Nick Chubb Was The 2018 Combine Bench Press Champion

by Chase Stuart on April 19, 2018

Last year, Auburn defensive end Carl Lawson was your bench press champion. He finished ever so slightly ahead of Myles Garrett, and while Garrett was the first overall pick in the 2017 Draft, Lawson was a fourth rounder. But in 2017, Lawson led all rookies with 8.0 sacks, while Garrett finished second with 7.0 sacks (he did lead all rookies with 0.63 sacks per game). So does the bench press mean much? Who knows, but that won’t stop me from crunching the data from the 2018 combine.

The best-fit formula to project bench press reps for the 2017 Combine was:

Expected BP reps = 17.401 -0.3354 * Height (Inches) + 0.1075 * Weight (Pounds)

I used that formula to run through the 2018 combine numbers. The result? Georgia RB Nick Chubb was your bench press champion. Penn State RB Saquon Barkley, who ranked 3rd in yesterday’s results on the 40-yard dash, had another third-place finish. The full results, below.

Rk	Name	College	POS	Weight (lbs)	Height (in)	Exp BP	Bench Press	Diff BP
1	Nick Chubb	Georgia	RB	227	71	18.0	29	11.0
2	Kylie Fitts	Utah	DE	263	76	20.2	31	10.8
3	Saquon Barkley	Penn State	RB	233	72	18.3	29	10.7
4	Natrell Jamerson	Wisconsin	FS	198	72	14.5	25	10.5
5	Dane Cruikshank	Arizona	SS	206	73	15.1	25	9.9
6	Braden Smith	Auburn	OG	315	78	25.1	35	9.9
7	B.J. Hill	North Carolina State	DT	311	76	25.3	35	9.7
8	Malik Jefferson	Texas	ILB	236	75	17.6	27	9.4
9	Will Hernandez	Texas-El Paso	OG	327	74	27.7	37	9.3
10	Christian Sam	Arizona State	ILB	244	74	18.8	28	9.2
11	Tegray Scales	Indiana	ILB	230	72	18.0	27	9.0
12	Quenton Nelson	Notre Dame	OG	325	77	26.5	35	8.5
13	Leon Jacobs	Wisconsin	OLB	246	75	18.7	26	7.3
14	Andrew Brown	Virginia	DE	296	76	23.7	31	7.3
15	Davontae Harris	Illinois State	CB	200	72	14.8	22	7.2
16	Colby Gossett	Appalachian State (NC)	OG	311	77	25.0	32	7.0
17	Foley Fatukasi	Connecticut	DT	318	76	26.1	33	6.9
18	Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	Oklahoma	DE	253	73	20.1	27	6.9
19	Taven Bryan	Florida	DT	291	76	23.2	30	6.8
20	Anthony Miller	Memphis	WR	201	71	15.2	22	6.8
21	Ola Adeniyi	Toledo	DE	248	74	19.2	26	6.8
22	JMon Moore	Missouri	WR	207	75	14.5	21	6.5
23	Jordan Whitehead	Pittsburgh	FS	195	71	14.6	21	6.4
24	Genard Avery	Memphis	ILB	248	73	19.6	26	6.4
25	Lavon Coleman	Washington	RB	215	71	16.7	23	6.3
26	Mike Hughes	Central Florida	CB	191	71	14.1	20	5.9
27	Chris Warren	Texas	RB	247	74	19.1	25	5.9
28	Hercules MataAfa	Washington State	OLB	254	73	20.2	26	5.8
29	Derwin James	Florida State	SS	215	75	15.4	21	5.6
30	Marquis Haynes	Mississippi	OLB	235	75	17.5	23	5.5
31	Sony Michel	Georgia	RB	214	71	16.6	22	5.4
32	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee	P	230	73	17.6	23	5.4
33	Trevon Young	Louisville	DE	258	76	19.6	25	5.4
34	Kentavius Street	North Carolina State	DE	280	74	22.7	28	5.3
35	Anthony Winbush	Ball State (IN)	OLB	249	73	19.7	25	5.3
36	Kyzir White	West Virginia	SS	216	74	15.8	21	5.2
37	James Looney	California	DE	287	75	23.1	28	4.9
38	Kenny Young	UCLA	ILB	236	73	18.3	23	4.7
39	Davon Grayson	East Carolina (NC)	WR	199	73	14.3	19	4.7
40	Harold Landry	Boston College	OLB	252	75	19.3	24	4.7
41	Michael Joseph	Dubuque (IA)	CB	181	73	12.4	17	4.6
42	Christian Kirk	Texas A&M	WR	201	70	15.5	20	4.5
43	Jerome Baker	Ohio State	OLB	229	73	17.5	22	4.5
44	Josh Jackson	Iowa	CB	192	73	13.6	18	4.4
45	Taron Johnson	Weber State (UT)	CB	180	72	12.6	17	4.4
46	Wyatt Teller	Virginia Tech	OG	314	76	25.7	30	4.3
47	Tre Flowers	Oklahoma State	SS	200	75	13.7	18	4.3
48	Bilal Nichols	Delaware	DT	306	76	24.8	29	4.2
49	DaShawn Hand	Alabama	DE	297	76	23.8	28	4.2
50	Dorian ODaniel	Clemson	OLB	223	73	16.9	21	4.1
51	Chris Covington	Indiana	OLB	245	74	18.9	23	4.1
52	James Hearns	Louisville	OLB	239	75	17.9	22	4.1
53	Kendrick Norton	Miami (FL)	DT	314	75	26.0	30	4.0
54	Dallas Goedert	South Dakota State	TE	256	77	19.1	23	3.9
55	Mike Gesicki	Penn State	TE	247	77	18.1	22	3.9
56	Godwin Igwebuike	Northwestern	FS	205	72	15.3	19	3.7
57	Kamryn Pettway	Auburn	RB	233	72	18.3	22	3.7
58	Keishawn Bierria	Washington	ILB	230	74	17.3	21	3.7
59	John Franklin-Myers	Stephen F. Austin (TX)	DE	283	76	22.3	26	3.7
60	Sam Jones	Arizona State	OG	305	77	24.4	28	3.6
61	JaVon Rolland-Jones	Arkansas State	OLB	253	74	19.8	23	3.2
62	Bradley Chubb	North Carolina State	DE	269	76	20.8	24	3.2
63	Joshua Kalu	Nebraska	FS	195	73	13.9	17	3.1
64	Jalyn Holmes	Ohio State	DE	283	77	22.0	25	3.0
65	Darius Jackson	Jacksonville State (AL)	OLB	242	75	18.3	21	2.7
66	Chase Edmonds	Fordham (NY)	RB	205	69	16.3	19	2.7
67	Matt Dickerson	UCLA	DE	292	76	23.3	26	2.7
68	Shaquem Griffin	Central Florida	OLB	227	73	17.3	20	2.7
69	Josh Adams	Notre Dame	RB	213	74	15.5	18	2.5
70	Damon Webb	Ohio State	SS	195	71	14.6	17	2.4
71	Parry Nickerson	Tulane (LA)	CB	180	72	12.6	15	2.4
72	Marcus Davenport	Texas-San Antonio	DE	264	78	19.6	22	2.4
73	Mark Walton	Miami (FL)	RB	202	70	15.6	18	2.4
74	D.J. Chark	Louisiana State	WR	199	75	13.6	16	2.4
75	Siran Neal	Jacksonville State (AL)	SS	199	72	14.6	17	2.4
76	Sean Chandler	Temple	FS	190	72	13.7	16	2.3
77	Brandon Facyson	Virginia Tech	CB	197	74	13.8	16	2.2
78	Shaun Dion Hamilton	Alabama	ILB	228	72	17.8	20	2.2
79	Troy Apke	Penn State	SS	198	74	13.9	16	2.1
80	Garret Dooley	Wisconsin	OLB	248	75	18.9	21	2.1
81	Brian Allen	Michigan State	C	298	73	25.0	27	2.0
82	Chris Herndon	Miami (FL)	TE	253	76	19.1	21	1.9
83	Trey Quinn	Southern Methodist (TX)	WR	203	71	15.4	17	1.6
84	Lowell Lotulelei	Utah	DT	315	74	26.4	28	1.6
85	Joel Iyiegbuniwe	Western Kentucky	ILB	229	73	17.5	19	1.5
86	Dylan Cantrell	Texas Tech	WR	226	75	16.5	18	1.5
87	KC Mcdermott	Miami (FL)	OT	311	78	24.7	26	1.3
88	Cole Madison	Washington State	OG	308	77	24.7	26	1.3
89	Carlton Davis	Auburn	CB	203	73	14.7	16	1.3
90	David Wells	San Diego State	TE	256	78	18.8	20	1.2
91	Danny Johnson	Southern (LA)	CB	185	70	13.8	15	1.2
92	Justin Reid	Stanford	FS	204	73	14.8	16	1.2
93	Nick Nelson	Wisconsin	CB	208	71	15.9	17	1.1
94	Allen Lazard	Iowa State	WR	227	77	16.0	17	1.0
95	Jojo Wicker	Arizona State	DE	296	75	24.1	25	0.9
96	Frank Ragnow	Arkansas	C	312	77	25.1	26	0.9
97	Roc Thomas	Jacksonville State (AL)	RB	198	70	15.2	16	0.8
98	Uchenna Nwosu	Southern California	OLB	251	75	19.2	20	0.8
99	Oren Burks	Vanderbilt	OLB	233	75	17.3	18	0.7
100	Marcus Allen	Penn State	FS	202	74	14.3	15	0.7
101	Kahlil Mckenzie	Tennessee	DT	314	77	25.3	26	0.7
102	Keke Coutee	Texas Tech	WR	181	70	13.4	14	0.6
103	Leighton Vander Esch	Boise State	OLB	256	76	19.4	20	0.6
104	Dorance Armstrong	Kansas	DE	257	76	19.5	20	0.5
105	Jason Cabinda	Penn State	ILB	239	73	18.6	19	0.4
106	Marcell Harris	Florida	SS	208	72	15.6	16	0.4
107	Deshon Elliott	Texas	SS	205	74	14.6	15	0.4
108	Kurt Benkert	Virginia	QB	218	75	15.7	16	0.3
109	Grant Haley	Penn State	CB	190	69	14.7	15	0.3
110	Azeem Victor	Washington	ILB	240	73	18.7	19	0.3
111	Andre Smith	North Carolina	ILB	237	72	18.7	19	0.3
112	Byron Pringle	Kansas State	WR	203	73	14.7	15	0.3
113	Holton Hill	Texas	CB	200	75	13.7	14	0.3
114	Chris Campbell	Penn State	CB	194	73	13.8	14	0.2
115	Tremaine Edmunds	Virginia Tech	OLB	253	77	18.8	19	0.2
116	Jaylen Samuels	North Carolina State	TE	225	71	17.8	18	0.2
117	Max Redfield	Indiana (PA)	SS	205	73	15.0	15	0.0
118	Dominick Sanders	Georgia	FS	193	72	14.0	14	0.0
119	Alex Cappa	Humboldt State (CA)	OT	305	78	24.0	24	0.0
120	Josey Jewell	Iowa	ILB	234	73	18.1	18	-0.1
121	Trey Walker	Louisiana-Lafayette	SS	200	74	14.1	14	-0.1
122	Jordan Wilkins	Mississippi	RB	216	73	16.1	16	-0.1
123	Anthony Averett	Alabama	CB	185	72	13.1	13	-0.1
124	Jack Cichy	Wisconsin	ILB	238	74	18.2	18	-0.2
125	Chris Jones	Nebraska	CB	195	72	14.2	14	-0.2
126	Jaire Alexander	Louisville	CB	192	71	14.2	14	-0.2
127	Scott Quessenberry	UCLA	C	310	76	25.2	25	-0.2
128	Olubunmi Rotimi	Old Dominion (VA)	DE	273	76	21.3	21	-0.3
129	J.C. Jackson	Maryland	CB	193	71	14.3	14	-0.3
130	Peter Kalambayi	Stanford	OLB	252	75	19.3	19	-0.3
131	Will Clapp	Louisiana State	C	311	76	25.3	25	-0.3
132	Tony Brown	Alabama	CB	198	72	14.5	14	-0.5
133	Avonte Maddox	Pittsburgh	CB	180	69	13.6	13	-0.6
134	Darius Leonard	South Carolina State	OLB	234	74	17.7	17	-0.7
135	Dee Delaney	Miami (FL)	CB	194	73	13.8	13	-0.8
136	Durham Smythe	Notre Dame	TE	253	77	18.8	18	-0.8
137	D.J. Moore	Maryland	WR	210	72	15.8	15	-0.8
138	Martinas Rankin	Mississippi State	OT	308	76	25.0	24	-1.0
139	Tanner Carew	Oregon	LS	243	73	19.0	18	-1.0
140	Ryan Izzo	Florida State	TE	256	77	19.1	18	-1.1
141	Royce Freeman	Oregon	RB	229	71	18.2	17	-1.2
142	Nick Deluca	North Dakota State	ILB	251	75	19.2	18	-1.2
143	Steven Mitchell	Southern California	WR	189	70	14.2	13	-1.2
144	Jarvion Franklin	Western Michigan	RB	239	71	19.3	18	-1.3
145	Duke Dawson	Florida	CB	208	70	16.3	15	-1.3
146	Ade Aruna	Tulane (LA)	DE	262	78	19.4	18	-1.4
147	Tyler Conklin	Central Michigan	TE	254	75	19.6	18	-1.6
148	Justin Jackson	Northwestern	RB	199	72	14.6	13	-1.6
149	Ray-Ray Mccloud	Clemson	WR	190	69	14.7	13	-1.7
150	Andre Chachere	San Jose State	CB	200	72	14.8	13	-1.8
151	Justin Jones	North Carolina State	DT	309	74	25.8	24	-1.8
152	Mason Cole	Michigan	C	307	76	24.9	23	-1.9
153	Derrick Nnadi	Florida State	DT	317	73	27.0	25	-2.0
154	Mike Mccray	Michigan	OLB	243	76	18.0	16	-2.0
155	Mark Andrews	Oklahoma	TE	256	77	19.1	17	-2.1
156	Marcell Ateman	Oklahoma State	WR	216	76	15.1	13	-2.1
157	John Kelly	Tennessee	RB	216	70	17.1	15	-2.1
158	Dimitri Flowers	Oklahoma	FB	248	74	19.2	17	-2.2
159	Kalen Ballage	Arizona State	RB	228	73	17.4	15	-2.4
160	Ryan Nall	Oregon State	RB	232	74	17.5	15	-2.5
161	Armani Watts	Texas A&M	FS	205	71	15.6	13	-2.6
162	Akrum Wadley	Iowa	RB	194	70	14.8	12	-2.8
163	Dalton Schultz	Stanford	TE	244	77	17.8	15	-2.8
164	Kyle Hicks	Texas Christian	RB	204	70	15.9	13	-2.9
165	Derrius Guice	Louisiana State	RB	224	70	18.0	15	-3.0
166	Braxton Berrios	Miami (FL)	WR	184	69	14.0	11	-3.0
167	Donnie Ernsberger	Western Michigan	FB	241	75	18.2	15	-3.2
168	Chris Worley	Ohio State	ILB	238	74	18.2	15	-3.2
169	Quadree Henderson	Pittsburgh	WR	192	68	15.2	12	-3.2
170	Chris Lacy	Oklahoma State	WR	205	75	14.3	11	-3.3
171	Deon Cain	Clemson	WR	202	74	14.3	11	-3.3
172	Bo Scarbrough	Alabama	RB	228	73	17.4	14	-3.4
173	Justin Crawford	West Virginia	RB	199	71	15.0	11	-4.0
174	Davin Bellamy	Georgia	OLB	255	77	19.0	15	-4.0
175	Jordan Thomas	Mississippi State	TE	265	77	20.1	16	-4.1
176	Troy Fumagalli	Wisconsin	TE	247	77	18.1	14	-4.1
177	James Daniels	Iowa	C	306	75	25.1	21	-4.1
178	Rashaad Penny	San Diego State	RB	220	71	17.2	13	-4.2
179	Geron Christian	Louisville	OT	298	77	23.6	19	-4.6
180	Simmie Cobbs	Indiana	WR	220	75	15.9	11	-4.9
181	Michael Gallup	Colorado State	WR	205	73	15.0	10	-5.0
182	Will Dissly	Washington	TE	262	76	20.1	15	-5.1
183	Kameron Kelly	San Diego State	FS	200	74	14.1	9	-5.1
184	Sean Welsh	Iowa	OG	306	75	25.1	20	-5.1
185	Zaycoven Henderson	Texas A&M	DT	298	72	25.3	20	-5.3
186	Donte Jackson	Louisiana State	CB	175	71	12.4	7	-5.4
187	Joshua Frazier	Alabama	DT	321	76	26.4	21	-5.4
188	Kerryon Johnson	Auburn	RB	213	71	16.5	11	-5.5
189	Rashaan Gaulden	Tennessee	FS	193	73	13.7	8	-5.7
190	Demario Richard	Arizona State	FB	218	69	17.7	12	-5.7
191	Austin Corbett	Nevada	OG	306	76	24.8	19	-5.8
192	Jordan Lasley	UCLA	WR	203	73	14.7	8	-6.7
193	Richie James	Middle Tennessee State	WR	183	70	13.6	6	-7.6
194	Tyrell Crosby	Oregon	OT	309	77	24.8	17	-7.8
195	Taylor Hearn	Clemson	OG	320	76	26.3	18	-8.3
196	Jamil Demby	Maine	OG	319	76	26.2	17	-9.2
197	K.J. Malone	Louisiana State	OG	303	76	24.5	15	-9.5
198	Orlando Brown	Oklahoma	OT	345	80	27.7	14	-13.7

What stands out to you? Other than Orlando Brown finishing at the bottom for the second day in a row.

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