Nebraska Fullback Andy Janovich Was The 2016 Combine Bench Press Champion

by Chase Stuart on March 13, 2016

Last week, I looked at weight-adjusted 40-yard dash times from the NFL Combine. Today, I want to analyze the bench press. Last year, Clemson/Atlanta Falcon Vic Beasley was your bench press champion, using a formula involving expected bench press reps based on a player’s height and weight. This year, that honor belongs to Nebraska fullback Andy Janovich. The fullback position may be of declining importance in the modern NFL, but this can only help Janovich’s stock.

The best-fit formula to project bench press reps for the 2016 Combine was:

37.97 -0.65 * Height (Inches) + 0.119 * Weight (Pounds)

By this formula, the 73-inch, 238-pound Janovich “should” have benched 225 pounds 18.8 times; instead, he put up 30 reps. Arizona State guard Christian Westerman led the way with 34 reps, but at 6’3, 317, he only produced 9.3 more reps than expected.

Thanks to NFLCombineResults for the raw data.

Rk	Name	College	POS	Height (in)	Weight (lbs)	Expected BP	Bench Press	Diff
1	Andy Janovich	Nebraska	RB	73	238	18.8	30	11.2
2	Dan Vitale	Northwestern	RB	72	239	19.6	30	10.4
3	B.J. Goodson	Clemson	ILB	72	242	20.0	30	10.0
4	Christian Westerman	Arizona State	G	75	298	24.7	34	9.3
5	David Morgan	Texas-San Antonio	TE	76	262	19.7	29	9.3
6	Ronald Blair	Appalachian State	DE	74	284	23.7	32	8.3
7	Matt Judon	Grand Valley State	DE	75	275	21.9	30	8.1
8	Connor McGovern	Missouri	G	76	306	25.0	33	8.0
9	Raphael Kirby	Miami (FL)	ILB	72	236	19.3	27	7.7
10	Jason Spriggs	Indiana	OT	77	301	23.7	31	7.3
11	Matt Ioannidis	Temple	DT	75	299	24.8	32	7.2
12	Keith Marshall	Georgia	RB	71	219	17.9	25	7.1
13	Daniel Lasco	California	RB	72	209	16.0	23	7.0
14	Dean Lowry	Northwestern	DE	77	296	23.1	30	6.9
15	Sean Davis	Maryland	FS	73	201	14.4	21	6.6
16	Alex Redmond	UCLA	G	76	294	23.5	30	6.5
17	Stephane Nembot	Colorado	OT	78	322	25.6	32	6.4
18	Tre Madden	Southern California	RB	72	223	17.7	24	6.3
19	Yannick Ngakoue	Maryland	DE	74	252	19.9	26	6.1
20	DeAndre Washington	Texas Tech	RB	68	204	18.0	24	6.0
21	Anthony Zettel	Penn State	DE	75	277	22.2	28	5.8
22	Miles Killebrew	Southern Utah	SS	73	217	16.3	22	5.7
23	Noah Spence	Eastern Kentucky	DE	74	251	19.7	25	5.3
24	Soma Vainuku	Southern California	RB	71	246	21.1	26	4.9
25	Spencer Drango	Baylor	G	77	315	25.4	30	4.6
26	Shilique Calhoun	Michigan State	DE	76	251	18.4	23	4.6
27	Zack Sanchez	Oklahoma	CB	70	185	14.5	19	4.5
28	Sterling Shepard	Oklahoma	WR	70	194	15.6	20	4.4
29	Anthony Brown	Purdue	CB	71	192	14.7	19	4.3
30	Beau Sandland	Montana State	TE	76	253	18.7	23	4.3
31	Josh Ferguson	Illinois	RB	69	198	16.7	21	4.3
32	Aaron Burbridge	Michigan State	WR	72	206	15.7	20	4.3
33	Joshua Garnett	Stanford	G	76	312	25.7	30	4.3
34	Eric Striker	Oklahoma	OLB	71	227	18.8	23	4.2
35	Joey Bosa	Ohio State	DE	77	269	19.9	24	4.1
36	Mehdi Abdesmad	Boston College	DT	78	284	21.1	25	3.9
37	Nick Martin	Notre Dame	C	76	299	24.1	28	3.9
38	Bronson Kaufusi	Brigham Young	DE	78	285	21.2	25	3.8
39	Robert Nkemdiche	Mississippi	DT	75	294	24.2	28	3.8
40	Jonathan Jones	Auburn	CB	69	186	15.3	19	3.7
41	Ryan Smith	North Carolina Central	CB	71	189	14.3	18	3.7
42	Luther Maddy	Virginia Tech	DT	72	287	25.3	29	3.7
43	Austin Blythe	Iowa	C	74	298	25.3	29	3.7
44	Brandon Wilds	South Carolina	RB	72	220	17.3	21	3.7
45	Jimmy Pruitt	San Jose State	CB	71	198	15.4	19	3.6
46	Chris Mayes	Georgia	DT	75	338	29.4	33	3.6
47	Devontae Booker	Utah	RB	70	219	18.5	22	3.5
48	Blake Martinez	Stanford	ILB	73	237	18.7	22	3.3
49	Joe Dahl	Washington State	G	76	304	24.7	28	3.3
50	Joe Thuney	North Carolina State	G	76	304	24.7	28	3.3
51	Joel Heath	Michigan State	DT	77	293	22.8	26	3.2
52	Ufomba Kamalu	Miami (FL)	DT	77	295	23.0	26	3.0
53	Michael Thomas	Ohio State	WR	74	212	15.1	18	2.9
54	Romeo Okwara	Notre Dame	DE	76	265	20.1	23	2.9
55	Dominique Robertson	West Georgia	OT	76	324	27.1	30	2.9
56	Andrew Billings	Baylor	DT	72	311	28.2	31	2.8
57	Derrick Henry	Alabama	RB	74	247	19.3	22	2.7
58	Brandon Williams	Texas AM	FS	71	197	15.3	18	2.7
59	Stephen Weatherly	Vanderbilt	OLB	76	267	20.3	23	2.7
60	Alex Lewis	Nebraska	OT	78	312	24.4	27	2.6
61	Juston Burris	North Carolina State	CB	72	212	16.4	19	2.6
62	Braxton Miller	Ohio State	WR	73	201	14.4	17	2.6
63	Tevin Carter	Utah	SS	73	218	16.5	19	2.5
64	Devante Bond	Oklahoma	OLB	73	235	18.5	21	2.5
65	Tyler Matakevich	Temple	ILB	72	238	19.5	22	2.5
66	Maurice Canady	Virginia	CB	73	193	13.5	16	2.5
67	Joe Schobert	Wisconsin	OLB	73	244	19.6	22	2.4
68	KeiVarae Russell	Notre Dame	CB	71	192	14.7	17	2.3
69	James Cowser	Southern Utah	DE	75	248	18.7	21	2.3
70	Shawn Oakman	Baylor	DE	79	287	20.8	23	2.2
71	Kamalei Correa	Boise State	DE	74	243	18.8	21	2.2
72	Deon Bush	Miami (FL)	FS	72	199	14.9	17	2.1
73	Rashawn Scott	Miami (FL)	WR	72	199	14.9	17	2.1
74	Jalen Mills	LSU	FS	72	191	13.9	16	2.1
75	Justin Simmons	Boston College	FS	74	202	13.9	16	2.1
76	Willie Henry	Michigan	DT	74	303	25.9	28	2.1
77	Gionni Paul	Utah	ILB	70	231	20.0	22	2.0
78	Sheldon Rankins	Louisville	DT	73	299	26.1	28	1.9
79	Ricardo Louis	Auburn	WR	73	215	16.1	18	1.9
80	Paul Perkins	UCLA	RB	70	208	17.2	19	1.8
81	Kenny Clark	UCLA	DT	74	314	27.2	29	1.8
82	Scooby Wright	Arizona	ILB	71	239	20.3	22	1.7
83	Jayron Kearse	Clemson	SS	76	216	14.3	16	1.7
84	Javon Hargrave	South Carolina State	DT	73	309	27.3	29	1.7
85	D.J. White	Georgia Tech	CB	70	193	15.4	17	1.6
86	Landon Turner	North Carolina	G	75	330	28.5	30	1.5
87	Matt Skura	Duke	C	75	305	25.5	27	1.5
88	Corey Coleman	Baylor	WR	70	194	15.6	17	1.4
89	D.J. Reader	Clemson	DT	74	327	28.8	30	1.2
90	Chris Jones	Mississippi State	DT	77	310	24.8	26	1.2
91	Terrance Smith	Florida State	OLB	74	235	17.8	19	1.2
92	Ben Braunecker	Harvard	TE	75	250	19.0	20	1.0
93	Tyler Ervin	San Jose State	RB	69	192	16.0	17	1.0
94	Cassanova McKinzy	Auburn	ILB	73	248	20.0	21	1.0
95	Montese Overton	East Carolina	OLB	73	223	17.1	18	0.9
96	Kendall Fuller	Virginia Tech	CB	71	187	14.1	15	0.9
97	Charles Tapper	Oklahoma	DE	74	271	22.1	23	0.9
98	Carl Nassib	Penn State	DE	78	277	20.2	21	0.8
99	Keanu Neal	Florida	FS	72	211	16.3	17	0.7
100	Jimmy Bean	Oklahoma State	DE	77	264	19.3	20	0.7
101	Marquez North	Tennessee	WR	74	223	16.4	17	0.6
102	Joshua Perry	Ohio State	OLB	75	254	19.4	20	0.6
103	Bryce Williams	East Carolina	TE	77	257	18.5	19	0.5
104	Elijah Shumate	Notre Dame	SS	71	216	17.5	18	0.5
105	Jack Conklin	Michigan State	OT	77	308	24.6	25	0.4
106	Ryan Kelly	Alabama	C	76	311	25.6	26	0.4
107	Peyton Barber	Auburn	RB	70	228	19.6	20	0.4
108	Temarrick Hemingway	South Carolina State	TE	76	244	17.6	18	0.4
109	Kolby Listenbee	Texas Christian	WR	72	197	14.6	15	0.4
110	Jake Brendel	UCLA	C	76	303	24.6	25	0.4
111	Kavon Frazier	Central Michigan	FS	71	217	17.6	18	0.4
112	Tyler Johnstone	Oregon	OT	77	301	23.7	24	0.3
113	Jason Fanaika	Utah	DE	73	271	22.8	23	0.2
114	Nick Kwiatkoski	West Virginia	ILB	74	243	18.8	19	0.2
115	Tra Carson	Texas AM	RB	71	227	18.8	19	0.2
116	Quinton Jefferson	Maryland	DT	75	291	23.8	24	0.2
117	Josh Doctson	Texas Christian	WR	74	202	13.9	14	0.1
118	Ryan Malleck	Virginia Tech	TE	76	247	18.0	18	0.0
119	Tyvis Powell	Ohio State	FS	74	211	15.0	15	0.0
120	Kevin Peterson	Oklahoma State	CB	70	181	14.0	14	0.0
121	Taveze Calhoun	Mississippi State	CB	72	192	14.0	14	0.0
122	Byron Marshall	Oregon	WR	69	201	17.0	17	0.0
123	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	RB	70	215	18.1	18	-0.1
124	Darrell Greene	San Diego State	G	74	321	28.1	28	-0.1
125	Jonathan Bullard	Florida	DE	75	285	23.1	23	-0.1
126	Vonn Bell	Ohio State	SS	70	199	16.2	16	-0.2
127	Jared Norris	Utah	ILB	73	241	19.2	19	-0.2
128	Cody Core	Mississippi	WR	74	205	14.3	14	-0.3
129	Jalin Marshall	Ohio State	WR	70	200	16.3	16	-0.3
130	James Bradberry	Samford	CB	72	211	16.3	16	-0.3
131	Alex Collins	Arkansas	RB	70	217	18.3	18	-0.3
132	Malcolm Mitchell	Georgia	WR	71	198	15.4	15	-0.4
133	Beniquez Brown	Mississippi State	OLB	72	229	18.4	18	-0.4
134	A.J. Stamps	Kentucky	FS	70	193	15.4	15	-0.4
135	Austin Hooper	Stanford	TE	75	254	19.4	19	-0.4
136	Kyle Murphy	Stanford	OT	78	305	23.6	23	-0.6
137	Jake McGee	Florida	TE	77	250	17.7	17	-0.7
138	Myles Jack	UCLA	OLB	73	245	19.7	19	-0.7
139	DeVondre Campbell	Minnesota	OLB	75	232	16.8	16	-0.8
140	Steve Longa	Rutgers	OLB	72	241	19.8	19	-0.8
141	Rashard Higgins	Colorado State	WR	73	196	13.8	13	-0.8
142	Austin Johnson	Penn State	DT	76	314	25.9	25	-0.9
143	Pharoh Cooper	South Carolina	WR	71	203	16.0	15	-1.0
144	Emmanuel Ogbah	Oklahoma State	DE	76	273	21.1	20	-1.1
145	Eric Murray	Minnesota	CB	70	199	16.2	15	-1.2
146	Jerald Hawkins	LSU	OT	77	305	24.2	23	-1.2
147	Stephen Anderson	California	TE	74	230	17.2	16	-1.2
148	Hassan Ridgeway	Texas	DT	75	303	25.3	24	-1.3
149	Glenn Gronkowski	Kansas State	RB	74	239	18.3	17	-1.3
150	Kentrell Brothers	Missouri	ILB	72	245	20.3	19	-1.3
151	Ron Thompson	Syracuse	DE	75	253	19.3	18	-1.3
152	Max Tuerk	Southern California	C	77	298	23.4	22	-1.4
153	Jalen Ramsey	Florida State	FS	73	209	15.4	14	-1.4
154	Keyarris Garrett	Tulsa	WR	75	220	15.4	14	-1.4
155	Marshaun Coprich	Illinois State	RB	68	207	18.4	17	-1.4
156	D.J. Foster	Arizona State	WR	70	193	15.4	14	-1.4
157	Graham Glasgow	Michigan	G	77	307	24.4	23	-1.4
158	Daryl Worley	West Virginia	CB	72	204	15.4	14	-1.4
159	Nick Vannett	Ohio State	TE	77	257	18.5	17	-1.5
160	Vernon Butler	Louisiana Tech	DT	75	323	27.6	26	-1.6
161	Devaunte Sigler	Jacksonville State	DT	75	298	24.7	23	-1.7
162	Branden Jackson	Texas Tech	DE	75	273	21.7	20	-1.7
163	Vadal Alexander	LSU	G	77	326	26.7	25	-1.7
164	Alonzo Russell	Toledo	WR	75	206	13.7	12	-1.7
165	T.J. Green	Clemson	FS	74	209	14.7	13	-1.7
166	Vernon Hargreaves	Florida	CB	70	204	16.7	15	-1.7
167	Dominique Alexander	Oklahoma	ILB	72	232	18.8	17	-1.8
168	Darron Lee	Ohio State	OLB	72	232	18.8	17	-1.8
169	Evan Boehm	Missouri	C	74	302	25.8	24	-1.8
170	Giorgio Newberry	Florida State	DE	77	285	21.8	20	-1.8
171	Eli Apple	Ohio State	CB	72	199	14.9	13	-1.9
172	Mekale McKay	Cincinnati	WR	75	207	13.9	12	-1.9
173	Trevor Davis	California	WR	73	188	12.9	11	-1.9
174	Kevon Seymour	Southern California	CB	71	186	14.0	12	-2.0
175	Tajae Sharpe	Massachusetts	WR	74	194	13.0	11	-2.0
176	Sua Cravens	Southern California	OLB	72	226	18.1	16	-2.1
177	Kyler Fackrell	Utah State	OLB	77	245	17.1	15	-2.1
178	DeAndre Houston-Carson	William & Mary	FS	72	201	15.1	13	-2.1
179	Kelvin Taylor	Florida	RB	70	207	17.1	15	-2.1
180	Cole Toner	Harvard	OT	77	306	24.3	22	-2.3
181	Lamarcus Brutus	Florida State	FS	71	206	16.3	14	-2.3
182	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	Texas Christian	OT	78	320	25.3	23	-2.3
183	Joseph Cheek	Texas AM	G	78	295	22.4	20	-2.4
184	Shon Coleman	Auburn	OT	77	307	24.4	22	-2.4
185	Germain Ifedi	Texas AM	OT	77	324	26.5	24	-2.5
186	Sterling Bailey	Georgia	DE	76	285	22.5	20	-2.5
187	Connor Wujciak	Boston College	DT	74	291	24.5	22	-2.5
188	Jack Allen	Michigan State	C	73	294	25.5	23	-2.5
189	Maliek Collins	Nebraska	DT	73	311	27.5	25	-2.5
190	Jonathan Williams	Arkansas	RB	70	220	18.6	16	-2.6
191	Charone Peake	Clemson	WR	74	209	14.7	12	-2.7
192	Leonte Carroo	Rutgers	WR	71	211	16.9	14	-2.9
193	Tyler Boyd	Pittsburgh	WR	73	197	14.0	11	-3.0
194	Nelson Spruce	Colorado	WR	73	206	15.0	12	-3.0
195	Duke Williams	Auburn	WR	74	229	17.1	14	-3.1
196	Jordan Howard	Indiana	RB	71	230	19.2	16	-3.2
197	Wendell Smallwood	West Virginia	RB	70	208	17.2	14	-3.2
198	Jihad Ward	Illinois	DE	77	297	23.3	20	-3.3
199	Darian Thompson	Boise State	FS	73	208	15.3	12	-3.3
200	Will Fuller	Notre Dame	WR	72	186	13.3	10	-3.3
201	Hunter Sharp	Utah State	WR	71	198	15.4	12	-3.4
202	Taylor Decker	Ohio State	OT	79	310	23.5	20	-3.5
203	Bralon Addison	Oregon	WR	69	197	16.6	13	-3.6
204	Rees Odhiambo	Boise State	G	75	314	26.6	23	-3.6
205	William Jackson	Houston	CB	72	189	13.7	10	-3.7
206	AShawn Robinson	Alabama	DT	75	307	25.7	22	-3.7
207	Dadi Nicolas	Virginia Tech	DE	74	235	17.8	14	-3.8
208	Sebastian Tretola	Arkansas	G	76	314	25.9	22	-3.9
209	Adolphus Washington	Ohio State	DT	75	301	25.0	21	-4.0
210	Mackensie Alexander	Clemson	CB	70	190	15.1	11	-4.1
211	Xavien Howard	Baylor	CB	72	201	15.1	11	-4.1
212	Laquon Treadwell	Mississippi	WR	74	221	16.2	12	-4.2
213	LeShaun Sims	Southern Utah	CB	72	203	15.3	11	-4.3
214	D.J. Pettway	Alabama	DE	74	265	21.4	17	-4.4
215	Brandon Shell	South Carolina	OT	77	324	26.5	22	-4.5
216	Jordan Jenkins	Georgia	OLB	74	259	20.7	16	-4.7
217	Steven Daniels	Boston College	ILB	71	243	20.7	16	-4.7
218	Sheldon Day	Notre Dame	DT	72	293	26.0	21	-5.0
219	Chris Moore	Cincinnati	WR	73	206	15.0	10	-5.0
220	Devon Cajuste	Stanford	WR	75	234	17.1	12	-5.1
221	Dominick Jackson	Alabama	OT	77	313	25.2	20	-5.2
222	KJ Dillon	West Virginia	SS	72	210	16.2	11	-5.2
223	Hunter Henry	Arkansas	TE	76	250	18.3	13	-5.3
224	Thomas Duarte	UCLA	TE	74	231	17.4	12	-5.4
225	Fahn Cooper	Mississippi	OT	76	303	24.6	19	-5.6
226	Shadrach Thornton	North Carolina State	RB	71	217	17.6	12	-5.6
227	Cayleb Jones	Arizona	WR	74	209	14.7	9	-5.7
228	Johnny Holton	Cincinnati	WR	72	190	13.8	8	-5.8
229	Tyler Marz	Wisconsin	OT	78	316	24.9	19	-5.9
230	Tavon Young	Temple	CB	69	183	14.9	9	-5.9
231	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	Minnesota	CB	69	193	16.1	10	-6.1
232	Kenyan Drake	Alabama	RB	72	210	16.2	10	-6.2
233	Cyrus Jones	Alabama	CB	69	197	16.6	10	-6.6
234	Willie Beavers	Western Michigan	OT	76	321	26.8	20	-6.8
235	Roger Lewis	Bowling Green	WR	72	201	15.1	8	-7.1
236	Harlan Miller	Southeastern Louisiana	CB	71	182	13.5	6	-7.5
237	LeRaven Clark	Texas Tech	OT	77	316	25.5	18	-7.5
238	Josh Forrest	Kentucky	ILB	75	249	18.8	11	-7.8
239	Cody Whitehair	Kansas State	G	75	301	25.0	16	-9.0
240	Jordan Lomax	Iowa	FS	69	202	17.2	8	-9.2
241	Pearce Slater	San Diego State	OT	78	329	26.4	17	-9.4
242	Denver Kirkland	Arkansas	G	76	335	28.4	19	-9.4
243	Vincent Valentine	Nebraska	DT	75	329	28.4	17	-11.4
244	Nila Kasitati	Oklahoma	G	75	317	26.9	12	-14.9

On the other side of the spectrum, we have Oklahoma guard Nila Kasitati. Despite measuring in at 6’3, 317 pounds, he put up just 12 reps on the bench press, 14.9 fewer than expected.

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