Stanford	78	294	109.5	111	1.5
103	James Sample	SS	Louisville	74	209	121.6	123	1.4
104	Laken Tomlinson	OG	Duke	75	323	101.6	103	1.4
105	Chaz Green	OT	Florida	77	314	105	106	1
106	Maxx Williams	TE	Minnesota	76	249	116	117	1
107	Trey Williams	RB	Texas A&M	67	195	118	119	1
108	Bryce Hager	ILB	Baylor	73	234	116.1	117	0.9
109	Jarvis Harrison	OG	Texas A&M	76	330	101.2	102	0.8
110	Malcolm Brown	RB	Texas	71	224	116.2	117	0.8
111	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA	75	226	119.3	120	0.7
112	Justin Coleman	CB	Tennessee	71	185	123.3	124	0.7
113	Shaq Thompson	OLB	Washington	72	228	116.3	117	0.7
114	Martin Ifedi	DE	Memphis	75	275	110.4	111	0.6
115	Quinten Rollins	CB	Miami (OH)	71	195	121.5	122	0.5
116	Cameron Artis-Payne	RB	Auburn	70	212	117.5	118	0.5
117	Reese Dismukes	C	Auburn	75	296	106.5	107	0.5
118	David Parry	NT	Stanford	73	308	102.6	103	0.4
119	Ross Scheuerman	RB	Lafayette	72	204	120.7	121	0.3
120	Mike Davis	RB	South Carolina	69	217	115.7	116	0.3
121	Karlos Williams	RB	Florida St.	73	230	116.9	117	0.1
122	Clayton Geathers	SS	Central Florida	74	218	119.9	120	0.1
123	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon	76	222	120.9	121	0.1
124	Nate Orchard	DE	Utah	75	250	114.9	115	0.1
125	Dorial Green-Beckham	WR	Missouri	77	237	119.1	119	-0.1
126	Thomas Rawls	RB	Central Michigan	69	215	116.1	116	-0.1
127	Cody Fajardo	QB	Nevada	73	223	118.1	118	-0.1
128	Davaris Daniels	WR	Notre Dame	73	201	122.2	122	-0.2
129	Devin Smith	WR	Ohio St.	72	196	122.2	122	-0.2
130	Amari Cooper	WR	Alabama	73	211	120.3	120	-0.3
131	John Miller	OG	Louisville	74	303	104.4	104	-0.4
132	Charles Gaines	CB	Louisville	70	180	123.4	123	-0.4
133	Phillip Dorsett	WR	Miami	70	185	122.5	122	-0.5
134	Nick Boyle	TE	Delaware	76	268	112.5	112	-0.5
135	Da'Ron Brown	WR	Northern Illinois	72	205	120.6	120	-0.6
136	T.J. Yeldon	RB	Alabama	73	226	117.6	117	-0.6
137	Terrence Magee	RB	LSU	68	213	115.6	115	-0.6
138	Mario Alford	WR	West Virginia	68	180	121.6	121	-0.6
139	Corey Crawford	DE	Clemson	77	283	110.7	110	-0.7
140	J.J. Nelson	WR	UAB	70	156	127.8	127	-0.8
141	Taiwan Jones	ILB	Michigan St.	75	245	115.9	115	-0.9
142	Louis Trinca-Pasat	DT	Iowa	73	290	105.9	105	-0.9
143	Alani Fua	OLB	BYU	77	238	118.9	118	-0.9
144	Carl Davis	DT	Iowa	77	320	103.9	103	-0.9
145	Dante Fowler Jr.	OLB	Florida	75	261	112.9	112	-0.9
146	Kevin White	CB	TCU	69	183	122	121	-1
147	Denzel Perryman	ILB	Miami	71	236	114	113	-1
148	Marcus Peters	CB	Washington	72	197	122	121	-1
149	Leterrius Walton	DT	Central Michigan	77	319	104.1	103	-1.1
150	Leonard Williams	DE	USC	77	302	107.2	106	-1.2
151	Blake Bell	TE	Oklahoma	78	252	117.2	116	-1.2
152	Alex Carter	CB	Stanford	72	196	122.2	121	-1.2
153	Damarious Randall	FS	Arizona State	71	196	121.3	120	-1.3
154	Donatella Luckett	WR	Harding	72	211	119.5	118	-1.5
155	Donald Celiscar	CB	Western Michigan	71	194	121.7	120	-1.7
156	Vince Mayle	WR	Washington St.	74	224	118.8	117	-1.8
157	Josh Robinson	RB	Mississippi St.	68	217	114.9	113	-1.9
158	Kurtis Drummond	FS	Michigan St.	73	208	120.9	119	-1.9
159	Rashad Greene	WR	Florida St.	71	182	123.9	122	-1.9
160	Andrus Peat	OT	Stanford	79	313	106.9	105	-1.9
161	Jeremy Langford	RB	Michigan St.	72	208	120	118	-2
162	Tyler Lockett	WR	Kansas St.	70	182	123	121	-2
163	Trae Waynes	CB	Michigan St.	72	186	124	122	-2
164	Rob Crisp	OT	N.C. State	79	301	109.1	107	-2.1
165	Lorenzo Mauldin	OLB	Louisville	76	259	114.2	112	-2.2
166	J.R. Tavai	OLB	USC	74	249	114.3	112	-2.3
167	D.J. Humphries	OT	Florida	77	307	106.3	104	-2.3
168	Blake Sims	QB	Alabama	71	218	117.3	115	-2.3
169	Jacoby Glenn	CB	Central Florida	72	179	125.3	123	-2.3
170	Angelo Blackson	DT	Auburn	76	318	103.4	101	-2.4
171	Danny Shelton	NT	Washington	74	339	97.8	95	-2.8
172	Joey Iosefa	RB	Hawaii	72	247	112.9	110	-2.9
173	Bobby Richardson	DT	Indiana	75	283	108.9	106	-2.9
174	Deon Long	WR	Maryland	72	192	122.9	120	-2.9
175	Troy Hill	CB	Oregon	70	182	123	120	-3
176	Trenton Brown	OG	Florida	80	355	100.1	97	-3.1
177	Jerry Lovelocke	QB	Prairie View A&M	76	248	116.2	113	-3.2
178	Senquez Golson	CB	Mississippi	69	176	123.2	120	-3.2
179	Amarlo Herrera	ILB	Georgia	73	244	114.3	111	-3.3
180	Leon Orr	DT	Florida	77	323	103.3	100	-3.3
181	Dezmin Lewis	WR	Central Arkansas	76	214	122.4	119	-3.4
182	Malcom Brown	DT	Texas	74	319	101.5	98	-3.5
183	Jean Sifrin	TE	Massachusetts	77	245	117.6	114	-3.6
184	Doran Grant	CB	Ohio St.	70	200	119.7	116	-3.7
185	Cameron Clear	TE	Texas A&M	77	277	111.8	108	-3.8
186	Takoby Cofield	OT	Duke	76	310	104.8	101	-3.8
187	DeAndrew White	WR	Alabama	71	193	121.9	118	-3.9
188	Christion Jones	WR	Alabama	70	182	123	119	-4
189	Titus Davis	WR	Central Michigan	73	196	123.1	119	-4.1
190	Braylon Heard	RB	Kentucky	70	198	120.1	116	-4.1
191	Garry Peters	CB	Clemson	72	191	123.1	119	-4.1
192	Hayes Pullard	ILB	USC	72	240	114.2	110	-4.2
193	Dee Hart	RB	Colorado St.	67	199	117.3	113	-4.3
194	B.J. Finney	C	Kansas St.	76	318	103.4	99	-4.4
195	Nick O'Leary	TE	Florida St.	75	252	114.6	110	-4.6
196	Andrew Donnal	OT	Iowa	78	313	106	101	-5
197	Eric Tomlinson	TE	Texas-El Paso	78	263	115.2	110	-5.2
198	Tre' Jackson	OG	Florida St.	76	330	101.2	96	-5.2
199	Steven Nelson	CB	Oregon St.	70	197	120.3	115	-5.3
200	Devante Davis	WR	UNLV	75	220	120.4	115	-5.4
201	Ramik Wilson	ILB	Georgia	74	237	116.4	111	-5.4
202	Jon Feliciano	OG	Miami	76	323	102.5	97	-5.5
203	Damian Swann	CB	Georgia	72	189	123.5	118	-5.5
204	Matt Jones	RB	Florida	74	231	117.5	112	-5.5
205	Daryl Williams	OT	Oklahoma	77	327	102.6	97	-5.6
206	Durell Eskridge	FS	Syracuse	75	208	122.6	117	-5.6
207	B.J. Catalon	RB	TCU	67	186	119.7	114	-5.7
208	Kenny Hilliard	RB	LSU	72	226	116.7	111	-5.7
209	Jamison Crowder	WR	Duke	68	185	120.7	115	-5.7
210	Gabe Wright	DT	Auburn	75	300	105.8	100	-5.8
211	Paul Dawson	ILB	TCU	72	235	115.1	109	-6.1
212	Brett Boyko	OT	UNLV	79	301	109.1	103	-6.1
213	Jeremiah Poutasi	OG	Utah	77	335	101.1	95	-6.1
214	Tyrus Thompson	OT	Oklahoma	77	324	103.2	97	-6.2
215	Tony Washington	OLB	Oregon	76	247	116.4	110	-6.4
216	Joey Mbu	DT	Houston	75	313	103.4	97	-6.4
217	Zack Wagenmann	DE	Montana	75	247	115.5	109	-6.5
218	Quandre Diggs	CB	Texas	69	196	119.6	113	-6.6
219	Anthony Jefferson	CB	UCLA	73	198	122.7	116	-6.7
220	Jamil Douglas	OG	Arizona State	76	304	105.9	99	-6.9
221	Justin Hardy	WR	East Carolina	70	192	121.2	114	-7.2
222	Stefon Diggs	WR	Maryland	72	195	122.4	115	-7.4
223	Jordan Richards	SS	Stanford	71	211	118.6	111	-7.6
224	Kaelin Clay	WR	Utah	70	195	120.6	113	-7.6
225	Dean Marlowe	FS	James Madison	73	203	121.8	114	-7.8
226	Andy Gallik	C	Boston College	74	306	103.8	96	-7.8
227	Lorenzo Doss	CB	Tulane	70	182	123	115	-8
228	Ezell Ruffin	WR	San Diego St.	72	218	118.2	110	-8.2
229	Robert Myers	OG	Tennessee St.	77	326	102.8	94	-8.8
230	Darrian Miller	OG	Kentucky	77	307	106.3	97	-9.3
231	Ty Sambrailo	OT	Colorado St.	78	311	106.4	97	-9.4
232	Rob Havenstein	OT	Wisconsin	79	321	105.5	96	-9.5
233	Tevin McDonald	FS	Eastern Washington	71	195	121.5	112	-9.5
234	Brandon Bridge	QB	South Alabama	76	229	119.7	110	-9.7
235	Aaron Davis	OLB	Colorado St.	72	225	116.9	107	-9.9
236	Austin Shepherd	OT	Alabama	76	315	103.9	94	-9.9
237	Marcus Murphy	RB	Missouri	68	193	119.3	109	-10.3
238	Tony Lippett	WR	Michigan St.	74	192	124.7	114	-10.7
239	Kyshoen Jarrett	SS	Virginia Tech	70	200	119.7	109	-10.7
240	Chris Hackett	FS	TCU	72	195	122.4	110	-12.4
241	Xzavier Dickson	OLB	Alabama	75	260	113.1	100	-13.1
242	Ladarius Gunter	CB	Miami	73	202	122	108	-14
243	Anthony Boone	QB	Duke	72	231	115.8	100	-15.8
244	Shane Carden	QB	East Carolina	74	218	119.9	104	-15.9
245	Josh Harper	WR	Fresno St.	73	191	124	108	-16
246	Al Bond	OG	Memphis	76	303	106.1	90	-16.1
247	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida St.	76	231	119.3	103	-16.3
248	Sean Mannion	QB	Oregon St.	78	229	121.4	105	-16.4
249	Josue Matias	OG	Florida St.	77	309	105.9	84	-21.9

At this point, I feel obligated to remind you that I am not related to Dupree. But his dominance in the 40, vertical jump, and broad jump is insane.

Georgia WR Chris Conley was another standout. He had the 7th best 40, the 2nd best vertical jump, and now the 3rd best broad jump, while being above-average in the bench press, too (a drill that Dupree chose to sit out).

The other star we’ve highlighted is Vic Beasley, who was our bench press champion. Beasley also ranked 5th in the vertical jump and 6th in the 40 and broad jump.

On the other side of the ledger, I give you, Josue Matias. The Florida State guard has the 6th-worst weight-adjusted time in the 40, and an absolutely pitiful, rock bottom performance in the vertical jump. Well, Matias again checked in a tier below the rest of the group in the broad jump. Of course, jumping isn’t exactly a key skill to being a good guard, but those are some mind-bogglingly unathletic numbers for a guy who was in the Florida State training program. By reference, Pittsburgh tackle T.J. Clemmings measured the exact same 6’5, 309 as Matias, and jumped 27 more inches in this drill.

Speaking of unathletic Seminoles, a certain quarterback in this year’s draft looks to be one of the most unathletic top QB prospects in recent memory. Jameis Winston had the 3rd worst broad jump, the 10th worst vertical, and the 16th worst time in the 40. Marcus Mariota, meanwhile, while not being an elite athlete relative to the rest of the players in Indianapolis, did produce above-expectation numbers in all three drills. Of course, you already know how meaningful that information is when it comes to projecting their careers.

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