Marcus Davenport and Lorenzo Carter: Top Weight-Adjusted 40s At 2018 Combine

by Chase Stuart on April 18, 2018

UTSA defensive end Marcus Davenport is a likely first round pick who should be one of the more interesting stories of the draft’s opening night. He is also, pound for pound, the fastest man in the draft.

Last year, I used the following formula to project estimated 40-yard dash times based on weight:

Estimated 40-yard dash time = 3.283 + 0.00606 x weight (lbs)

Davenport weighted 264 pounds in Indianapolis, which would give him a projected time of 4.88 seconds. But Davenport ran the 40 in a blistering 4.58 seconds, a remarkable 0.30 seconds faster than expected for a man of his size.

Georgia linebacker Lorenzo Carter weighed in at 250 pounds, and he ran the 40 in just 4.50 seconds! That’s also 0.30 seconds faster than the weight-influenced expectation of 4.80 for a man of his size. Davenport and Carter ran the two fastest 40-yard dashes after adjusting for weight at the combine. Coming in third? Perhaps the first non-QB off the board in the 2018 Draft, Penn State RB Saquon Barkley.

The full list of weight-adjusted 40 times are posted below. All stats courtesy of nflcombineresults.com.

Rk	Name	College	POS	Weight (lbs)	Exp	40 Yard	Diff
1	Marcus Davenport	Texas-San Antonio	DE	264	4.88	4.58	-0.30
2	Lorenzo Carter	Georgia	OLB	250	4.80	4.5	-0.30
3	Saquon Barkley	Penn State	RB	233	4.69	4.4	-0.29
4	Leon Jacobs	Wisconsin	OLB	246	4.77	4.48	-0.29
5	Shaquem Griffin	Central Florida	OLB	227	4.66	4.38	-0.28
6	Tremaine Edmunds	Virginia Tech	OLB	253	4.82	4.54	-0.28
7	Josh Sweat	Florida State	OLB	251	4.80	4.53	-0.27
8	Ade Aruna	Tulane (LA)	DE	262	4.87	4.6	-0.27
9	Bradley Chubb	North Carolina State	DE	269	4.91	4.65	-0.26
10	DaShawn Hand	Alabama	DE	297	5.08	4.83	-0.25
11	John Franklin-Myers	Stephen F. Austin (TX)	DE	283	5.00	4.75	-0.25
12	Peter Kalambayi	Stanford	OLB	252	4.81	4.57	-0.24
13	Mike Gesicki	Penn State	TE	247	4.78	4.54	-0.24
14	Rasheem Green	Southern California	DE	275	4.95	4.73	-0.22
15	Kalen Ballage	Arizona State	RB	228	4.66	4.46	-0.20
16	Roquan Smith	Georgia	ILB	236	4.71	4.51	-0.20
17	Genard Avery	Memphis	ILB	248	4.79	4.59	-0.20
18	Malik Jefferson	Texas	ILB	236	4.71	4.52	-0.19
19	Bilal Nichols	Delaware	DT	306	5.14	4.95	-0.19
20	Kylie Fitts	Utah	DE	263	4.88	4.69	-0.19
21	Leighton Vander Esch	Boise State	OLB	256	4.83	4.65	-0.18
22	Jalyn Holmes	Ohio State	DE	283	5.00	4.82	-0.18
23	B.J. Hill	North Carolina State	DT	311	5.17	4.99	-0.18
24	Harold Landry	Boston College	OLB	252	4.81	4.64	-0.17
25	Kemoko Turay	Rutgers	OLB	253	4.82	4.65	-0.17
26	Mark Andrews	Oklahoma	TE	256	4.83	4.67	-0.16
27	Rashaad Penny	San Diego State	RB	220	4.62	4.46	-0.16
28	Uchenna Nwosu	Southern California	OLB	251	4.80	4.65	-0.15
29	Derrius Guice	Louisiana State	RB	224	4.64	4.49	-0.15
30	D.J. Chark	Louisiana State	WR	199	4.49	4.34	-0.15
31	Jordan Thomas	Mississippi State	TE	265	4.89	4.74	-0.15
32	Terrell Edmunds	Virginia Tech	SS	220	4.62	4.47	-0.15
33	Bo Scarbrough	Alabama	RB	228	4.66	4.52	-0.14
34	Troy Apke	Penn State	SS	198	4.48	4.34	-0.14
35	Jerome Baker	Ohio State	OLB	229	4.67	4.53	-0.14
36	Nick Chubb	Georgia	RB	227	4.66	4.52	-0.14
37	D.J. Moore	Maryland	WR	210	4.56	4.42	-0.14
38	Tony Brown	Alabama	CB	198	4.48	4.35	-0.13
39	James Looney	California	DE	287	5.02	4.89	-0.13
40	Royce Freeman	Oregon	RB	229	4.67	4.54	-0.13
41	Hayden Hurst	South Carolina	TE	250	4.80	4.67	-0.13
42	Jacob Pugh	Florida State	OLB	246	4.77	4.65	-0.12
43	Dane Cruikshank	Arizona	SS	206	4.53	4.41	-0.12
44	Justin Reid	Stanford	FS	204	4.52	4.4	-0.12
45	Derwin James	Florida State	SS	215	4.59	4.47	-0.12
46	Will Hernandez	Texas-El Paso	OG	327	5.26	5.15	-0.11
47	Kenny Young	UCLA	ILB	236	4.71	4.6	-0.11
48	Ian Thomas	Indiana	TE	259	4.85	4.74	-0.11
49	Skyler Phillips	Idaho State	OG	318	5.21	5.1	-0.11
50	Kentavius Street	North Carolina State	DE	280	4.98	4.87	-0.11
51.5	Ryan Nall	Oregon State	RB	232	4.69	4.58	-0.11
51.5	Matthew Thomas	Florida State	OLB	232	4.69	4.58	-0.11
53	Allen Lazard	Iowa State	WR	227	4.66	4.55	-0.11
54	Jaylen Samuels	North Carolina State	TE	225	4.65	4.54	-0.11
55	Oren Burks	Vanderbilt	OLB	233	4.69	4.59	-0.10
56	Nyheim Hines	North Carolina State	RB	198	4.48	4.38	-0.10
57	Jarvion Franklin	Western Michigan	RB	239	4.73	4.63	-0.10
58	Chris Warren	Texas	RB	247	4.78	4.69	-0.09
59	Andre Smith	North Carolina	ILB	237	4.72	4.63	-0.09
60	Godwin Igwebuike	Northwestern	FS	205	4.53	4.44	-0.09
61	Antonio Callaway	Florida	WR	200	4.50	4.41	-0.09
62	David Wells	San Diego State	TE	256	4.83	4.75	-0.08
63	Duke Dawson	Florida	CB	208	4.54	4.46	-0.08
64	Natrell Jamerson	Wisconsin	FS	198	4.48	4.4	-0.08
65	Deon Cain	Clemson	WR	202	4.51	4.43	-0.08
66	Scott Quessenberry	UCLA	C	310	5.16	5.09	-0.07
67	Joel Iyiegbuniwe	Western Kentucky	ILB	229	4.67	4.6	-0.07
68	Jaire Alexander	Louisville	CB	192	4.45	4.38	-0.07
69	Trevon Young	Louisville	DE	258	4.85	4.78	-0.07
70	Taven Bryan	Florida	DT	291	5.05	4.98	-0.07
71	Chad Thomas	Miami (FL)	DE	281	4.99	4.92	-0.07
72	Justin Jones	North Carolina State	DT	309	5.16	5.09	-0.07
73	Micah Kiser	Virginia	ILB	238	4.73	4.66	-0.07
74	Davontae Harris	Illinois State	CB	200	4.50	4.43	-0.07
75	Dylan Cantrell	Texas Tech	WR	226	4.65	4.59	-0.06
76	Hercules MataAfa	Washington State	OLB	254	4.82	4.76	-0.06
77	Robert Foster	Alabama	WR	196	4.47	4.41	-0.06
78	Parry Nickerson	Tulane (LA)	CB	180	4.37	4.32	-0.05
79	Byron Pringle	Kansas State	WR	203	4.51	4.46	-0.05
80	Andrew Brown	Virginia	DE	296	5.08	5.03	-0.05
81	Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	Oklahoma	DE	253	4.82	4.77	-0.05
82	Tre Flowers	Oklahoma State	SS	200	4.50	4.45	-0.04
83	Anthony Averett	Alabama	CB	185	4.40	4.36	-0.04
84	Sony Michel	Georgia	RB	214	4.58	4.54	-0.04
85	Marquis Haynes	Mississippi	OLB	235	4.71	4.67	-0.04
86	Kahlil Mckenzie	Tennessee	DT	314	5.19	5.15	-0.04
87	Christian Kirk	Texas A&M	WR	201	4.50	4.47	-0.03
88	Dorian ODaniel	Clemson	OLB	223	4.63	4.61	-0.02
89	Donte Jackson	Louisiana State	CB	175	4.34	4.32	-0.02
90	Nick Nelson	Wisconsin	CB	208	4.54	4.52	-0.02
91	Tyler Conklin	Central Michigan	TE	254	4.82	4.8	-0.02
92	Azeem Victor	Washington	ILB	240	4.74	4.72	-0.02
93.5	Michael Gallup	Colorado State	WR	205	4.53	4.51	-0.02
93.5	Chris Lacy	Oklahoma State	WR	205	4.53	4.51	-0.02
95	Jordan Lasley	UCLA	WR	203	4.51	4.5	-0.01
96.5	Christian Sam	Arizona State	ILB	244	4.76	4.75	-0.01
96.5	Dalton Schultz	Stanford	TE	244	4.76	4.75	-0.01
98	Durham Smythe	Notre Dame	TE	253	4.82	4.81	-0.01
99.5	Andre Chachere	San Jose State	CB	200	4.50	4.49	0.00
99.5	Holton Hill	Texas	CB	200	4.50	4.49	0.00
101	Jeff Holland	Auburn	OLB	249	4.79	4.79	0.00
102	Darius Leonard	South Carolina State	OLB	234	4.70	4.7	0.00
103	Will Dissly	Washington	TE	262	4.87	4.87	0.00
104	Dee Delaney	Miami (FL)	CB	194	4.46	4.46	0.00
105	Mike Mccray	Michigan	OLB	243	4.76	4.76	0.00
106	Grant Haley	Penn State	CB	190	4.43	4.44	0.01
107	J.C. Jackson	Maryland	CB	193	4.45	4.46	0.01
108	Matt Dickerson	UCLA	DE	292	5.05	5.06	0.01
109	Chris Covington	Indiana	OLB	245	4.77	4.78	0.01
110	Austin Corbett	Nevada	OG	306	5.14	5.15	0.01
111	Garret Dooley	Wisconsin	OLB	248	4.79	4.8	0.01
112	Trey Walker	Louisiana-Lafayette	SS	200	4.50	4.51	0.01
113	Avonte Maddox	Pittsburgh	CB	180	4.37	4.39	0.02
114	Carlton Davis	Auburn	CB	203	4.51	4.53	0.02
115	Davon Grayson	East Carolina (NC)	WR	199	4.49	4.51	0.02
116	Simmie Cobbs	Indiana	WR	220	4.62	4.64	0.02
117	Chase Edmonds	Fordham (NY)	RB	205	4.53	4.55	0.02
118	Marcell Ateman	Oklahoma State	WR	216	4.59	4.62	0.03
119	Braden Smith	Auburn	OG	315	5.19	5.22	0.03
120	Dorance Armstrong	Kansas	DE	257	4.84	4.87	0.03
121	Marcus Baugh	Ohio State	TE	247	4.78	4.81	0.03
122	Josh Allen	Wyoming	QB	237	4.72	4.75	0.03
123	Justin Jackson	Northwestern	RB	199	4.49	4.52	0.03
124	Colby Gossett	Appalachian State (NC)	OG	311	5.17	5.2	0.03
125	Jessie Bates	Wake Forest	FS	195	4.46	4.5	0.04
126	Danny Johnson	Southern (LA)	CB	185	4.40	4.44	0.04
127	Donnie Ernsberger	Western Michigan	FB	241	4.74	4.78	0.04
128	Trey Quinn	Southern Methodist (TX)	WR	203	4.51	4.55	0.04
129	Quin Blanding	Virginia	FS	215	4.59	4.63	0.04
130.5	Ola Adeniyi	Toledo	DE	248	4.79	4.83	0.04
130.5	Dimitri Flowers	Oklahoma	FB	248	4.79	4.83	0.04
132	Kamryn Pettway	Auburn	RB	233	4.69	4.74	0.05
133	Nick Deluca	North Dakota State	ILB	251	4.80	4.85	0.05
134	Keke Coutee	Texas Tech	WR	181	4.38	4.43	0.05
135	Quinton Flowers	South Florida	QB	214	4.58	4.63	0.05
136	Brandon Facyson	Virginia Tech	CB	197	4.48	4.53	0.05
137	Quadree Henderson	Pittsburgh	WR	192	4.45	4.5	0.05
138	Wyatt Teller	Virginia Tech	OG	314	5.19	5.24	0.05
139	Deshon Elliott	Texas	SS	205	4.53	4.58	0.05
140	J.T. Barrett	Ohio State	QB	224	4.64	4.7	0.06
141	JMon Moore	Missouri	WR	207	4.54	4.6	0.06
142	JaVon Rolland-Jones	Arkansas State	OLB	253	4.82	4.88	0.06
143	Lavon Coleman	Washington	RB	215	4.59	4.65	0.06
144	Kendrick Norton	Miami (FL)	DT	314	5.19	5.25	0.06
145	Isaiah Oliver	Colorado	CB	190	4.43	4.5	0.07
146	Siran Neal	Jacksonville State (AL)	SS	199	4.49	4.56	0.07
147	Zaycoven Henderson	Texas A&M	DT	298	5.09	5.16	0.07
148	Tyrell Crosby	Oregon	OT	309	5.16	5.23	0.07
149	Roc Thomas	Jacksonville State (AL)	RB	198	4.48	4.56	0.08
150	Skai Moore	South Carolina	OLB	226	4.65	4.73	0.08
151	Foley Fatukasi	Connecticut	DT	318	5.21	5.29	0.08
152	Akrum Wadley	Iowa	RB	194	4.46	4.54	0.08
153	Jojo Wicker	Arizona State	DE	296	5.08	5.16	0.08
154	Mason Cole	Michigan	C	307	5.14	5.23	0.09
155	Richie James	Middle Tennessee State	WR	183	4.39	4.48	0.09
156	Mike Hughes	Central Florida	CB	191	4.44	4.53	0.09
157	Mark Walton	Miami (FL)	RB	202	4.51	4.6	0.09
158	Tegray Scales	Indiana	ILB	230	4.68	4.77	0.09
159	Ray-Ray Mccloud	Clemson	WR	190	4.43	4.53	0.10
160	Demario Richard	Arizona State	FB	218	4.60	4.7	0.10
161	Stephen Roberts	Auburn	FS	189	4.43	4.53	0.10
162	Chris Jones	Nebraska	CB	195	4.46	4.57	0.11
163	Darius Phillips	Western Michigan	CB	190	4.43	4.54	0.11
164	Ryan Izzo	Florida State	TE	256	4.83	4.94	0.11
165	Kyle Hicks	Texas Christian	RB	204	4.52	4.63	0.11
166	Keishawn Bierria	Washington	ILB	230	4.68	4.79	0.11
167	Josh Jackson	Iowa	CB	192	4.45	4.56	0.11
168	Joshua Kalu	Nebraska	FS	195	4.46	4.58	0.12
169	Josey Jewell	Iowa	ILB	234	4.70	4.82	0.12
170	Darius Jackson	Jacksonville State (AL)	OLB	242	4.75	4.87	0.12
171	Ronald Jones	Southern California	RB	205	4.53	4.65	0.12
172	Taron Johnson	Weber State (UT)	CB	180	4.37	4.5	0.13
173	Steven Mitchell	Southern California	WR	189	4.43	4.56	0.13
174	Danny Etling	Louisiana State	QB	222	4.63	4.76	0.13
175	Chris Worley	Ohio State	ILB	238	4.73	4.86	0.13
176	Justin Crawford	West Virginia	RB	199	4.49	4.64	0.15
177	John Atkins	Georgia	DT	321	5.23	5.38	0.15
178	Damon Webb	Ohio State	SS	195	4.46	4.62	0.16
179	Rashaan Gaulden	Tennessee	FS	193	4.45	4.61	0.16
180	James Hearns	Louisville	OLB	239	4.73	4.89	0.16
181	Max Redfield	Indiana (PA)	SS	205	4.53	4.69	0.16
182	Kameron Kelly	San Diego State	FS	200	4.50	4.66	0.17
183	Derrick Nnadi	Florida State	DT	317	5.20	5.38	0.18
184	Cole Madison	Washington State	OG	308	5.15	5.33	0.18
185	Kyle Lauletta	Richmond (VA)	QB	222	4.63	4.81	0.18
186	KC Mcdermott	Miami (FL)	OT	311	5.17	5.35	0.18
187	Tarvarus Mcfadden	Florida State	CB	198	4.48	4.67	0.19
188	Coleman Shelton	Washington	C	292	5.05	5.24	0.19
189	Sam Jones	Arizona State	OG	305	5.13	5.32	0.19
190	Mason Rudolph	Oklahoma State	QB	235	4.71	4.9	0.19
191	Van Smith	Clemson	FS	185	4.40	4.61	0.21
192	Sean Chandler	Temple	FS	190	4.43	4.65	0.22
193	Logan Woodside	Toledo	QB	213	4.57	4.79	0.22
194	K.J. Malone	Louisiana State	OG	303	5.12	5.34	0.22
195	Will Clapp	Louisiana State	C	311	5.17	5.39	0.22
196	Chase Litton	Marshall (WV)	QB	230	4.68	4.9	0.22
197	Sam Darnold	Southern California	QB	221	4.62	4.85	0.23
198	Taylor Hearn	Clemson	OG	320	5.22	5.45	0.23
199	Salesi Uhatafe	Utah	OG	310	5.16	5.4	0.24
200	Geron Christian	Louisville	OT	298	5.09	5.33	0.24
201	Tanner Carew	Oregon	LS	243	4.76	5	0.24
202	Brian Allen	Michigan State	C	298	5.09	5.34	0.25
203	Baker Mayfield	Oklahoma	QB	215	4.59	4.84	0.25
204	Austin Allen	Arkansas	QB	210	4.56	4.81	0.25
205	Alex Cappa	Humboldt State (CA)	OT	305	5.13	5.39	0.26
206	Nic Shimonek	Texas Tech	QB	220	4.62	4.88	0.26
207	Josh Rosen	UCLA	QB	226	4.65	4.92	0.27
208	JK Scott	Alabama	P	208	4.54	4.83	0.29
209	Jamarcus King	South Carolina	CB	186	4.41	4.7	0.29
210	Sean Welsh	Iowa	OG	306	5.14	5.43	0.29
211	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	P	230	4.68	4.98	0.30
212	Kurt Benkert	Virginia	QB	218	4.60	4.95	0.35
213	Jamil Demby	Maine	OG	319	5.22	5.58	0.36
214	Tanner Lee	Nebraska	QB	218	4.60	4.98	0.38
215	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	QB	212	4.57	4.98	0.41
216	Tavares Martin	Washington State	WR	177	4.36	4.8	0.44
217	Mike White	Western Kentucky	QB	224	4.64	5.09	0.45
218	Orlando Brown	Oklahoma	OT	345	5.37	5.85	0.48
219	Mike Badgley	Miami (FL)	K	183	4.39	4.94	0.55

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