Charles Tapper Ran The Top Weight-Adjusted 40 At 2016 Combine

by Chase Stuart on March 11, 2016

As I did the last couple of years, I used the raw NFL combine data and adjusted them various metrics. With respect to the 40-yard dash, the only adjustment I’ve made is for weight, as no other variable (e.g., height) impacts a player’s 40 time quite like weight. The best-fit formula to predict 40-yard dash time during the 2016 combine was 3.38 + 0.00577 x weight.

Oklahoma defensive end Charles Tapper weighed in at 271 pounds, which would “project” to a 40-yard time of 4.94. Tapper, though, ran the 40 in a blistering 4.59 seconds. That’s not quite Jadeveon Clowney (266, 4.53), but it’s comparable to what Bud Dupree (269, 4.56) did last year. Tapper ran the top weight-adjusted 40-yard dash time of 2016, with Todd Gurley’s former running back mate, Keith Marshall, the runner up. Thanks to NFLCombineResults for the raw data.

Rk	Name	College	POS	Weight(lbs)	Exp	40Yard	Diff
1	Charles Tapper	Oklahoma	DE	271	4.94	4.59	0.35
2	Keith Marshall	Georgia	RB	219	4.64	4.31	0.33
3	Emmanuel Ogbah	Oklahoma State	DE	273	4.96	4.63	0.33
4	Stephen Weatherly	Vanderbilt	OLB	267	4.92	4.61	0.31
5	Derrick Henry	Alabama	RB	247	4.81	4.54	0.27
6	Darron Lee	Ohio State	OLB	232	4.72	4.47	0.25
7	T.J. Green	Clemson	FS	209	4.58	4.34	0.24
8	Matt Judon	Grand Valley State	DE	275	4.97	4.73	0.24
9	Javon Hargrave	South Carolina State	DT	309	5.17	4.93	0.24
10	Shaq Lawson	Clemson	DE	269	4.93	4.7	0.23
11	Dean Lowry	Northwestern	DE	296	5.09	4.87	0.22
12	Robert Nkemdiche	Mississippi	DT	294	5.08	4.87	0.21
13	Ezekiel Elliott	Ohio State	RB	225	4.68	4.47	0.21
14	Travis Feeney	Washington	OLB	230	4.71	4.5	0.21
15	Caleb Benenoch	UCLA	OT	311	5.18	4.98	0.20
16	Ricardo Louis	Auburn	WR	215	4.62	4.43	0.19
17	Leonard Floyd	Georgia	OLB	244	4.79	4.6	0.19
18	Joe Thuney	North Carolina State	G	304	5.14	4.95	0.19
19	Marquez North	Tennessee	WR	223	4.67	4.48	0.19
20	Jason Spriggs	Indiana	OT	301	5.12	4.94	0.18
21	Jalen Ramsey	Florida State	FS	209	4.58	4.41	0.17
22	Jeff Driskel	Louisiana Tech	QB	234	4.73	4.56	0.17
23	Anthony Zettel	Penn State	DE	277	4.98	4.81	0.17
24	C.J. Prosise	Notre Dame	RB	220	4.65	4.48	0.17
25	Joshua Perry	Ohio State	OLB	254	4.85	4.68	0.17
26	Jerell Adams	South Carolina	TE	247	4.81	4.64	0.17
27	Jack Conklin	Michigan State	OT	308	5.16	5	0.16
28	Dan Vitale	Northwestern	RB	239	4.76	4.6	0.16
29	Bronson Kaufusi	Brigham Young	DE	285	5.03	4.87	0.16
30	Anthony Brown	Purdue	CB	192	4.49	4.33	0.16
31	Connor Wujciak	Boston College	DT	291	5.06	4.91	0.15
32	Maliek Collins	Nebraska	DT	311	5.18	5.03	0.15
33	Ryan Kelly	Alabama	C	311	5.18	5.03	0.15
34	Brandon Williams	Texas AM	FS	197	4.51	4.37	0.14
35	Chris Jones	Mississippi State	DT	310	5.17	5.03	0.14
36	Kenyan Drake	Alabama	RB	210	4.59	4.45	0.14
37	Carl Nassib	Penn State	DE	277	4.98	4.84	0.14
38	DeVondre Campbell	Minnesota	OLB	232	4.72	4.58	0.14
39	Tyvis Powell	Ohio State	FS	211	4.60	4.46	0.14
40	Charone Peake	Clemson	WR	209	4.58	4.45	0.13
41	Kenny Clark	UCLA	DT	314	5.19	5.06	0.13
42	Will Fuller	Notre Dame	WR	186	4.45	4.32	0.13
43	Willie Henry	Michigan	DT	303	5.13	5	0.13
44	Andrew Billings	Baylor	DT	311	5.18	5.05	0.13
45	Eli Apple	Ohio State	CB	199	4.53	4.4	0.13
46	Austin Hooper	Stanford	TE	254	4.85	4.72	0.13
47	Kolby Listenbee	Texas Christian	WR	197	4.51	4.39	0.12
48	Daniel Lasco	California	RB	209	4.58	4.46	0.12
49	Jonathan Jones	Auburn	CB	186	4.45	4.33	0.12
50	Jake Brendel	UCLA	C	303	5.13	5.01	0.12
51	Kevin Dodd	Clemson	DE	277	4.98	4.86	0.12
52	Soma Vainuku	Southern California	RB	246	4.80	4.68	0.12
53	Keyarris Garrett	Tulsa	WR	220	4.65	4.53	0.12
54	Quinton Jefferson	Maryland	DT	291	5.06	4.95	0.11
55	Hassan Ridgeway	Texas	DT	303	5.13	5.02	0.11
56	Devon Cajuste	Stanford	WR	234	4.73	4.62	0.11
57	Wendell Smallwood	West Virginia	RB	208	4.58	4.47	0.11
58	Brandon Wilds	South Carolina	RB	220	4.65	4.54	0.11
59	Marshaun Coprich	Illinois State	RB	207	4.57	4.47	0.10
60	Jordan Payton	UCLA	WR	207	4.57	4.47	0.10
61	Beau Sandland	Montana State	TE	253	4.84	4.74	0.10
62	Cody Whitehair	Kansas State	G	301	5.12	5.02	0.10
63	William Jackson	Houston	CB	189	4.47	4.37	0.10
64	James Bradberry	Samford	CB	211	4.60	4.5	0.10
65	Leonte Carroo	Rutgers	WR	211	4.60	4.5	0.10
66	Jonathan Bullard	Florida	DE	285	5.03	4.93	0.10
67	Ben Braunecker	Harvard	TE	250	4.82	4.73	0.09
68	Kamalei Correa	Boise State	DE	243	4.78	4.69	0.09
69	Vincent Valentine	Nebraska	DT	329	5.28	5.19	0.09
70	Cody Core	Mississippi	WR	205	4.56	4.47	0.09
71	B.J. Goodson	Clemson	ILB	242	4.78	4.69	0.09
72	Giorgio Newberry	Florida State	DE	285	5.03	4.94	0.09
73	Reggie Ragland	Alabama	ILB	247	4.81	4.72	0.09
74	Yannick Ngakoue	Maryland	DE	252	4.83	4.75	0.08
75	Sean Davis	Maryland	FS	201	4.54	4.46	0.08
76	Temarrick Hemingway	South Carolina State	TE	244	4.79	4.71	0.08
77	Shawn Oakman	Baylor	DE	287	5.04	4.96	0.08
78	Matt Ioannidis	Temple	DT	299	5.11	5.03	0.08
79	Sheldon Rankins	Louisville	DT	299	5.11	5.03	0.08
80	Tyler Ervin	San Jose State	RB	192	4.49	4.41	0.08
81	Jordan Jenkins	Georgia	OLB	259	4.87	4.8	0.07
82	Ufomba Kamalu	Miami (FL)	DT	295	5.08	5.01	0.07
83	Kyler Fackrell	Utah State	OLB	245	4.79	4.72	0.07
84	Joey Bosa	Ohio State	DE	269	4.93	4.86	0.07
85	Derrick Kindred	Texas Christian	SS	207	4.57	4.5	0.07
86	Juston Burris	North Carolina State	CB	212	4.60	4.53	0.07
87	Malcolm Mitchell	Georgia	WR	198	4.52	4.45	0.07
88	Deion Jones	LSU	OLB	222	4.66	4.59	0.07
89	DeAndre Washington	Texas Tech	RB	204	4.56	4.49	0.07
90	Kevon Seymour	Southern California	CB	186	4.45	4.39	0.06
91	KJ Dillon	West Virginia	SS	210	4.59	4.53	0.06
92	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	RB	215	4.62	4.56	0.06
93	Montese Overton	East Carolina	OLB	223	4.67	4.61	0.06
94	Vernon Hargreaves	Florida	CB	204	4.56	4.5	0.06
95	Peyton Barber	Auburn	RB	228	4.69	4.64	0.05
96	Joel Heath	Michigan State	DT	293	5.07	5.02	0.05
97	Nick Kwiatkoski	West Virginia	ILB	243	4.78	4.73	0.05
98	Lawrence Thomas	Michigan State	DE	286	5.03	4.98	0.05
99	Glenn Gronkowski	Kansas State	RB	239	4.76	4.71	0.05
100	LeRaven Clark	Texas Tech	OT	316	5.21	5.16	0.05
101	Elijah Shumate	Notre Dame	SS	216	4.63	4.58	0.05
102	Josh Doctson	Texas Christian	WR	202	4.54	4.5	0.04
103	Trevor Davis	California	WR	188	4.46	4.42	0.04
104	Alex Collins	Arkansas	RB	217	4.63	4.59	0.04
105	Josh Ferguson	Illinois	RB	198	4.52	4.48	0.04
106	Nick Vigil	Utah State	ILB	239	4.76	4.72	0.04
107	Paul Perkins	UCLA	RB	208	4.58	4.54	0.04
108	Braxton Miller	Ohio State	WR	201	4.54	4.5	0.04
109	Connor McGovern	Missouri	G	306	5.15	5.11	0.04
110	Blake Martinez	Stanford	ILB	237	4.75	4.71	0.04
111	Chris Moore	Cincinnati	WR	206	4.57	4.53	0.04
112	Eric Murray	Minnesota	CB	199	4.53	4.49	0.04
113	Devante Bond	Oklahoma	OLB	235	4.74	4.7	0.04
114	Darrell Greene	San Diego State	G	321	5.23	5.2	0.03
115	Brandon Shell	South Carolina	OT	324	5.25	5.22	0.03
116	Michael Thomas	Ohio State	WR	212	4.60	4.57	0.03
117	Artie Burns	Miami (FL)	CB	193	4.49	4.46	0.03
118	Cardale Jones	Ohio State	QB	253	4.84	4.81	0.03
119	Noah Spence	Eastern Kentucky	DE	251	4.83	4.8	0.03
120	Joe Schobert	Wisconsin	OLB	244	4.79	4.76	0.03
121	Alonzo Russell	Toledo	WR	206	4.57	4.54	0.03
122	Ken Crawley	Colorado	CB	187	4.46	4.43	0.03
123	Cyrus Jones	Alabama	CB	197	4.51	4.49	0.02
124	Jason Fanaika	Utah	DE	271	4.94	4.92	0.02
125	Graham Glasgow	Michigan	G	307	5.15	5.13	0.02
126	Cory Littleton	Washington	OLB	238	4.75	4.73	0.02
127	Mekale McKay	Cincinnati	WR	207	4.57	4.55	0.02
128	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	Minnesota	CB	193	4.49	4.47	0.02
129	LeShaun Sims	Southern Utah	CB	203	4.55	4.53	0.02
130	Sterling Shepard	Oklahoma	WR	194	4.50	4.48	0.02
131	DeForest Buckner	Oregon	DE	291	5.06	5.05	0.01
132	Romeo Okwara	Notre Dame	DE	265	4.91	4.9	0.01
133	Shilique Calhoun	Michigan State	DE	251	4.83	4.82	0.01
134	Aaron Burbridge	Michigan State	WR	206	4.57	4.56	0.01
135	Jayron Kearse	Clemson	SS	216	4.63	4.62	0.01
136	Sheldon Day	Notre Dame	DT	293	5.07	5.07	0.00
137	Maurice Canady	Virginia	CB	193	4.49	4.49	0.00
138	D.J. White	Georgia Tech	CB	193	4.49	4.49	0.00
139	Ryan Smith	North Carolina Central	CB	189	4.47	4.47	0.00
140	DeAndre Houston-Carson	William & Mary	FS	201	4.54	4.54	0.00
141	Dadi Nicolas	Virginia Tech	DE	235	4.74	4.74	0.00
142	Chris Mayes	Georgia	DT	338	5.33	5.34	-0.01
143	Thomas Duarte	UCLA	TE	231	4.71	4.72	-0.01
144	James Cowser	Southern Utah	DE	248	4.81	4.82	-0.01
145	Steve Longa	Rutgers	OLB	241	4.77	4.78	-0.01
146	Jihad Ward	Illinois	DE	297	5.10	5.11	-0.01
147	Ronnie Stanley	Notre Dame	OT	312	5.18	5.2	-0.02
148	Germain Ifedi	Texas AM	OT	324	5.25	5.27	-0.02
149	Christian Westerman	Arizona State	G	298	5.10	5.12	-0.02
150	Miles Killebrew	Southern Utah	SS	217	4.63	4.65	-0.02
151	Duke Williams	Auburn	WR	229	4.70	4.72	-0.02
152	Carson Wentz	North Dakota State	QB	237	4.75	4.77	-0.02
153	Joe Haeg	North Dakota State	OT	304	5.14	5.16	-0.02
154	Keanu Neal	Florida	FS	211	4.60	4.62	-0.02
155	Tavon Young	Temple	CB	183	4.43	4.46	-0.03
156	Kelvin Taylor	Florida	RB	207	4.57	4.6	-0.03
157	Jared Norris	Utah	ILB	241	4.77	4.8	-0.03
158	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	Texas Christian	OT	320	5.23	5.26	-0.03
159	John Theus	Georgia	OT	313	5.19	5.22	-0.03
160	Roger Lewis	Bowling Green	WR	201	4.54	4.57	-0.03
161	Terrance Smith	Florida State	OLB	235	4.74	4.77	-0.03
162	Alex Lewis	Nebraska	OT	312	5.18	5.22	-0.04
163	Fahn Cooper	Mississippi	OT	303	5.13	5.17	-0.04
164	Demarcus Robinson	Florida	WR	203	4.55	4.59	-0.04
165	Alex McCalister	Florida	DL	239	4.76	4.8	-0.04
166	Xavien Howard	Baylor	CB	201	4.54	4.58	-0.04
167	Joe Dahl	Washington State	G	304	5.14	5.18	-0.04
168	Willie Beavers	Western Michigan	OT	321	5.23	5.28	-0.05
169	AShawn Robinson	Alabama	DT	307	5.15	5.2	-0.05
170	Devaunte Sigler	Jacksonville State	DT	298	5.10	5.15	-0.05
171	Adolphus Washington	Ohio State	DT	301	5.12	5.17	-0.05
172	Tajae Sharpe	Massachusetts	WR	194	4.50	4.55	-0.05
173	Jarran Reed	Alabama	DT	307	5.15	5.21	-0.06
174	Andy Janovich	Nebraska	RB	238	4.75	4.81	-0.06
175	Tyler Matakevich	Temple	ILB	238	4.75	4.81	-0.06
176	Joel Stave	Wisconsin	QB	236	4.74	4.8	-0.06
177	Taylor Decker	Ohio State	OT	310	5.17	5.23	-0.06
178	Hunter Sharp	Utah State	WR	198	4.52	4.58	-0.06
179	Isaac Seumalo	Oregon State	G	303	5.13	5.19	-0.06
180	D.J. Reader	Clemson	DT	327	5.27	5.33	-0.06
181	Victor Ochi	Stony Brook	DE	246	4.80	4.86	-0.06
182	Tyler Boyd	Pittsburgh	WR	197	4.51	4.58	-0.07
183	Cayleb Jones	Arizona	WR	209	4.58	4.65	-0.07
184	Johnny Holton	Cincinnati	WR	190	4.47	4.54	-0.07
185	Justin Simmons	Boston College	FS	202	4.54	4.61	-0.07
186	Jalin Marshall	Ohio State	WR	200	4.53	4.6	-0.07
187	Beniquez Brown	Mississippi State	OLB	229	4.70	4.77	-0.07
188	Spencer Drango	Baylor	G	315	5.20	5.27	-0.07
189	Paxton Lynch	Memphis	QB	244	4.79	4.86	-0.07
190	Bryce Williams	East Carolina	TE	257	4.86	4.94	-0.08
191	Steven Daniels	Boston College	ILB	243	4.78	4.86	-0.08
192	D.J. Foster	Arizona State	WR	193	4.49	4.57	-0.08
193	Mehdi Abdesmad	Boston College	DT	284	5.02	5.1	-0.08
194	Ron Thompson	Syracuse	DE	253	4.84	4.92	-0.08
195	D.J. Pettway	Alabama	DE	265	4.91	4.99	-0.08
196	C.J. Johnson	Mississippi	ILB	234	4.73	4.81	-0.08
197	Vernon Butler	Louisiana Tech	DT	323	5.25	5.33	-0.08
198	Daryl Worley	West Virginia	CB	204	4.56	4.64	-0.08
199	DeAndre Elliott	Colorado State	CB	188	4.46	4.55	-0.09
200	Josh Woodrum	Liberty	QB	231	4.71	4.8	-0.09
201	Jerald Hawkins	LSU	OT	305	5.14	5.23	-0.09
202	Parker Ehinger	Cincinnati	G	310	5.17	5.26	-0.09
203	David Grinnage	North Carolina State	TE	248	4.81	4.9	-0.09
204	Kenny Lawler	California	WR	203	4.55	4.64	-0.09
205	Tyler Johnstone	Oregon	OT	301	5.12	5.21	-0.09
206	Josh Forrest	Kentucky	ILB	249	4.82	4.91	-0.09
207	Taveze Calhoun	Mississippi State	CB	192	4.49	4.58	-0.09
208	Kentrell Brothers	Missouri	ILB	245	4.79	4.89	-0.10
209	Branden Jackson	Texas Tech	DE	273	4.96	5.06	-0.10
210	Dak Prescott	Mississippi State	QB	226	4.68	4.79	-0.11
211	Dominique Robertson	West Georgia	OT	324	5.25	5.36	-0.11
212	Nila Kasitati	Oklahoma	G	317	5.21	5.32	-0.11
213	Eric Striker	Oklahoma	OLB	227	4.69	4.8	-0.11
214	Darian Thompson	Boise State	FS	208	4.58	4.69	-0.11
215	Nick Martin	Notre Dame	C	299	5.11	5.22	-0.11
216	Deon Bush	Miami (FL)	FS	199	4.53	4.64	-0.11
217	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	QB	223	4.67	4.78	-0.11
218	Avery Young	Auburn	OT	328	5.28	5.39	-0.11
219	Shadrach Thornton	North Carolina State	RB	217	4.63	4.75	-0.12
220	Nelson Spruce	Colorado	WR	206	4.57	4.69	-0.12
221	Austin Johnson	Penn State	DT	314	5.19	5.32	-0.13
222	Rashard Robinson	LSU	CB	171	4.36	4.49	-0.13
223	David Morgan	Texas-San Antonio	TE	262	4.89	5.02	-0.13
224	Ronald Blair	Appalachian State	DE	284	5.02	5.15	-0.13
225	Jalen Mills	LSU	FS	191	4.48	4.61	-0.13
226	Rashard Higgins	Colorado State	WR	196	4.51	4.64	-0.13
227	Joshua Garnett	Stanford	G	312	5.18	5.32	-0.14
228	Pearce Slater	San Diego State	OT	329	5.28	5.42	-0.14
229	Scooby Wright	Arizona	ILB	239	4.76	4.9	-0.14
230	Darius Latham	Indiana	DT	311	5.18	5.32	-0.14
231	Kevin Hogan	Stanford	QB	218	4.64	4.78	-0.14
232	Bralon Addison	Oregon	WR	197	4.51	4.66	-0.15
233	Stephane Nembot	Colorado	OT	322	5.24	5.39	-0.15
234	Deiondre Hall	Northern Iowa	CB	199	4.53	4.68	-0.15
235	Kevin Peterson	Oklahoma State	CB	181	4.42	4.58	-0.16
236	Connor Cook	Michigan State	QB	217	4.63	4.79	-0.16
237	Geronimo Allison	Illinois	WR	196	4.51	4.67	-0.16
238	DeVante Harris	Texas AM	CB	176	4.39	4.56	-0.17
239	Trevone Boykin	Texas Christian	QB	212	4.60	4.77	-0.17
240	Cole Toner	Harvard	OT	306	5.15	5.32	-0.17
241	DeRunnya Wilson	Mississippi State	WR	224	4.67	4.85	-0.18
242	Lamarcus Brutus	Florida State	FS	206	4.57	4.76	-0.19
243	Jared Goff	California	QB	215	4.62	4.82	-0.20
244	Sterling Bailey	Georgia	DE	285	5.03	5.23	-0.20
245	Evan Boehm	Missouri	C	302	5.12	5.33	-0.21
246	Kris Frost	Auburn	OLB	240	4.76	4.97	-0.21
247	Jordan Lomax	Iowa	FS	202	4.54	4.75	-0.21
248	Brandon Allen	Arkansas	QB	217	4.63	4.84	-0.21
249	Jimmy Pruitt	San Jose State	CB	198	4.52	4.73	-0.21
250	Jack Allen	Michigan State	C	294	5.08	5.29	-0.21
251	Cleveland Wallace	San Jose State	CB	188	4.46	4.68	-0.22
252	Alex Redmond	UCLA	G	294	5.08	5.3	-0.22
253	Harlan Miller	Southeastern Louisiana	CB	182	4.43	4.65	-0.22
254	Jacoby Brissett	North Carolina State	QB	231	4.71	4.94	-0.23
255	Denver Kirkland	Arkansas	G	335	5.32	5.55	-0.23
256	Cody Kessler	Southern California	QB	220	4.65	4.89	-0.24
257	Matt Skura	Duke	C	305	5.14	5.39	-0.25
258	Sebastian Tretola	Arkansas	G	314	5.19	5.45	-0.26
259	Austin Blythe	Iowa	C	298	5.10	5.36	-0.26
260	Demarcus Ayers	Houston	WR	182	4.43	4.72	-0.29
261	Landon Turner	North Carolina	G	330	5.29	5.58	-0.29
262	Vernon Adams	Oregon	QB	200	4.53	4.83	-0.30
263	A.J. Stamps	Kentucky	FS	193	4.49	4.79	-0.30
264	Vadal Alexander	LSU	G	326	5.26	5.57	-0.31
265	Tyler Marz	Wisconsin	OT	316	5.21	5.54	-0.33
266	Gionni Paul	Utah	ILB	231	4.71	5.05	-0.34
267	Brandon Doughty	Western Kentucky	QB	213	4.61	5.22	-0.61

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