Stanford DE Solomon Thomas Had The Top 3 Cone Drill At The 2017 Combine

by Chase Stuart on April 13, 2017

Thomas was a combine superstar

As you can imagine, heavier players fare much worse in the 3-cone drill, and taller players have a slight advantage, too. Here was the best-fit formula from the 2017 combine:

7.3397 -0.0317 * Height (Inches) + 0.0091 * Weight (Pounds)

Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey is one of the more interesting prospects from this draft, and he dominated in the 3-cone drill, finishing in 6.57 seconds, just one hundredth of a second behind the leader. Given his dimensions — 71 inches, 202 pounds — he’d be expected to complete the drill in 6.93. McCaffrey therefore finished the drill in 0.36 seconds more than expected, the 7th-best adjusted performance in this drill.

The top performance belonged to a different Stanford player, defensive end Solomon Thomas, who finished a full 0.50 seconds above expectation. The full results, below:

Rk	Name	College	Pos	Ht	Wt	3CDrill	Exp 3CD	Diff
1	Solomon Thomas	Stanford	DE	75	273	6.95	7.45	0.50
2	Dion Dawkins	Temple	OG	76	314	7.30	7.79	0.49
3	Tyus Bowser	Houston	LB	75	247	6.75	7.22	0.47
4	T.J. Watt	Wisconsin	LB	76	252	6.79	7.23	0.44
5	Taywan Taylor	Western Kentucky	WR	71	203	6.57	6.94	0.37
6	Derek Barnett	Tennessee	DE	75	259	6.96	7.32	0.36
7	Christian McCaffrey	Stanford	RB	71	202	6.57	6.93	0.36
8	Michael Roberts	Toledo	TE	76	270	7.05	7.39	0.34
9	Blair Brown	Ohio	LB	71	238	6.92	7.26	0.34
10	Trey Hendrickson	Florida Atlantic	DE	76	266	7.03	7.36	0.33
11	Garett Bolles	Utah	OT	77	297	7.29	7.61	0.32
12	Adam Shaheen	Ashland	TE	78	278	7.09	7.40	0.31
13	O.J. Howard	Alabama	TE	78	251	6.85	7.16	0.31
14	Daeshon Hall	Texas A&M	DE	77	266	7.03	7.32	0.29
15	Vince Biegel	Wisconsin	OLB	75	246	6.92	7.21	0.29
16	Desmond King	Iowa	S	70	201	6.67	6.95	0.28
17	Brian Allen	Utah	DB	75	215	6.64	6.92	0.28
18	Duke Riley	LSU	OLB	72	232	6.89	7.17	0.28
19	Harvey Langi	BYU	DE	74	251	7.00	7.28	0.28
20	Alex Anzalone	Florida	LB	75	241	6.88	7.16	0.28
21	Derek Rivers	Youngstown St.	DE	76	248	6.94	7.19	0.25
22	Krishawn Hogan	Marian (IN)	WR	75	222	6.74	6.99	0.25
23	Ben Gedeon	Michigan	ILB	74	244	6.98	7.22	0.24
24	John Johnson	Boston College	S	72	208	6.72	6.95	0.23
25	Aaron Jones	Texas-El Paso	RB	69	208	6.82	7.05	0.23
26	Elijah Qualls	Washington	DT	73	313	7.65	7.88	0.23
27	Kevin King	Washington	CB	75	200	6.56	6.79	0.23
28	Taco Charlton	Michigan	DE	78	277	7.17	7.39	0.22
29	Stevie Tu'ikolovatu	USC	DT	73	331	7.83	8.04	0.21
30	Ben Boulware	Clemson	ILB	72	238	7.02	7.23	0.21
31	David Njoku	Miami	TE	76	246	6.97	7.17	0.20
32	D.J. Jones	Mississippi	DT	73	319	7.73	7.93	0.20
33	Dylan Donahue	West Georgia	DL	75	248	7.02	7.22	0.20
34	Jaleel Johnson	Iowa	DT	75	316	7.64	7.84	0.20
35	Jalen Robinette	Air Force	WR	75	220	6.77	6.97	0.20
36	Forrest Lamp	Western Kentucky	OG	76	309	7.55	7.75	0.20
37	Tanzel Smart	Tulane	DT	73	296	7.53	7.72	0.19
38	Larry Ogunjobi	North Carolina Charlotte	DT	75	305	7.55	7.74	0.19
39	Dan Feeney	Indiana	OG	76	305	7.52	7.71	0.19
40	Dawuane Smoot	Illinois	DE	75	264	7.18	7.37	0.19
41	Jerome Lane	Akron	WR	74	226	6.87	7.06	0.19
42	Joshua Dobbs	Tennessee	QB	75	216	6.75	6.93	0.18
43	Fadol Brown	Mississippi	DE	76	273	7.24	7.42	0.18
44	Corey Levin	Tennessee-Chattanooga	OL	76	307	7.55	7.73	0.18
45	Haason Reddick	Temple	DE	73	237	7.01	7.19	0.18
46	Evan Engram	Mississippi	TE	75	234	6.92	7.10	0.18
47	Chase Roullier	Wyoming	C	76	312	7.60	7.78	0.18
48	Jeremy McNichols	Boise St.	RB	69	214	6.93	7.10	0.17
49	Patrick Mahomes	Texas Tech	QB	74	225	6.88	7.05	0.17
50	Connor Harris	Lindenwood	ILB	71	242	7.13	7.30	0.17
51	Ryan Glasgow	Michigan	DT	75	302	7.55	7.72	0.17
52	Julie'n Davenport	Bucknell	OT	79	318	7.57	7.74	0.17
53	Gareon Conley	Ohio St.	CB	72	195	6.68	6.84	0.16
54	Vincent Taylor	Oklahoma St.	DT	75	304	7.58	7.73	0.15
55	Gerald Everett	South Alabama	TE	75	239	6.99	7.14	0.15
56	Kendrick Bourne	Eastern Washington	WR	73	203	6.73	6.88	0.15
57	Robert Davis	Georgia State	WR	75	219	6.82	6.96	0.14
58	Budda Baker	Washington	S	70	195	6.76	6.90	0.14
59	Garrett Sickels	Penn St.	DE	75	261	7.21	7.34	0.13
60	Jordan Leggett	Clemson	TE	77	258	7.12	7.25	0.13
61	Nico Siragusa	San Diego St.	OG	76	319	7.71	7.84	0.13
62	Darrell Daniels	Washington	TE	75	247	7.09	7.22	0.13
63	David Sharpe	Florida	OT	78	343	7.87	7.99	0.12
64	Jehu Chesson	Michigan	WR	75	204	6.70	6.82	0.12
65	Avery Moss	Youngstown St.	DE	75	264	7.25	7.37	0.12
66	Tarell Basham	Ohio	DE	76	269	7.27	7.38	0.11
67	Carroll Phillips	Illinois	DE	75	242	7.06	7.17	0.11
68	Dalvin Tomlinson	Alabama	DT	75	310	7.68	7.79	0.11
69	Cooper Kupp	Eastern Washington	WR	74	204	6.75	6.86	0.11
70	Chuck Clark	Virginia Tech	DB	72	208	6.85	6.95	0.10
71	Marlon Humphrey	Alabama	CB	72	197	6.75	6.85	0.10
72	Caleb Brantley	Florida	DT	75	307	7.66	7.76	0.10
73	Chad Hansen	California	WR	74	202	6.74	6.84	0.10
74	Trent Taylor	Louisiana Tech	WR	68	181	6.74	6.84	0.10
75	Chidobe Awuzie	Colorado	CB	72	202	6.81	6.90	0.09
76	Conor McDermott	UCLA	OT	80	307	7.52	7.60	0.08
77	Montravius Adams	Auburn	DT	76	304	7.62	7.70	0.08
78	Jonathan Allen	Alabama	DE	75	286	7.49	7.57	0.08
79	Taylor Moton	Western Michigan	OG	77	319	7.73	7.81	0.08
80	Isaac Asiata	Utah	OG	75	323	7.83	7.91	0.08
81	Davis Webb	California	QB	77	229	6.92	6.99	0.07
82	Zach Cunningham	Vanderbilt	LB	75	234	7.03	7.10	0.07
83	Ryan Switzer	North Carolina	WR	68	181	6.77	6.84	0.07
84	Mitch Leidner	Minnesota	QB	75	226	6.96	7.02	0.06
85	Shalom Luani	Washington St.	S	71	202	6.87	6.93	0.06
86	Deshaun Watson	Clemson	QB	74	221	6.95	7.01	0.06
87	Ifeadi Odenigbo	Northwestern	DL	75	258	7.26	7.32	0.06
88	Eddie Vanderdoes	UCLA	DT	75	305	7.69	7.74	0.05
89	Jamal Adams	LSU	S	72	214	6.96	7.01	0.05
90	Michael Rector	Stanford	WR	72	193	6.77	6.82	0.05
91	Dare Ogunbowale	Wisconsin	RB	71	213	6.99	7.03	0.04
92	Zay Jones	East Carolina	WR	74	201	6.79	6.83	0.04
93	Jadar Johnson	Clemson	S	72	206	6.90	6.94	0.04
94	Delano Hill	Michigan	SS	73	216	6.96	7.00	0.04
95	Raekwon McMillan	Ohio St.	LB	74	240	7.15	7.18	0.03
96	Quincy Adeboyejo	Mississippi	WR	75	197	6.73	6.76	0.03
97	Al-Quadin Muhammad	Miami	DE	75	253	7.25	7.27	0.02
98	Ben Braden	Michigan	OG	78	329	7.85	7.87	0.02
99	Tanoh Kpassagnon	Villanova	DE	79	289	7.46	7.47	0.01
100	Shelton Gibson	West Virginia	WR	71	191	6.83	6.83	0.00
101	Fabian Moreau	UCLA	CB	72	206	6.94	6.94	0.00
102	Bug Howard	North Carolina	WR	76	221	6.95	6.95	0.00
103	Cameron Sutton	Tennessee	CB	71	188	6.81	6.80	-0.01
104	Brian Hill	Wyoming	RB	73	219	7.03	7.02	-0.01
105	Cam Robinson	Alabama	OT	78	322	7.81	7.80	-0.01
106	Tashawn Bower	LSU	DE	77	250	7.20	7.18	-0.02
107	Fred Ross	Mississippi St.	WR	73	213	6.99	6.97	-0.02
108	Victor Bolden	Oregon St.	WR	68	178	6.83	6.81	-0.02
109	Amba Etta-Tawo	Syracuse	WR	73	208	6.95	6.92	-0.03
110	Josh Carraway	TCU	DE	75	242	7.20	7.17	-0.03
111	Jeremiah Ledbetter	Arkansas	DE	75	280	7.55	7.52	-0.03
112	Sam Rogers	Virginia Tech	FB	70	231	7.27	7.23	-0.04
113	Kevin Davis	Colorado St.	LB	74	235	7.18	7.14	-0.04
114	Shaquill Griffin	Central Florida	DB	72	194	6.87	6.83	-0.04
115	Samaje Perine	Oklahoma	RB	71	233	7.26	7.21	-0.05
116	Noah Brown	Ohio St.	WR	74	222	7.07	7.02	-0.05
117	Dan Skipper	Arkansas	OT	82	309	7.61	7.56	-0.05
118	Drew Morgan	Arkansas	WR	72	190	6.85	6.79	-0.06
119	Charles Walker	Oklahoma	DT	74	310	7.89	7.82	-0.07
120	Rasul Douglas	West Virginia	CB	74	209	6.97	6.90	-0.07
121	Ken Ekanem	Virginia Tech	DL	75	257	7.38	7.31	-0.07
122	Kenny Golladay	Northern Illinois	WR	76	218	7.00	6.92	-0.08
123	Nathan Peterman	Pittsburgh	QB	74	226	7.14	7.06	-0.08
124	Carl Lawson	Auburn	DE	74	261	7.46	7.37	-0.09
125	Ethan Cooper	Indiana (PA)	OG	74	322	8.02	7.93	-0.09
126	Josh Reynolds	Texas A&M	WR	75	194	6.83	6.73	-0.10
127	Sam Tevi	Utah	OT	77	311	7.84	7.73	-0.11
128	Kyle Fuller	Baylor	CB	72	190	6.90	6.79	-0.11
129	Jalen Myrick	Minnesota	CB	70	200	7.06	6.95	-0.11
130	Zach Pascal	Old Dominion	WR	74	219	7.11	6.99	-0.12
131	Devine Redding	Indiana	RB	68	205	7.18	7.05	-0.13
132	Malik McDowell	Michigan St.	DT	78	295	7.69	7.56	-0.13
133	Isaiah Ford	Virginia Tech	WR	73	194	6.94	6.80	-0.14
134	Travis Rudolph	Florida St.	WR	72	189	6.93	6.78	-0.15
135	Wayne Gallman	Clemson	RB	72	215	7.17	7.02	-0.15
136	Cordrea Tankersley	Clemson	CB	73	199	7.00	6.84	-0.16
137	Scott Orndoff	Pittsburgh	TE	77	253	7.37	7.21	-0.16
138	Brendan Langley	Lamar	CB	72	201	7.06	6.89	-0.17
139	Damarius Travis	Minnesota	S	73	206	7.08	6.91	-0.17
140	De'Veon Smith	Michigan	RB	71	223	7.30	7.12	-0.18
141	Elijah McGuire	Louisiana-Lafayette	RB	70	214	7.26	7.07	-0.19
142	Cooper Rush	Central Michigan	QB	75	228	7.23	7.04	-0.19
143	Josh Malone	Tennessee	WR	75	208	7.05	6.86	-0.19
144	Tedric Thompson	Colorado	FS	72	204	7.11	6.92	-0.19
145	Ethan Pocic	LSU	C	78	310	7.89	7.69	-0.20
146	Gabe Marks	Washington St.	WR	71	189	7.01	6.81	-0.20
147	Nate Theaker	Wayne St. (MI)	OG	77	315	7.97	7.77	-0.20
148	Channing Stribling	Michigan	CB	73	188	6.94	6.74	-0.20
149	Charles Harris	Missouri	DE	75	253	7.47	7.27	-0.20
150	Takkarist McKinley	UCLA	DE	74	250	7.48	7.27	-0.21
151	Hayden Plinke	Texas-El Paso	TE	76	264	7.55	7.34	-0.21
152	Curtis Samuel	Ohio St.	WR	71	196	7.09	6.88	-0.21
153	Pat Elflein	Ohio St.	C	75	303	7.94	7.73	-0.21
154	Avery Gennesy	Texas A&M	OT	75	318	8.08	7.86	-0.22
155	Darreus Rogers	USC	WR	73	216	7.22	7.00	-0.22
156	Rodney Adams	South Florida	WR	73	189	6.98	6.75	-0.23
157	Dalvin Cook	Florida St.	RB	70	210	7.27	7.04	-0.23
158	Sefo Liufau	Colorado	QB	75	232	7.32	7.08	-0.24
159	James Quick	Louisville	WR	72	186	7.00	6.75	-0.25
160	Devonte' Fields	Louisville	OLB	74	236	7.40	7.15	-0.25
161	Nazair Jones	North Carolina	DT	77	304	7.93	7.67	-0.26
162	Sidney Jones	Washington	CB	72	186	7.02	6.75	-0.27
163	Justin Senior	Mississippi St.	OT	77	331	8.19	7.92	-0.27
164	Carlos Henderson	Louisiana Tech	WR	71	199	7.18	6.90	-0.28
165	Cameron Lee	Illinois St.	OG	77	312	8.02	7.74	-0.28
166	Zach Banner	USC	OT	80	353	8.31	8.02	-0.29
167	Artavis Scott	Clemson	WR	70	193	7.19	6.88	-0.31
168	Keevan Lucas	Tulsa	WR	69	192	7.23	6.90	-0.33
169	DeShone Kizer	Notre Dame	QB	76	233	7.40	7.06	-0.34
170	Ricky Seals-Jones	Texas A&M	WR	77	243	7.46	7.12	-0.34
171	Jordan Morgan	Kutztown (PA)	OG	75	309	8.13	7.78	-0.35
172	Antonio Garcia	Troy	OT	78	302	7.98	7.62	-0.36
173	Danny Isidora	Miami	OG	75	306	8.13	7.75	-0.38
174	Adam Bisnowaty	Pittsburgh	OT	78	304	8.02	7.64	-0.38
175	Jon Toth	Kentucky	C	77	307	8.09	7.70	-0.39
176	Malachi Dupre	LSU	WR	74	196	7.19	6.78	-0.41
177	Travin Dural	LSU	WR	73	202	7.29	6.87	-0.42
178	Erik Austell	Charleston Southern	OT	75	301	8.13	7.71	-0.42
179	Freddie Stevenson	Florida St.	FB	72	234	7.65	7.19	-0.46
180	Sean Harlow	Oregon St.	OG	76	303	8.16	7.69	-0.47
181	Damien Mama	USC	OG	75	334	8.51	8.01	-0.50
182	Daniel Brunskill	San Diego St.	OT	77	273	7.90	7.39	-0.51
183	Jerry Ugokwe	William & Mary	OT	79	321	8.35	7.76	-0.59
184	Lorenzo Jerome	St. Francis (PA)	S	70	204	7.63	6.98	-0.65
185	Dorian Johnson	Pittsburgh	OG	77	300	8.39	7.63	-0.76

Thomas was an elite run defender last year, and will be a first round pick in this year’s draft. In addition to ranking 1st in this drill, he ranked 8th in the 40, had a 7th-place ranking in the bench press, 14th in vertical drill, and 8th in the broad jump. That’s a helluva combine. As for Myles Garrett? He sat this drill out.

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