Michael Sam – FootballPerspective.com

Pittsburgh’s Aaron Donald Was Your Combine MVP

Chase Stuart — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:01:26 +0000

Building on yesterday’s post, I decided to crown a combine MVP because it’s February and there’s nothing else to do. I looked at each player’s combine results, courtesy of the great NFLSavant.com, in four different tests.

40-yard dash

There were 268 players with 40-yard dash times posted at NFL Savant. I ran a regression using weight as the input and 40-yard time as the output, and the best-fit formula (R^2 of 0.75) was:

[math]Expected 40 Time = 3.433 + 0.00554 * Weight[/math]

Using this formula, Jadeveon Clowney, with a weight of 266 pounds, would be projected to run the 40 in 4.91 seconds. Since he actually ran the 40 in 4.53 seconds, he gets credited for finishing +0.38 seconds above expectation. That was the best of any player in Indianapolis this year. The table below shows, for each of the 268 players (the table, by default, displays only the top 10, but you can change that in the dropdown box), their weight, their actual 40 time, their expected 40 time, and the difference. Auburn tackle Greg Robinson hopes be a top-five pick, and his 40 time does a good job displaying his athleticism. Pittsburgh’s Aaron Donald comes in third, but there will be plenty of reasons to talk about him later.

Rk	First Last	Pos	College	Height	Weight	40YD	40 Exp	40 Diff
1	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	77	266	4.53	4.91	0.38
2	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	77	332	4.92	5.27	0.35
3	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	73	285	4.68	5.01	0.33
4	A.C. Leonard	TE	Tennessee St.	74	252	4.5	4.83	0.33
5	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	79	309	4.87	5.15	0.28
6	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi	74	221	4.4	4.66	0.26
7	Larry Webster	DE	Bloomsburg	78	252	4.58	4.83	0.25
8	Quincy Enunwa	WR	Nebraska	74	225	4.45	4.68	0.23
9	Seantrel Henderson	OT	Miami	79	331	5.04	5.27	0.23
10	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley St.	75	219	4.42	4.65	0.23
11	Trai Turner	OG	LSU	75	310	4.93	5.15	0.22
12	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	78	272	4.72	4.94	0.22
13	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina	76	250	4.6	4.82	0.22
14	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	71	222	4.45	4.66	0.21
15	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College	72	232	4.51	4.72	0.21
16	Logan Thomas	QB	Virginia Tech	78	248	4.61	4.81	0.2
17	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	73	266	4.71	4.91	0.2
18	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	74	302	4.91	5.11	0.2
19	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	77	255	4.66	4.85	0.19
20	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	77	231	4.53	4.71	0.18
21	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St.	72	202	4.37	4.55	0.18
22	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	76	211	4.42	4.6	0.18
23	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	69	209	4.41	4.59	0.18
24	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo	75	251	4.65	4.82	0.17
25	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	73	211	4.43	4.6	0.17
26	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas	75	247	4.63	4.8	0.17
27	James Gayle	DE	Virginia Tech	76	259	4.7	4.87	0.17
28	Adrian Hubbard	OLB	Alabama	78	257	4.69	4.86	0.17
29	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	78	271	4.77	4.94	0.17
30	Colt Lyerla	TE	Oregon	76	242	4.61	4.77	0.16
31	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford	71	220	4.49	4.65	0.16
32	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	77	265	4.74	4.9	0.16
33	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame	73	218	4.48	4.64	0.16
34	Zachariah Kerr	NT	Delaware	73	326	5.08	5.24	0.16
35	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida St.	77	240	4.61	4.76	0.15
36	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon St.	70	189	4.33	4.48	0.15
37	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri St.	71	203	4.41	4.56	0.15
38	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	75	212	4.46	4.61	0.15
39	Andre Williams	RB	Boston College	71	230	4.56	4.71	0.15
40	Marcus Smith	DE	Louisville	75	251	4.68	4.82	0.14
41	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	77	265	4.76	4.9	0.14
42	Terrance West	RB	Towson	69	225	4.54	4.68	0.14
43	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	72	214	4.48	4.62	0.14
44	Joel Bitonio	OT	Nevada	76	302	4.97	5.11	0.14
45	Matt Patchan	OT	Boston College	78	302	4.97	5.11	0.14
46	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky	73	246	4.66	4.8	0.14
47	Howard Jones	DE	Shepherd	74	235	4.6	4.74	0.14
48	Dri Archer	RB	Kent St.	68	173	4.26	4.39	0.13
49	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	78	310	5.02	5.15	0.13
50	Prince Shembo	OLB	Notre Dame	73	253	4.71	4.84	0.13
51	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	72	193	4.38	4.5	0.12
52	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	69	202	4.43	4.55	0.12
53	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	72	229	4.58	4.7	0.12
54	Telvin Smith	ILB	Florida St.	75	218	4.52	4.64	0.12
55	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers	78	225	4.56	4.68	0.12
56	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio St.	71	194	4.39	4.51	0.12
57	Bennie Fowler	WR	Michigan St.	73	217	4.52	4.64	0.12
58	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	75	249	4.7	4.81	0.11
59	Deone Bucannon	SS	Washington St.	73	211	4.49	4.6	0.11
60	Mo Alexander	SS	Utah St.	73	220	4.54	4.65	0.11
61	Tim Cornett	RB	UNLV	72	209	4.48	4.59	0.11
62	Terrence Brooks	FS	Florida St.	71	198	4.42	4.53	0.11
63	Khairi Fortt	ILB	California	74	248	4.7	4.81	0.11
64	Lamin Barrow	OLB	LSU	73	237	4.64	4.75	0.11
65	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon St.	75	273	4.84	4.95	0.11
66	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama St.	71	224	4.57	4.67	0.1
67	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	73	213	4.51	4.61	0.1
68	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	69	209	4.49	4.59	0.1
69	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU	69	189	4.38	4.48	0.1
70	Odell Beckham	WR	LSU	71	198	4.43	4.53	0.1
71	Brandon Thomas	OT	Clemson	75	317	5.09	5.19	0.1
72	Jaylen Watkins	CB	Florida	71	194	4.41	4.51	0.1
73	Ronald Powell	OLB	Florida	75	237	4.65	4.75	0.1
74	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	76	307	5.04	5.13	0.09
75	Keith McGill	CB	Utah	75	211	4.51	4.6	0.09
76	Dontae Johnson	CB	N.C. State	74	200	4.45	4.54	0.09
77	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina	70	200	4.45	4.54	0.09
78	Michael Schofield	OT	Michigan	78	301	5.01	5.1	0.09
79	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	75	304	5.03	5.12	0.09
80	John Brown	WR	Pittsburg St. (KS)	70	179	4.34	4.43	0.09
81	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia (MN)	77	269	4.84	4.92	0.08
82	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn	68	207	4.5	4.58	0.08
83	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri	68	194	4.43	4.51	0.08
84	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	69	197	4.45	4.53	0.08
85	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball St.	75	247	4.73	4.8	0.07
86	Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	77	308	5.07	5.14	0.07
87	Kyle Van Noy	OLB	BYU	75	243	4.71	4.78	0.07
88	Jason Bromley	DT	Syracuse	75	306	5.06	5.13	0.07
89	Brock Vereen	FS	Minnesota	72	199	4.47	4.54	0.07
90	Josh Huff	WR	Oregon	71	206	4.51	4.57	0.06
91	Jeremy Hill	RB	LSU	73	233	4.66	4.72	0.06
92	Jordan Tripp	OLB	Montana	75	234	4.67	4.73	0.06
93	Carl Bradford	OLB	Arizona State	73	250	4.76	4.82	0.06
94	Trey Burton	TE	Florida	74	224	4.62	4.67	0.05
95	LaDarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi St.	67	195	4.46	4.51	0.05
96	L'Damian Washington	WR	Missouri	76	195	4.46	4.51	0.05
97	Allen Robinson	WR	Penn St.	74	220	4.6	4.65	0.05
98	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	74	198	4.48	4.53	0.05
99	Kelcy Quarles	DT	South Carolina	76	297	5.03	5.08	0.05
100	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno St.	73	212	4.56	4.61	0.05
101	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio St.	72	230	4.66	4.71	0.05
102	Kasim Edebali	DE	Boston College	74	253	4.79	4.84	0.05
103	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	78	325	5.19	5.23	0.04
104	Mike Pennel	DT	Colorado State-Pueblo	76	332	5.23	5.27	0.04
105	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	77	258	4.82	4.86	0.04
106	Marcus Lucas	WR	Missouri	76	218	4.6	4.64	0.04
107	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	74	223	4.63	4.67	0.04
108	Mike Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	69	192	4.46	4.5	0.04
109	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor	69	201	4.51	4.55	0.04
110	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan St.	75	249	4.78	4.81	0.03
111	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	Nebraska	75	218	4.61	4.64	0.03
112	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	73	198	4.5	4.53	0.03
113	Timmy Jernigan	NT	Florida St.	74	299	5.06	5.09	0.03
114	Marqueston Huff	FS	Wyoming	71	196	4.49	4.52	0.03
115	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	76	273	4.92	4.95	0.03
116	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan St.	71	199	4.51	4.54	0.03
117	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	77	316	5.16	5.18	0.02
118	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise St.	75	251	4.8	4.82	0.02
119	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	72	213	4.59	4.61	0.02
120	Anthony Hitchens	OLB	Iowa	72	240	4.74	4.76	0.02
121	Christian Jones	ILB	Florida St.	75	240	4.74	4.76	0.02
122	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah	76	249	4.79	4.81	0.02
123	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	69	193	4.48	4.5	0.02
124	Boseko Lokombo	OLB	Oregon	74	225	4.66	4.68	0.02
125	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	76	223	4.65	4.67	0.02
126	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota St.	77	315	5.16	5.18	0.02
127	Marcel Jensen	TE	Fresno St.	78	259	4.85	4.87	0.02
128	George Uko	DE	USC	75	284	4.99	5.01	0.02
129	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	73	334	5.27	5.28	0.01
130	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	73	195	4.5	4.51	0.01
131	Ethan Westbrooks	DE	West Texas A&M	75	267	4.9	4.91	0.01
132	Pat O'Donnell	P	Miami	76	220	4.64	4.65	0.01
133	Ed Reynolds	FS	Stanford	73	207	4.57	4.58	0.01
134	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah St.	69	190	4.48	4.49	0.01
135	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama	73	208	4.58	4.59	0.01
136	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	72	195	4.51	4.51	0
137	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	72	175	4.4	4.4	0
138	Isaiah Lewis	SS	Michigan St.	70	211	4.6	4.6	0
139	Calvin Pryor	FS	Louisville	71	207	4.58	4.58	0
140	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech	72	190	4.49	4.49	0
141	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee	78	336	5.3	5.3	0
142	T.J. Jones	WR	Notre Dame	72	188	4.48	4.48	0
143	Devonta Freeman	RB	Florida St.	68	206	4.58	4.57	-0.01
144	Ryan Groy	OG	Wisconsin	77	316	5.19	5.18	-0.01
145	James White	RB	Wisconsin	69	204	4.57	4.56	-0.01
146	Reggie Jordan	TE	Missouri Western	75	240	4.77	4.76	-0.01
147	Storm Johnson	RB	Central Florida	72	209	4.6	4.59	-0.01
148	Kendall James	CB	Maine	70	180	4.44	4.43	-0.01
149	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	71	194	4.52	4.51	-0.01
150	Gabe Ikard	C	Oklahoma	76	304	5.13	5.12	-0.01
151	Richard Rodgers	TE	California	76	257	4.87	4.86	-0.01
152	Craig Loston	SS	LSU	71	217	4.65	4.64	-0.01
153	J.C. Copeland	FB	LSU	71	271	4.95	4.94	-0.01
154	Tenny Palepoi	DT	Utah	73	298	5.1	5.08	-0.02
155	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado St.	75	298	5.1	5.08	-0.02
156	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Colorado St.	78	260	4.89	4.87	-0.02
157	Stephen Morris	QB	Miami	74	213	4.63	4.61	-0.02
158	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh	75	198	4.55	4.53	-0.02
159	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami	73	198	4.55	4.53	-0.02
160	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin	71	248	4.83	4.81	-0.02
161	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	72	192	4.52	4.5	-0.02
162	Jordan Zumwalt	ILB	UCLA	76	235	4.76	4.74	-0.02
163	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	70	188	4.5	4.48	-0.02
164	Tre Boston	SS	North Carolina	72	204	4.59	4.56	-0.03
165	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	75	310	5.18	5.15	-0.03
166	Rashaad Reynolds	CB	Oregon St.	70	189	4.51	4.48	-0.03
167	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	74	261	4.91	4.88	-0.03
168	Wesley Johnson	OT	Vanderbilt	77	297	5.11	5.08	-0.03
169	James Morris	ILB	Iowa	73	241	4.8	4.77	-0.03
170	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan	67	185	4.49	4.46	-0.03
171	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	72	212	4.64	4.61	-0.03
172	Jonotthan Harrison	C	Florida	75	304	5.15	5.12	-0.03
173	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	75	190	4.52	4.49	-0.03
174	Anthony Denham	TE	Utah	76	235	4.77	4.74	-0.03
175	Preston Brown	ILB	Louisville	73	251	4.86	4.82	-0.04
176	James Stone	C	Tennessee	76	306	5.17	5.13	-0.04
177	Trent Murphy	OLB	Stanford	77	250	4.86	4.82	-0.04
178	David Fluellen	RB	Toledo	71	224	4.72	4.67	-0.05
179	Marcus Heit	LS	Kansas St.	75	258	4.91	4.86	-0.05
180	Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville	71	184	4.5	4.45	-0.05
181	Jemea Thomas	CB	Georgia Tech	69	192	4.55	4.5	-0.05
182	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	77	323	5.28	5.22	-0.06
183	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	73	198	4.59	4.53	-0.06
184	Kerry Hyder	DT	Texas Tech	74	290	5.1	5.04	-0.06
185	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	76	252	4.89	4.83	-0.06
186	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado St.	69	212	4.67	4.61	-0.06
187	Kerry Wynn	DT	Richmond	77	266	4.97	4.91	-0.06
188	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	72	191	4.56	4.49	-0.07
189	Derek Carr	QB	Fresno St.	74	214	4.69	4.62	-0.07
190	Ryan Hewitt	FB	Stanford	76	246	4.87	4.8	-0.07
191	Tevin Mims	DE	South Florida	76	260	4.95	4.87	-0.08
192	Jordan Najvar	TE	Baylor	78	256	4.93	4.85	-0.08
193	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico St.	71	189	4.56	4.48	-0.08
194	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee St.	76	313	5.25	5.17	-0.08
195	Connor Shaw	QB	South Carolina	72	206	4.66	4.57	-0.09
196	Eathyn Manumaleuna	DE	BYU	74	296	5.16	5.07	-0.09
197	Corey Brown	WR	Ohio St.	71	178	4.51	4.42	-0.09
198	Silas Redd	RB	USC	70	212	4.7	4.61	-0.09
199	Jalen Saunders	WR	Oklahoma	69	165	4.44	4.35	-0.09
200	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	71	197	4.62	4.53	-0.09
201	Lamarcus Joyner	CB	Florida St.	68	184	4.55	4.45	-0.1
202	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	72	207	4.68	4.58	-0.1
203	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU	74	308	5.24	5.14	-0.1
204	Daniel Sorensen	FS	BYU	73	205	4.67	4.57	-0.1
205	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	69	174	4.5	4.4	-0.1
206	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	77	329	5.36	5.26	-0.1
207	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	72	199	4.64	4.54	-0.1
208	Shamar Stephen	DT	Connecticut	77	309	5.25	5.15	-0.1
209	Isaiah Burse	WR	Fresno St.	70	188	4.58	4.48	-0.1
210	Willie Snead	WR	Ball St.	71	195	4.62	4.51	-0.11
211	Matt Feiler	OT	Bloomsburg	78	330	5.37	5.26	-0.11
212	Dion Bailey	SS	USC	72	201	4.66	4.55	-0.11
213	Bene Benwikere	CB	San Jose St.	71	195	4.63	4.51	-0.12
214	Jon Halapio	OG	Florida	75	323	5.34	5.22	-0.12
215	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	77	312	5.28	5.16	-0.12
216	Marcus Roberson	CB	Florida	72	191	4.61	4.49	-0.12
217	Kenny Ladler	FS	Vanderbilt	72	207	4.7	4.58	-0.12
218	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	69	207	4.7	4.58	-0.12
219	Tevin Reese	WR	Baylor	70	163	4.46	4.34	-0.12
220	Loucheiz Purifoy	CB	Florida	71	190	4.61	4.49	-0.12
221	Jordan Lynch	QB	Northern Illinois	72	217	4.76	4.64	-0.12
222	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	73	261	5.01	4.88	-0.13
223	Tyler Starr	OLB	South Dakota	76	250	4.95	4.82	-0.13
224	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn St.	76	322	5.35	5.22	-0.13
225	Terrance Mitchell	CB	Oregon	71	192	4.63	4.5	-0.13
226	Jacob Pedersen	TE	Wisconsin	75	238	4.89	4.75	-0.14
227	Antonio Andrews	RB	Western Kentucky	70	225	4.82	4.68	-0.14
228	Ricardo Allen	CB	Purdue	69	187	4.61	4.47	-0.14
229	James Wilder	RB	Florida St.	75	232	4.86	4.72	-0.14
230	John Urschel	OG	Penn St.	75	313	5.31	5.17	-0.14
231	Walt Powell	WR	Murray St.	71	189	4.63	4.48	-0.15
232	Louis Nix	NT	Notre Dame	74	331	5.42	5.27	-0.15
233	Chris Boyd	WR	Vanderbilt	76	206	4.73	4.57	-0.16
234	Victor Hampton	CB	South Carolina	69	197	4.69	4.53	-0.16
235	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	71	186	4.63	4.46	-0.17
236	Ryan Carrethers	NT	Arkansas State	73	337	5.47	5.3	-0.17
237	Timothy Flanders	RB	Sam Houston St.	69	207	4.75	4.58	-0.17
238	Bryn Renner	QB	North Carolina	75	228	4.87	4.7	-0.17
239	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson	73	222	4.84	4.66	-0.18
240	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia	78	314	5.35	5.17	-0.18
241	Jeremiah George	ILB	Iowa St.	71	234	4.91	4.73	-0.18
242	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	78	311	5.34	5.16	-0.18
243	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse	71	220	4.84	4.65	-0.19
244	Brandon Linder	OG	Miami	78	311	5.35	5.16	-0.19
245	Jarvis Landry	WR	LSU	71	205	4.77	4.57	-0.2
246	Nat Berhe	SS	San Diego St.	70	193	4.71	4.5	-0.21
247	Matthew Paradis	C	Boise St.	75	306	5.34	5.13	-0.21
248	Blake Bortles	QB	Central Florida	77	232	4.93	4.72	-0.21
249	Yawin Smallwood	OLB	Connecticut	74	246	5.01	4.8	-0.21
250	Dustin Vaughan	QB	West Texas A&M	77	235	4.95	4.74	-0.21
251	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi St.	75	336	5.51	5.3	-0.21
252	Conor Boffeli	OG	Iowa	76	298	5.3	5.08	-0.22
253	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio St.	78	309	5.37	5.15	-0.22
254	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	72	303	5.36	5.11	-0.25
255	Dakota Dozier	OT	Furman	76	313	5.42	5.17	-0.25
256	Matt Armstrong	C	Grand Valley St.	74	302	5.36	5.11	-0.25
257	Cody Mandell	P	Alabama	74	216	4.89	4.63	-0.26
258	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma St.	70	178	4.69	4.42	-0.27
259	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh	76	228	4.97	4.7	-0.27
260	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford	78	271	5.21	4.94	-0.27
261	Jonathan Brown	OLB	Illinois	72	238	5.03	4.75	-0.28
262	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	Eastern Illinois	74	226	4.97	4.69	-0.28
263	AJ McCarron	QB	Alabama	75	220	4.94	4.65	-0.29
264	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	78	315	5.48	5.18	-0.3
265	Keith Wenning	QB	Ball St.	75	218	5	4.64	-0.36
266	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	79	322	5.59	5.22	-0.37
267	David Fales	QB	San Jose St.	74	212	4.99	4.61	-0.38
268	Jeff Mathews	QB	Cornell	76	223	5.26	4.67	-0.59

Bench Press

For the bench press, I used height and weight as my two inputs; both variables were extremely significant statistically, and this makes sense. Heavier players have an advantage in the bench press, while players with long arms (who are usually taller) are at a disadvantage. As a result, the best-fit formula (R^2 of 0.54) for the 213 men who bench pressed was:

[math]Expected BP = 30.0 – 0.560 * Height + .1275 * Weight[/math]

The best job on the bench was produced by North Carolina center Russell Bodine. At 310 pounds and 6’3, Bodine has a good bench-pressing frame… but that only meant that he was expected to rep 225 pounds 28 times. In reality, he produced a combine best 42 reps (no other player had more than 36), crowning him as the strongest man in Indianapolis… whether you adjust for height and weight, or not. Number 7 on the adjusted list? Aaron Donald. But we’ll get to him later.

Rk	First Last	Pos	College	Height	Weight	Bench	BP Exp	BP Diff
1	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	75	310	42	27.6	14.4
2	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	69	209	32	18.1	13.9
3	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan St.	75	249	30	19.8	10.2
4	Kerry Wynn	DT	Richmond	77	266	31	20.9	10.1
5	Brock Vereen	FS	Minnesota	72	199	25	15.1	9.9
6	Khairi Fortt	ILB	California	74	248	30	20.2	9.8
7	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	73	285	35	25.5	9.5
8	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College	72	232	28	19.3	8.7
9	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	77	258	28	19.8	8.2
10	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	69	209	26	18.1	7.9
11	Kenny Ladler	FS	Vanderbilt	72	207	24	16.1	7.9
12	Jeremiah George	ILB	Iowa St.	71	234	28	20.1	7.9
13	Matt Feiler	OT	Bloomsburg	78	330	36	28.5	7.5
14	Pat O'Donnell	P	Miami	76	220	23	15.6	7.4
15	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	77	265	28	20.7	7.3
16	Jaylen Watkins	CB	Florida	71	194	22	15	7
17	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee	78	336	36	29.2	6.8
18	Brandon Thomas	OT	Clemson	75	317	35	28.5	6.5
19	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	78	310	32	25.9	6.1
20	Dri Archer	RB	Kent St.	68	173	20	14	6
21	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers	78	225	21	15.1	5.9
22	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	75	212	21	15.1	5.9
23	LaDarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi St.	67	195	23	17.4	5.6
24	James White	RB	Wisconsin	69	204	23	17.4	5.6
25	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado St.	69	212	24	18.5	5.5
26	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	73	261	28	22.5	5.5
27	James Gayle	DE	Virginia Tech	76	259	26	20.5	5.5
28	Reggie Jordan	TE	Missouri Western	75	240	24	18.7	5.3
29	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin	71	248	27	21.9	5.1
30	Rashaad Reynolds	CB	Oregon St.	70	189	20	15	5
31	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	73	266	28	23.1	4.9
32	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah	76	249	24	19.3	4.7
33	Marcus Lucas	WR	Missouri	76	218	20	15.3	4.7
34	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina	76	250	24	19.4	4.6
35	Tyler Starr	OLB	South Dakota	76	250	24	19.4	4.6
36	Marcel Jensen	TE	Fresno St.	78	259	24	19.4	4.6
37	Prince Shembo	OLB	Notre Dame	73	253	26	21.4	4.6
38	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St.	72	202	20	15.5	4.5
39	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky	73	246	25	20.5	4.5
40	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	77	265	25	20.7	4.3
41	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama St.	71	224	23	18.9	4.1
42	Jordan Tripp	OLB	Montana	75	234	22	17.9	4.1
43	Mike Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	69	192	20	15.9	4.1
44	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley St.	75	219	20	16	4
45	Brandon Linder	OG	Miami	78	311	30	26	4
46	Tenny Palepoi	DT	Utah	73	298	31	27.2	3.8
47	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	79	309	29	25.2	3.8
48	Victor Hampton	CB	South Carolina	69	197	20	16.5	3.5
49	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri	68	194	20	16.7	3.3
50	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	75	249	23	19.8	3.2
51	Jemea Thomas	CB	Georgia Tech	69	192	19	15.9	3.1
52	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo	75	251	23	20.1	2.9
53	Marcus Smith	DE	Louisville	75	251	23	20.1	2.9
54	Deone Bucannon	SS	Washington St.	73	211	19	16.1	2.9
55	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	77	332	32	29.3	2.7
56	Ronald Powell	OLB	Florida	75	237	21	18.3	2.7
57	Anthony Hitchens	OLB	Iowa	72	240	23	20.3	2.7
58	Eathyn Manumaleuna	DE	BYU	74	296	29	26.4	2.6
59	Lamin Barrow	OLB	LSU	73	237	22	19.4	2.6
60	Howard Jones	DE	Shepherd	74	235	21	18.6	2.4
61	Tre Boston	SS	North Carolina	72	204	18	15.8	2.2
62	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio St.	78	309	28	25.8	2.2
63	Timothy Flanders	RB	Sam Houston St.	69	207	20	17.8	2.2
64	John Urschel	OG	Penn St.	75	313	30	28	2
65	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame	73	218	19	17	2
66	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	69	193	18	16	2
67	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio St.	71	194	17	15	2
68	Kyle Van Noy	OLB	BYU	75	243	21	19	2
69	Carl Bradford	OLB	Arizona State	73	250	23	21.1	1.9
70	Preston Brown	ILB	Louisville	73	251	23	21.2	1.8
71	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia (MN)	77	269	23	21.2	1.8
72	Quincy Enunwa	WR	Nebraska	74	225	19	17.3	1.7
73	Kelcy Quarles	DT	South Carolina	76	297	27	25.4	1.6
74	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	76	211	16	14.4	1.6
75	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball St.	75	247	21	19.6	1.4
76	Calvin Pryor	FS	Louisville	71	207	18	16.7	1.3
77	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	69	207	19	17.8	1.2
78	Wesley Johnson	OT	Vanderbilt	77	297	26	24.8	1.2
79	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	75	304	28	26.8	1.2
80	Isaiah Burse	WR	Fresno St.	70	188	16	14.8	1.2
81	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon St.	75	273	24	22.9	1.1
82	Jeremy Hill	RB	LSU	73	233	20	18.9	1.1
83	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	78	271	22	20.9	1.1
84	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon St.	70	189	16	15	1
85	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	71	186	15	14	1
86	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	78	272	22	21.1	0.9
87	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri St.	71	203	17	16.2	0.8
88	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	73	198	15	14.4	0.6
89	Antonio Andrews	RB	Western Kentucky	70	225	20	19.5	0.5
90	James Wilder	RB	Florida St.	75	232	18	17.6	0.4
91	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah St.	69	190	16	15.6	0.4
92	Timmy Jernigan	NT	Florida St.	74	299	27	26.7	0.3
93	Trent Murphy	OLB	Stanford	77	250	19	18.8	0.2
94	Jonotthan Harrison	C	Florida	75	304	27	26.8	0.2
95	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	70	188	15	14.8	0.2
96	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	77	266	21	20.9	0.1
97	Silas Redd	RB	USC	70	212	18	17.9	0.1
98	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	72	213	17	16.9	0.1
99	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford	78	271	21	20.9	0.1
100	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	72	214	17	17	0
101	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise St.	75	251	20	20.1	-0.1
102	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio St.	72	230	19	19.1	-0.1
103	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	73	211	16	16.1	-0.1
104	Ryan Carrethers	NT	Arkansas State	73	337	32	32.2	-0.2
105	Marqueston Huff	FS	Wyoming	71	196	15	15.3	-0.3
106	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	76	273	22	22.3	-0.3
107	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina	70	200	16	16.4	-0.4
108	Storm Johnson	RB	Central Florida	72	209	16	16.4	-0.4
109	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami	73	198	14	14.4	-0.4
110	Nat Berhe	SS	San Diego St.	70	193	15	15.5	-0.5
111	Ed Reynolds	FS	Stanford	73	207	15	15.6	-0.6
112	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan St.	71	199	15	15.7	-0.7
113	A.C. Leonard	TE	Tennessee St.	74	252	20	20.8	-0.8
114	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi St.	75	336	30	30.9	-0.9
115	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	72	229	18	18.9	-0.9
116	Jordan Najvar	TE	Baylor	78	256	18	19	-1
117	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado St.	75	298	25	26.1	-1.1
118	Jason Bromley	DT	Syracuse	75	306	26	27.1	-1.1
119	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan	67	185	15	16.1	-1.1
120	Ryan Groy	OG	Wisconsin	77	316	26	27.2	-1.2
121	Shamar Stephen	DT	Connecticut	77	309	25	26.3	-1.3
122	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee St.	76	313	26	27.4	-1.4
123	Lamarcus Joyner	CB	Florida St.	68	184	14	15.4	-1.4
124	Larry Webster	DE	Bloomsburg	78	252	17	18.5	-1.5
125	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	69	197	15	16.5	-1.5
126	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas	75	247	18	19.6	-1.6
127	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	72	195	13	14.6	-1.6
128	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	76	307	25	26.6	-1.6
129	Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville	71	184	12	13.8	-1.8
130	Chris Boyd	WR	Vanderbilt	76	206	12	13.8	-1.8
131	J.C. Copeland	FB	LSU	71	271	23	24.9	-1.9
132	Kasim Edebali	DE	Boston College	74	253	19	20.9	-1.9
133	James Morris	ILB	Iowa	73	241	18	19.9	-1.9
134	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech	72	190	12	14	-2
135	Yawin Smallwood	OLB	Connecticut	74	246	18	20	-2
136	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor	69	201	15	17	-2
137	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota St.	77	315	25	27.1	-2.1
138	Dontae Johnson	CB	N.C. State	74	200	12	14.1	-2.1
139	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	77	323	26	28.1	-2.1
140	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno St.	73	212	14	16.2	-2.2
141	Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	77	308	24	26.2	-2.2
142	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	77	316	25	27.2	-2.2
143	Ricardo Allen	CB	Purdue	69	187	13	15.3	-2.3
144	Daniel Sorensen	FS	BYU	73	205	13	15.3	-2.3
145	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma St.	70	178	11	13.6	-2.6
146	Josh Huff	WR	Oregon	71	206	14	16.6	-2.6
147	Trai Turner	OG	LSU	75	310	25	27.6	-2.6
148	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	71	222	16	18.6	-2.6
149	Zachariah Kerr	NT	Delaware	73	326	28	30.7	-2.7
150	Isaiah Lewis	SS	Michigan St.	70	211	15	17.8	-2.8
151	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	72	212	14	16.8	-2.8
152	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	Nebraska	75	218	13	15.9	-2.9
153	Matt Patchan	OT	Boston College	78	302	22	24.9	-2.9
154	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	76	223	13	15.9	-2.9
155	Ethan Westbrooks	DE	West Texas A&M	75	267	19	22.1	-3.1
156	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	73	213	13	16.3	-3.3
157	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	72	193	11	14.3	-3.3
158	Colt Lyerla	TE	Oregon	76	242	15	18.4	-3.4
159	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	73	198	11	14.4	-3.4
160	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn St.	76	322	25	28.6	-3.6
161	Tevin Mims	DE	South Florida	76	260	17	20.7	-3.7
162	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi	74	221	13	16.8	-3.8
163	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	77	329	25	28.9	-3.9
164	Joel Bitonio	OT	Nevada	76	302	22	26	-4
165	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	71	194	11	15	-4
166	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	78	311	22	26	-4
167	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	74	223	13	17.1	-4.1
168	Matthew Paradis	C	Boise St.	75	306	23	27.1	-4.1
169	Jonathan Brown	OLB	Illinois	72	238	16	20.1	-4.1
170	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	72	191	10	14.1	-4.1
171	Terrance West	RB	Towson	69	225	16	20.1	-4.1
172	Willie Snead	WR	Ball St.	71	195	11	15.2	-4.2
173	Gabe Ikard	C	Oklahoma	76	304	22	26.3	-4.3
174	Richard Rodgers	TE	California	76	257	16	20.3	-4.3
175	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	75	190	8	12.3	-4.3
176	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse	71	220	14	18.4	-4.4
177	L'Damian Washington	WR	Missouri	76	195	8	12.4	-4.4
178	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	72	303	24	28.4	-4.4
179	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	77	231	12	16.4	-4.4
180	Walt Powell	WR	Murray St.	71	189	10	14.4	-4.4
181	Dakota Dozier	OT	Furman	76	313	23	27.4	-4.4
182	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	71	197	11	15.4	-4.4
183	Jarvis Landry	WR	LSU	71	205	12	16.4	-4.4
184	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	77	255	15	19.5	-4.5
185	Conor Boffeli	OG	Iowa	76	298	21	25.5	-4.5
186	James Stone	C	Tennessee	76	306	22	26.5	-4.5
187	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida St.	77	240	13	17.5	-4.5
188	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	78	315	22	26.5	-4.5
189	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama	73	208	11	15.7	-4.7
190	Kendall James	CB	Maine	70	180	9	13.8	-4.8
191	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	78	325	23	27.8	-4.8
192	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	74	261	17	21.9	-4.9
193	Bene Benwikere	CB	San Jose St.	71	195	10	15.2	-5.2
194	Terrence Brooks	FS	Florida St.	71	198	10	15.5	-5.5
195	Kerry Hyder	DT	Texas Tech	74	290	20	25.6	-5.6
196	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	69	174	8	13.6	-5.6
197	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	76	252	14	19.6	-5.6
198	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	74	198	8	13.9	-5.9
199	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	79	322	21	26.9	-5.9
200	Craig Loston	SS	LSU	71	217	12	18	-6
201	Marcus Roberson	CB	Florida	72	191	8	14.1	-6.1
202	George Uko	DE	USC	75	284	18	24.3	-6.3
203	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	77	312	20	26.7	-6.7
204	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	73	334	25	31.8	-6.8
205	Mike Pennel	DT	Colorado State-Pueblo	76	332	23	29.8	-6.8
206	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	72	199	8	15.1	-7.1
207	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	74	302	20	27.1	-7.1
208	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	69	202	10	17.2	-7.2
209	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico St.	71	189	7	14.4	-7.4
210	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU	74	308	20	27.9	-7.9
211	Loucheiz Purifoy	CB	Florida	71	190	6	14.5	-8.5
212	Odell Beckham	WR	LSU	71	198	7	15.5	-8.5
213	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	73	195	4	14	-10

Three Cone Drill
Like the bench press, the assumption (at least by me) is that the 3-cone drill is biased against taller players. But unlike the bench, it’s better to be lighter in this drill. As it turns out, both height and weight were statistically significant at all relevant levels, but being taller was correlated with better scores; that means the coefficient on the height variable was negative, so the best-fit formula to project 3-cone time (R^2 of 0.68) was:

[math]Expected 3-Cone = 6.98 – 0.023 * Height + 0.0081 * Weight[/math]

215 men who participated in the 3-Cone drill, with the best grade coming from a player with a seventh round grade; the second-best effort came from Michael Sam’s less-heralded defensive end teammate at Missouri, Kony Ealy, who should go in the first round. Number four on the list was Aaron Donald, who incredibly produced top-seven performances in each of our first three metrics. If there was a super freak at the combine, it was Donald.

Rk	First Last	Pos	College	Height	Weight	3Cone	3C Exp	3C Diff
1	Tyler Starr	OLB	South Dakota	76	250	6.64	7.26	0.62
2	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	76	273	6.83	7.44	0.61
3	Jordan Lynch	QB	Northern Illinois	72	217	6.55	7.08	0.53
4	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	73	285	7.11	7.61	0.5
5	Daniel Sorensen	FS	BYU	73	205	6.47	6.96	0.49
6	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	77	255	6.82	7.27	0.45
7	Trent Murphy	OLB	Stanford	77	250	6.78	7.23	0.45
8	Kerry Hyder	DT	Texas Tech	74	290	7.23	7.63	0.4
9	Gabe Ikard	C	Oklahoma	76	304	7.3	7.69	0.39
10	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley St.	75	219	6.64	7.03	0.39
11	Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	77	308	7.34	7.7	0.36
12	Preston Brown	ILB	Louisville	73	251	6.98	7.33	0.35
13	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford	71	220	6.78	7.13	0.35
14	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	69	209	6.75	7.09	0.34
15	Terrance Mitchell	CB	Oregon	71	192	6.57	6.9	0.33
16	James Morris	ILB	Iowa	73	241	6.94	7.25	0.31
17	Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville	71	184	6.53	6.84	0.31
18	Joel Bitonio	OT	Nevada	76	302	7.37	7.68	0.31
19	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	69	197	6.69	6.99	0.3
20	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	72	229	6.88	7.18	0.3
21	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas	75	247	6.97	7.26	0.29
22	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	78	311	7.42	7.7	0.28
23	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College	72	232	6.92	7.2	0.28
24	Ryan Groy	OG	Wisconsin	77	316	7.49	7.77	0.28
25	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon St.	75	273	7.19	7.47	0.28
26	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	79	309	7.39	7.66	0.27
27	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	72	193	6.62	6.89	0.27
28	David Fluellen	RB	Toledo	71	224	6.9	7.16	0.26
29	Odell Beckham	WR	LSU	71	198	6.69	6.95	0.26
30	Jordan Tripp	OLB	Montana	75	234	6.89	7.15	0.26
31	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	72	199	6.68	6.94	0.26
32	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	69	209	6.83	7.09	0.26
33	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	77	265	7.1	7.36	0.26
34	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	72	207	6.75	7	0.25
35	John Urschel	OG	Penn St.	75	313	7.55	7.79	0.24
36	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU	69	189	6.69	6.92	0.23
37	James Wilder	RB	Florida St.	75	232	6.92	7.13	0.21
38	Wesley Johnson	OT	Vanderbilt	77	297	7.4	7.61	0.21
39	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo	75	251	7.08	7.29	0.21
40	Conor Boffeli	OG	Iowa	76	298	7.44	7.64	0.2
41	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	74	198	6.68	6.88	0.2
42	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno St.	73	212	6.82	7.02	0.2
43	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	73	334	7.81	8	0.19
44	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	76	252	7.08	7.27	0.19
45	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	78	272	7.2	7.39	0.19
46	Ryan Hewitt	FB	Stanford	76	246	7.04	7.22	0.18
47	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky	73	246	7.11	7.29	0.18
48	Rashaad Reynolds	CB	Oregon St.	70	189	6.72	6.9	0.18
49	Mike Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	69	192	6.77	6.95	0.18
50	Walt Powell	WR	Murray St.	71	189	6.7	6.88	0.18
51	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin	71	248	7.18	7.36	0.18
52	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	77	329	7.7	7.87	0.17
53	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	72	195	6.75	6.9	0.15
54	Isaiah Burse	WR	Fresno St.	70	188	6.74	6.89	0.15
55	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	76	223	6.89	7.04	0.15
56	Jordan Zumwalt	ILB	UCLA	76	235	6.99	7.14	0.15
57	Logan Thomas	QB	Virginia Tech	78	248	7.05	7.19	0.14
58	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon St.	70	189	6.76	6.9	0.14
59	James Gayle	DE	Virginia Tech	76	259	7.19	7.33	0.14
60	Ryan Carrethers	NT	Arkansas State	73	337	7.89	8.03	0.14
61	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	74	302	7.59	7.72	0.13
62	Matthew Paradis	C	Boise St.	75	306	7.6	7.73	0.13
63	Kasim Edebali	DE	Boston College	74	253	7.2	7.33	0.13
64	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	78	271	7.26	7.38	0.12
65	Jordan Najvar	TE	Baylor	78	256	7.14	7.26	0.12
66	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	71	194	6.8	6.92	0.12
67	Anthony Hitchens	OLB	Iowa	72	240	7.15	7.27	0.12
68	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	76	307	7.6	7.72	0.12
69	Ethan Westbrooks	DE	West Texas A&M	75	267	7.3	7.42	0.12
70	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	69	193	6.84	6.96	0.12
71	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn St.	76	322	7.73	7.84	0.11
72	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	77	332	7.8	7.9	0.1
73	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	77	266	7.27	7.36	0.09
74	Richard Rodgers	TE	California	76	257	7.23	7.31	0.08
75	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	73	195	6.8	6.88	0.08
76	Dontae Johnson	CB	N.C. State	74	200	6.82	6.9	0.08
77	Carl Bradford	OLB	Arizona State	73	250	7.25	7.33	0.08
78	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	Eastern Illinois	74	226	7.04	7.11	0.07
79	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah	76	249	7.18	7.25	0.07
80	Tevin Reese	WR	Baylor	70	163	6.63	6.69	0.06
81	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	73	211	6.95	7.01	0.06
82	Allen Robinson	WR	Penn St.	74	220	7	7.06	0.06
83	Prince Shembo	OLB	Notre Dame	73	253	7.29	7.35	0.06
84	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	79	322	7.71	7.77	0.06
85	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan St.	75	249	7.22	7.27	0.05
86	Deone Bucannon	SS	Washington St.	73	211	6.96	7.01	0.05
87	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi	74	221	7.02	7.07	0.05
88	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	73	198	6.86	6.91	0.05
89	Tenny Palepoi	DT	Utah	73	298	7.67	7.71	0.04
90	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St.	72	202	6.92	6.96	0.04
91	Brock Vereen	FS	Minnesota	72	199	6.9	6.94	0.04
92	Mo Alexander	SS	Utah St.	73	220	7.05	7.08	0.03
93	Marcus Roberson	CB	Florida	72	191	6.84	6.87	0.03
94	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	69	202	7	7.03	0.03
95	Isaiah Lewis	SS	Michigan St.	70	211	7.05	7.08	0.03
96	T.J. Jones	WR	Notre Dame	72	188	6.82	6.85	0.03
97	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	75	212	6.95	6.97	0.02
98	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	75	249	7.25	7.27	0.02
99	Howard Jones	DE	Shepherd	74	235	7.16	7.18	0.02
100	Kendall James	CB	Maine	70	180	6.81	6.83	0.02
101	Zachariah Kerr	NT	Delaware	73	326	7.93	7.94	0.01
102	Blake Bortles	QB	Central Florida	77	232	7.08	7.09	0.01
103	Tim Cornett	RB	UNLV	72	209	7.01	7.02	0.01
104	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	77	312	7.73	7.73	0
105	Kyle Van Noy	OLB	BYU	75	243	7.22	7.22	0
106	Michael Schofield	OT	Michigan	78	301	7.62	7.62	0
107	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	77	231	7.08	7.08	0
108	Timothy Flanders	RB	Sam Houston St.	69	207	7.07	7.07	0
109	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	72	213	7.05	7.05	0
110	Bennie Fowler	WR	Michigan St.	73	217	7.06	7.06	0
111	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame	73	218	7.07	7.07	0
112	James White	RB	Wisconsin	69	204	7.05	7.05	0
113	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	69	207	7.08	7.07	-0.01
114	Bene Benwikere	CB	San Jose St.	71	195	6.94	6.93	-0.01
115	Dion Bailey	SS	USC	72	201	6.97	6.95	-0.02
116	Lamin Barrow	OLB	LSU	73	237	7.24	7.22	-0.02
117	Mike Pennel	DT	Colorado State-Pueblo	76	332	7.94	7.92	-0.02
118	Victor Hampton	CB	South Carolina	69	197	7.01	6.99	-0.02
119	Reggie Jordan	TE	Missouri Western	75	240	7.22	7.2	-0.02
120	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia (MN)	77	269	7.41	7.39	-0.02
121	Devonta Freeman	RB	Florida St.	68	206	7.11	7.08	-0.03
122	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh	75	198	6.89	6.86	-0.03
123	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech	72	190	6.9	6.86	-0.04
124	Dri Archer	RB	Kent St.	68	173	6.86	6.82	-0.04
125	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	73	213	7.07	7.03	-0.04
126	Craig Loston	SS	LSU	71	217	7.15	7.1	-0.05
127	Trey Burton	TE	Florida	74	224	7.14	7.09	-0.05
128	Antonio Andrews	RB	Western Kentucky	70	225	7.24	7.19	-0.05
129	Keith Wenning	QB	Ball St.	75	218	7.07	7.02	-0.05
130	Boseko Lokombo	OLB	Oregon	74	225	7.15	7.1	-0.05
131	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford	78	271	7.43	7.38	-0.05
132	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina	70	200	7.04	6.99	-0.05
133	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball St.	75	247	7.31	7.26	-0.05
134	Andre Williams	RB	Boston College	71	230	7.27	7.21	-0.06
135	LaDarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi St.	67	195	7.08	7.02	-0.06
136	Larry Webster	DE	Bloomsburg	78	252	7.29	7.23	-0.06
137	Tre Boston	SS	North Carolina	72	204	7.04	6.98	-0.06
138	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	77	265	7.42	7.36	-0.06
139	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	74	223	7.15	7.08	-0.07
140	Marcus Lucas	WR	Missouri	76	218	7.07	7	-0.07
141	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	78	315	7.81	7.74	-0.07
142	Connor Shaw	QB	South Carolina	72	206	7.07	6.99	-0.08
143	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	77	258	7.38	7.3	-0.08
144	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri	68	194	7.07	6.99	-0.08
145	John Brown	WR	Pittsburg St. (KS)	70	179	6.91	6.82	-0.09
146	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	73	266	7.55	7.46	-0.09
147	Marcel Jensen	TE	Fresno St.	78	259	7.38	7.28	-0.1
148	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	71	197	7.04	6.94	-0.1
149	Jeff Mathews	QB	Cornell	76	223	7.14	7.04	-0.1
150	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio St.	78	309	7.79	7.69	-0.1
151	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	72	214	7.16	7.06	-0.1
152	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	77	316	7.87	7.77	-0.1
153	Eathyn Manumaleuna	DE	BYU	74	296	7.78	7.67	-0.11
154	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	75	304	7.83	7.72	-0.11
155	Bryn Renner	QB	North Carolina	75	228	7.22	7.1	-0.12
156	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	71	186	6.98	6.85	-0.13
157	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Colorado St.	78	260	7.42	7.29	-0.13
158	Dustin Vaughan	QB	West Texas A&M	77	235	7.25	7.11	-0.14
159	J.C. Copeland	FB	LSU	71	271	7.68	7.54	-0.14
160	A.J. McCarron	QB	Alabama	75	220	7.18	7.04	-0.14
161	Nat Berhe	SS	San Diego St.	70	193	7.08	6.93	-0.15
162	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	72	303	7.93	7.78	-0.15
163	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri St.	71	203	7.15	6.99	-0.16
164	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU	74	308	7.93	7.77	-0.16
165	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota St.	77	315	7.92	7.76	-0.16
166	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise St.	75	251	7.46	7.29	-0.17
167	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama	73	208	7.16	6.99	-0.17
168	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	78	310	7.87	7.7	-0.17
169	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	73	198	7.08	6.91	-0.17
170	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida St.	77	240	7.33	7.15	-0.18
171	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee St.	76	313	7.95	7.77	-0.18
172	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah St.	69	190	7.12	6.93	-0.19
173	Jason Bromley	DT	Syracuse	75	306	7.92	7.73	-0.19
174	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico St.	71	189	7.07	6.88	-0.19
175	Marcus Smith	DE	Louisville	75	251	7.48	7.29	-0.19
176	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia	78	314	7.93	7.73	-0.2
177	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	71	222	7.37	7.15	-0.22
178	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson	73	222	7.33	7.1	-0.23
179	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	76	211	7.18	6.94	-0.24
180	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	75	190	7.04	6.79	-0.25
181	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	70	188	7.14	6.89	-0.25
182	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh	76	228	7.33	7.08	-0.25
183	Jonotthan Harrison	C	Florida	75	304	7.97	7.72	-0.25
184	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	73	261	7.67	7.41	-0.26
185	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado St.	75	298	7.93	7.67	-0.26
186	Willie Snead	WR	Ball St.	71	195	7.19	6.93	-0.26
187	Matt Feiler	OT	Bloomsburg	78	330	8.13	7.86	-0.27
188	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi St.	75	336	8.25	7.97	-0.28
189	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma St.	70	178	7.1	6.81	-0.29
190	Seantrel Henderson	OT	Miami	79	331	8.15	7.84	-0.31
191	Brandon Thomas	OT	Clemson	75	317	8.13	7.82	-0.31
192	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers	78	225	7.33	7.01	-0.32
193	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	78	325	8.14	7.82	-0.32
194	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami	73	198	7.23	6.91	-0.32
195	Marqueston Huff	FS	Wyoming	71	196	7.26	6.94	-0.32
196	Keith McGill	CB	Utah	75	211	7.29	6.96	-0.33
197	Louis Nix	NT	Notre Dame	74	331	8.29	7.96	-0.33
198	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	72	175	7.09	6.74	-0.35
199	Lamarcus Joyner	CB	Florida St.	68	184	7.26	6.91	-0.35
200	Stephen Morris	QB	Miami	74	213	7.36	7	-0.36
201	Jacob Pedersen	TE	Wisconsin	75	238	7.55	7.18	-0.37
202	Corey Brown	WR	Ohio St.	71	178	7.16	6.79	-0.37
203	Dakota Dozier	OT	Furman	76	313	8.14	7.77	-0.37
204	L'Damian Washington	WR	Missouri	76	195	7.19	6.81	-0.38
205	Jon Halapio	OG	Florida	75	323	8.26	7.87	-0.39
206	Terrence Brooks	FS	Florida St.	71	198	7.35	6.95	-0.4
207	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse	71	220	7.53	7.13	-0.4
208	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	72	191	7.28	6.87	-0.41
209	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	74	261	7.8	7.39	-0.41
210	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	77	323	8.24	7.82	-0.42
211	James Stone	C	Tennessee	76	306	8.16	7.71	-0.45
212	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	75	310	8.26	7.76	-0.5
213	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	72	212	7.55	7.04	-0.51
214	Jonathan Brown	OLB	Illinois	72	238	7.77	7.25	-0.52
215	David Fales	QB	San Jose St.	74	212	7.55	7	-0.55

Vertical Jump

Initially, I used both height and weight to predict vertical jump, but the height variable proved not to be significant. Therefore, the best-fit formula to predict the vertical jump was simply:

[math]Expected VJ = 48.34 – 0.0646 * Weight[/math]

Baylor’s Lache Seastrunk and Nebraska’s Stanley Jean-Baptiste tied for the best vertical jump at the combine of the 260 men who participated. Considering Jean-Baptiste weighed 17 more pounds than Seastrunk, the Nebraska product gets a higher grade in this category. But it was Buffalo’s Khalil Mack — another potential top-five pick — who produced the best weight-adjusted vertical, jumping 40 inches in the air despite weighing 251 pounds. Then again, that’s nothing compared to Mario Williams, who in 2006, jumped 40.5 inches at 295 pounds.

Rk	First Last	Pos	College	Height	Weight	Vertical	VJ Exp	VJ Diff
1	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo	75	251	40	32.1	7.9
2	Howard Jones	DE	Shepherd	74	235	40.5	33.2	7.3
3	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	Nebraska	75	218	41.5	34.3	7.2
4	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	78	310	35.5	28.3	7.2
5	Adrian Hubbard	OLB	Alabama	78	257	38.5	31.7	6.8
6	Prince Shembo	OLB	Notre Dame	73	253	38.5	32	6.5
7	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	77	266	37.5	31.2	6.3
8	Colt Lyerla	TE	Oregon	76	242	39	32.7	6.3
9	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor	69	201	41.5	35.4	6.1
10	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	73	266	37	31.2	5.8
11	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	69	209	40.5	34.8	5.7
12	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College	72	232	39	33.4	5.6
13	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi	74	221	39.5	34.1	5.4
14	James Gayle	DE	Virginia Tech	76	259	37	31.6	5.4
15	Carl Bradford	OLB	Arizona State	73	250	37.5	32.2	5.3
16	Jason Bromley	DT	Syracuse	75	306	33.5	28.6	4.9
17	Allen Robinson	WR	Penn St.	74	220	39	34.1	4.9
18	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno St.	73	212	39.5	34.7	4.8
19	Bene Benwikere	CB	San Jose St.	71	195	40.5	35.7	4.8
20	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	78	272	35.5	30.8	4.7
21	Matt Patchan	OT	Boston College	78	302	33.5	28.8	4.7
22	Andre Williams	RB	Boston College	71	230	38	33.5	4.5
23	Larry Webster	DE	Bloomsburg	78	252	36.5	32.1	4.4
24	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	76	211	39	34.7	4.3
25	Keith McGill	CB	Utah	75	211	39	34.7	4.3
26	Jordan Tripp	OLB	Montana	75	234	37.5	33.2	4.3
27	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama St.	71	224	38	33.9	4.1
28	Yawin Smallwood	OLB	Connecticut	74	246	36.5	32.5	4
29	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	69	197	39.5	35.6	3.9
30	Mo Alexander	SS	Utah St.	73	220	38	34.1	3.9
31	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame	73	218	38	34.3	3.7
32	Khairi Fortt	ILB	California	74	248	36	32.3	3.7
33	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas	75	247	36	32.4	3.6
34	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	77	231	37	33.4	3.6
35	Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville	71	184	40	36.5	3.5
36	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn	68	207	38.5	35	3.5
37	Marcel Jensen	TE	Fresno St.	78	259	35	31.6	3.4
38	Trent Murphy	OLB	Stanford	77	250	35.5	32.2	3.3
39	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley St.	75	219	37.5	34.2	3.3
40	Tevin Reese	WR	Baylor	70	163	41	37.8	3.2
41	Logan Thomas	QB	Virginia Tech	78	248	35.5	32.3	3.2
42	Joel Bitonio	OT	Nevada	76	302	32	28.8	3.2
43	Dontae Johnson	CB	N.C. State	74	200	38.5	35.4	3.1
44	Mike Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	69	192	39	35.9	3.1
45	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	72	214	37.5	34.5	3
46	Odell Beckham	WR	LSU	71	198	38.5	35.6	2.9
47	Marcus Smith	DE	Louisville	75	251	35	32.1	2.9
48	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU	69	189	39	36.1	2.9
49	Kerry Wynn	DT	Richmond	77	266	34	31.2	2.8
50	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio St.	71	194	38.5	35.8	2.7
51	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	77	255	34.5	31.9	2.6
52	David Fluellen	RB	Toledo	71	224	36.5	33.9	2.6
53	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia (MN)	77	269	33.5	31	2.5
54	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	73	261	34	31.5	2.5
55	Kasim Edebali	DE	Boston College	74	253	34.5	32	2.5
56	Ronald Powell	OLB	Florida	75	237	35.5	33	2.5
57	Terrence Brooks	FS	Florida St.	71	198	38	35.6	2.4
58	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech	72	190	38.5	36.1	2.4
59	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise St.	75	251	34.5	32.1	2.4
60	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford	71	220	36.5	34.1	2.4
61	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi St.	75	336	29	26.6	2.4
62	Silas Redd	RB	USC	70	212	37	34.7	2.3
63	Kendall James	CB	Maine	70	180	39	36.7	2.3
64	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	72	195	38	35.7	2.3
65	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	69	202	37.5	35.3	2.2
66	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	79	309	30.5	28.4	2.1
67	Shamar Stephen	DT	Connecticut	77	309	30.5	28.4	2.1
68	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	73	285	32	29.9	2.1
69	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	72	192	38	35.9	2.1
70	Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	77	308	30.5	28.5	2
71	Lamin Barrow	OLB	LSU	73	237	35	33	2
72	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Colorado St.	78	260	33.5	31.6	1.9
73	A.C. Leonard	TE	Tennessee St.	74	252	34	32.1	1.9
74	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse	71	220	36	34.1	1.9
75	Deone Bucannon	SS	Washington St.	73	211	36.5	34.7	1.8
76	Isaiah Lewis	SS	Michigan St.	70	211	36.5	34.7	1.8
77	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	77	265	33	31.2	1.8
78	Marcus Lucas	WR	Missouri	76	218	36	34.3	1.7
79	James Morris	ILB	Iowa	73	241	34.5	32.8	1.7
80	Bennie Fowler	WR	Michigan St.	73	217	36	34.3	1.7
81	James Wilder	RB	Florida St.	75	232	35	33.4	1.6
82	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball St.	75	247	34	32.4	1.6
83	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	77	332	28.5	26.9	1.6
84	Mike Pennel	DT	Colorado State-Pueblo	76	332	28.5	26.9	1.6
85	Kenny Ladler	FS	Vanderbilt	72	207	36.5	35	1.5
86	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	71	222	35.5	34	1.5
87	Marcus Roberson	CB	Florida	72	191	37.5	36	1.5
88	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh	75	198	37	35.6	1.4
89	Tenny Palepoi	DT	Utah	73	298	30.5	29.1	1.4
90	Rashaad Reynolds	CB	Oregon St.	70	189	37.5	36.1	1.4
91	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	73	334	28	26.8	1.2
92	Zachariah Kerr	NT	Delaware	73	326	28.5	27.3	1.2
93	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	71	194	37	35.8	1.2
94	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	78	271	32	30.8	1.2
95	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford	78	271	32	30.8	1.2
96	Brandon Thomas	OT	Clemson	75	317	29	27.9	1.1
97	Jemea Thomas	CB	Georgia Tech	69	192	37	35.9	1.1
98	Lamarcus Joyner	CB	Florida St.	68	184	37.5	36.5	1
99	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio St.	72	230	34.5	33.5	1
100	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	72	175	38	37	1
101	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	73	198	36.5	35.6	0.9
102	John Urschel	OG	Penn St.	75	313	29	28.1	0.9
103	Preston Brown	ILB	Louisville	73	251	33	32.1	0.9
104	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	75	212	35.5	34.7	0.8
105	Dri Archer	RB	Kent St.	68	173	38	37.2	0.8
106	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon St.	75	273	31.5	30.7	0.8
107	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	78	311	29	28.3	0.7
108	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah	76	249	33	32.3	0.7
109	Jordan Najvar	TE	Baylor	78	256	32.5	31.8	0.7
110	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	75	310	29	28.3	0.7
111	Christian Jones	ILB	Florida St.	75	240	33.5	32.8	0.7
112	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	69	209	35.5	34.8	0.7
113	Storm Johnson	RB	Central Florida	72	209	35.5	34.8	0.7
114	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	72	193	36.5	35.9	0.6
115	Ryan Hewitt	FB	Stanford	76	246	33	32.5	0.5
116	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	78	315	28.5	28	0.5
117	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	72	191	36.5	36	0.5
118	Timmy Jernigan	NT	Florida St.	74	299	29.5	29	0.5
119	Josh Huff	WR	Oregon	71	206	35.5	35	0.5
120	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	72	213	35	34.6	0.4
121	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	75	304	29	28.7	0.3
122	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	76	273	31	30.7	0.3
123	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	77	265	31.5	31.2	0.3
124	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St.	72	202	35.5	35.3	0.2
125	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	78	325	27.5	27.4	0.1
126	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	72	199	35.5	35.5	0
127	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota St.	77	315	28	28	0
128	Derek Carr	QB	Fresno St.	74	214	34.5	34.5	0
129	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn St.	76	322	27.5	27.5	0
130	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	79	322	27.5	27.5	0
131	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	76	252	32	32.1	-0.1
132	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	73	213	34.5	34.6	-0.1
133	Kerry Hyder	DT	Texas Tech	74	290	29.5	29.6	-0.1
134	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon St.	70	189	36	36.1	-0.1
135	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico St.	71	189	36	36.1	-0.1
136	Kyle Van Noy	OLB	BYU	75	243	32.5	32.6	-0.1
137	Wesley Johnson	OT	Vanderbilt	77	297	29	29.2	-0.2
138	Jordan Zumwalt	ILB	UCLA	76	235	33	33.2	-0.2
139	Tre Boston	SS	North Carolina	72	204	35	35.2	-0.2
140	Marqueston Huff	FS	Wyoming	71	196	35.5	35.7	-0.2
141	Tyler Starr	OLB	South Dakota	76	250	32	32.2	-0.2
142	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina	76	250	32	32.2	-0.2
143	Jeremiah George	ILB	Iowa St.	71	234	33	33.2	-0.2
144	Richard Rodgers	TE	California	76	257	31.5	31.7	-0.2
145	LaDarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi St.	67	195	35.5	35.7	-0.2
146	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	72	303	28.5	28.8	-0.3
147	John Brown	WR	Pittsburg St. (KS)	70	179	36.5	36.8	-0.3
148	Terrance West	RB	Towson	69	225	33.5	33.8	-0.3
149	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	71	186	36	36.3	-0.3
150	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida St.	77	240	32.5	32.8	-0.3
151	Tim Cornett	RB	UNLV	72	209	34.5	34.8	-0.3
152	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	69	193	35.5	35.9	-0.4
153	Nat Berhe	SS	San Diego St.	70	193	35.5	35.9	-0.4
154	Calvin Pryor	FS	Louisville	71	207	34.5	35	-0.5
155	George Uko	DE	USC	75	284	29.5	30	-0.5
156	Matt Feiler	OT	Bloomsburg	78	330	26.5	27	-0.5
157	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	72	229	33	33.6	-0.6
158	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	73	198	35	35.6	-0.6
159	Loucheiz Purifoy	CB	Florida	71	190	35.5	36.1	-0.6
160	Ryan Carrethers	NT	Arkansas State	73	337	26	26.6	-0.6
161	Anthony Denham	TE	Utah	76	235	32.5	33.2	-0.7
162	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	70	188	35.5	36.2	-0.7
163	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	73	211	34	34.7	-0.7
164	Ricardo Allen	CB	Purdue	69	187	35.5	36.3	-0.8
165	Trai Turner	OG	LSU	75	310	27.5	28.3	-0.8
166	Blake Bortles	QB	Central Florida	77	232	32.5	33.4	-0.9
167	Connor Shaw	QB	South Carolina	72	206	34	35	-1
168	James Stone	C	Tennessee	76	306	27.5	28.6	-1.1
169	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	71	197	34.5	35.6	-1.1
170	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee St.	76	313	27	28.1	-1.1
171	Eathyn Manumaleuna	DE	BYU	74	296	28	29.2	-1.2
172	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan St.	75	249	31	32.3	-1.3
173	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers	78	225	32.5	33.8	-1.3
174	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri	68	194	34.5	35.8	-1.3
175	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin	71	248	31	32.3	-1.3
176	Anthony Hitchens	OLB	Iowa	72	240	31.5	32.8	-1.3
177	Dion Bailey	SS	USC	72	201	34	35.4	-1.4
178	Ryan Groy	OG	Wisconsin	77	316	26.5	27.9	-1.4
179	Louis Nix	NT	Notre Dame	74	331	25.5	27	-1.5
180	Brock Vereen	FS	Minnesota	72	199	34	35.5	-1.5
181	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	77	329	25.5	27.1	-1.6
182	Jonotthan Harrison	C	Florida	75	304	27	28.7	-1.7
183	Brandon Linder	OG	Miami	78	311	26.5	28.3	-1.8
184	Craig Loston	SS	LSU	71	217	32.5	34.3	-1.8
185	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma St.	70	178	35	36.8	-1.8
186	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama	73	208	33	34.9	-1.9
187	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	74	223	32	33.9	-1.9
188	Terrance Mitchell	CB	Oregon	71	192	34	35.9	-1.9
189	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky	73	246	30.5	32.5	-2
190	Jonathan Brown	OLB	Illinois	72	238	31	33	-2
191	Ethan Westbrooks	DE	West Texas A&M	75	267	29	31.1	-2.1
192	Victor Hampton	CB	South Carolina	69	197	33.5	35.6	-2.1
193	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee	78	336	24.5	26.6	-2.1
194	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	77	258	29.5	31.7	-2.2
195	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	77	312	26	28.2	-2.2
196	Willie Snead	WR	Ball St.	71	195	33.5	35.7	-2.2
197	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	75	249	30	32.3	-2.3
198	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	74	302	26.5	28.8	-2.3
199	J.C. Copeland	FB	LSU	71	271	28.5	30.8	-2.3
200	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio St.	78	309	26	28.4	-2.4
201	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	69	207	32.5	35	-2.5
202	Ed Reynolds	FS	Stanford	73	207	32.5	35	-2.5
203	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	74	198	33	35.6	-2.6
204	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	75	190	33.5	36.1	-2.6
205	Matthew Paradis	C	Boise St.	75	306	26	28.6	-2.6
206	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	72	212	32	34.7	-2.7
207	Marcus Heit	LS	Kansas St.	75	258	29	31.7	-2.7
208	Gabe Ikard	C	Oklahoma	76	304	26	28.7	-2.7
209	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri St.	71	203	32.5	35.2	-2.7
210	Telvin Smith	ILB	Florida St.	75	218	31.5	34.3	-2.8
211	Reggie Jordan	TE	Missouri Western	75	240	30	32.8	-2.8
212	Seantrel Henderson	OT	Miami	79	331	24	27	-3
213	Timothy Flanders	RB	Sam Houston St.	69	207	32	35	-3
214	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah St.	69	190	33	36.1	-3.1
215	Daniel Sorensen	FS	BYU	73	205	32	35.1	-3.1
216	James White	RB	Wisconsin	69	204	32	35.2	-3.2
217	T.J. Jones	WR	Notre Dame	72	188	33	36.2	-3.2
218	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	Eastern Illinois	74	226	30.5	33.7	-3.2
219	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	77	316	24.5	27.9	-3.4
220	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	72	207	31.5	35	-3.5
221	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson	73	222	30.5	34	-3.5
222	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	76	307	25	28.5	-3.5
223	Devonta Freeman	RB	Florida St.	68	206	31.5	35	-3.5
224	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado St.	75	298	25.5	29.1	-3.6
225	Pat O'Donnell	P	Miami	76	220	30.5	34.1	-3.6
226	Jalen Saunders	WR	Oklahoma	69	165	34	37.7	-3.7
227	L'Damian Washington	WR	Missouri	76	195	32	35.7	-3.7
228	Corey Brown	WR	Ohio St.	71	178	33	36.8	-3.8
229	Trey Burton	TE	Florida	74	224	30	33.9	-3.9
230	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU	74	308	24.5	28.5	-4
231	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	77	323	23.5	27.5	-4
232	Tevin Mims	DE	South Florida	76	260	27.5	31.6	-4.1
233	Conor Boffeli	OG	Iowa	76	298	25	29.1	-4.1
234	Dakota Dozier	OT	Furman	76	313	24	28.1	-4.1
235	Dustin Vaughan	QB	West Texas A&M	77	235	29	33.2	-4.2
236	Jeremy Hill	RB	LSU	73	233	29	33.3	-4.3
237	Antonio Andrews	RB	Western Kentucky	70	225	29.5	33.8	-4.3
238	Jacob Pedersen	TE	Wisconsin	75	238	28.5	33	-4.5
239	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami	73	198	31	35.6	-4.6
240	Stephen Morris	QB	Miami	74	213	30	34.6	-4.6
241	Walt Powell	WR	Murray St.	71	189	31.5	36.1	-4.6
242	Jordan Lynch	QB	Northern Illinois	72	217	29.5	34.3	-4.8
243	Michael Schofield	OT	Michigan	78	301	24	28.9	-4.9
244	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	69	174	32	37.1	-5.1
245	Isaiah Burse	WR	Fresno St.	70	188	31	36.2	-5.2
246	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	73	195	30.5	35.7	-5.2
247	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado St.	69	212	29	34.7	-5.7
248	Kelcy Quarles	DT	South Carolina	76	297	23.5	29.2	-5.7
249	Jon Halapio	OG	Florida	75	323	21.5	27.5	-6
250	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	74	261	25.5	31.5	-6
251	A.J. McCarron	QB	Alabama	75	220	28	34.1	-6.1
252	Keith Wenning	QB	Ball St.	75	218	28	34.3	-6.3
253	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	76	223	27.5	33.9	-6.4
254	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia	78	314	21.5	28.1	-6.6
255	Jarvis Landry	WR	LSU	71	205	28.5	35.1	-6.6
256	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh	76	228	27	33.6	-6.6
257	David Fales	QB	San Jose St.	74	212	28	34.7	-6.7
258	Cody Mandell	P	Alabama	74	216	27	34.4	-7.4
259	Bryn Renner	QB	North Carolina	75	228	25.5	33.6	-8.1
260	Jeff Mathews	QB	Cornell	76	223	25.5	33.9	-8.4

Finally, I came up with an overall grade using these four numbers. To do that, I converted each player’s grade relative to expectation in each category into a standard deviations above/below expectation. Then, I added those four values together to come up with a final grade (if a player did not participate in a drill, he is given a zero for that category, which doesn’t hurt or help him). Donald’s 40 times was 2.35 standard deviations above expectation, and he was 2.13 standard deviations above average in the bench press, 2.18 in the three-cone drill, and 0.64 in the vertical jump. Add those four numbers together, and Donald gets a grade of +7.3, the best in the combine.

Rk	Name	Pos	College	Ht	Wt	40YD	BP	3C	VJ	Std 40	Std BP	Std 3C	Std VJ	Total
1	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	73	285	4.68	35	7.11	32	2.35	2.13	2.18	0.64	7.3
2	Jerick McKinnon	RB	Georgia Southern	69	209	4.41	32	6.83	40.5	1.28	3.13	1.12	1.76	7.29
3	Kevin Pierre-Louis	OLB	Boston College	72	232	4.51	28	6.92	39	1.47	1.95	1.24	1.76	6.42
4	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo	75	251	4.65	23	7.08	40	1.23	0.66	0.91	2.45	5.25
5	Jeff Janis	WR	Saginaw Valley St.	75	219	4.42	20	6.64	37.5	1.6	0.9	1.7	1.03	5.23
6	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina	77	266	4.53	21	7.27	37.5	2.66	0.03	0.41	1.98	5.08
7	James Gayle	DE	Virginia Tech	76	259	4.7	26	7.19	37	1.19	1.23	0.61	1.68	4.71
8	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan	79	309	4.87	29	7.39	30.5	1.94	0.85	1.2	0.66	4.65
9	Prince Shembo	OLB	Notre Dame	73	253	4.71	26	7.29	38.5	0.88	1.02	0.26	2.03	4.2
10	Bishop Sankey	RB	Washington	69	209	4.49	26	6.75	35.5	0.72	1.78	1.47	0.2	4.17
11	Khairi Fortt	ILB	California	74	248	4.7	30	0	36	0.76	2.19	0	1.15	4.1
12	Kareem Martin	DE	North Carolina	78	272	4.72	22	7.2	35.5	1.56	0.21	0.83	1.47	4.06
13	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn	77	332	4.92	32	7.8	28.5	2.49	0.61	0.42	0.5	4.02
14	Chris Smith	DE	Arkansas	73	266	4.71	28	7.55	37	1.39	1.1	-0.42	1.82	3.9
15	Howard Jones	DE	Shepherd	74	235	4.6	21	7.16	40.5	0.96	0.54	0.09	2.29	3.88
16	Jordan Tripp	OLB	Montana	75	234	4.67	22	6.89	37.5	0.42	0.92	1.14	1.33	3.82
17	Ra'Shede Hageman	DT	Minnesota	78	310	5.02	32	7.87	35.5	0.93	1.37	-0.76	2.24	3.77
18	Tyler Gaffney	RB	Stanford	71	220	4.49	0	6.78	36.5	1.15	0	1.53	0.74	3.41
19	Adrian Hubbard	OLB	Alabama	78	257	4.69	0	0	38.5	1.18	0	0	2.11	3.29
20	Jackson Jeffcoat	DE	Texas	75	247	4.63	18	6.97	36	1.21	-0.35	1.25	1.13	3.24
21	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Iowa	77	265	4.76	25	7.1	31.5	1	0.96	1.12	0.08	3.16
22	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA	77	255	4.66	15	6.82	34.5	1.31	-1	1.99	0.82	3.12
23	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech	77	265	4.74	28	7.42	33	1.14	1.63	-0.28	0.55	3.04
24	Logan Thomas	QB	Virginia Tech	78	248	4.61	0	7.05	35.5	1.39	0	0.63	0.99	3.02
25	Isaiah Crowell	RB	Alabama St.	71	224	4.57	23	0	38	0.74	0.93	0	1.29	2.95
26	Mike Campanaro	WR	Wake Forest	69	192	4.46	20	6.77	39	0.26	0.92	0.78	0.95	2.92
27	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri	76	273	4.92	22	6.83	31	0.19	-0.07	2.68	0.09	2.89
28	Donte Moncrief	WR	Mississippi	74	221	4.4	13	7.02	39.5	1.82	-0.85	0.21	1.69	2.87
29	Carl Bradford	OLB	Arizona State	73	250	4.76	23	7.25	37.5	0.41	0.44	0.33	1.65	2.84
30	Trent Murphy	OLB	Stanford	77	250	4.86	19	6.78	35.5	-0.29	0.04	1.98	1.03	2.77
31	A.C. Leonard	TE	Tennessee St.	74	252	4.5	20	0	34	2.32	-0.17	0	0.6	2.76
32	Tyler Starr	OLB	South Dakota	76	250	4.95	24	6.64	32	-0.92	1.04	2.7	-0.06	2.75
33	George Atkinson	RB	Notre Dame	73	218	4.48	19	7.07	38	1.14	0.45	-0.01	1.17	2.74
34	Jordan Matthews	WR	Vanderbilt	75	212	4.46	21	6.95	35.5	1.04	1.33	0.1	0.26	2.74
35	Kerry Wynn	DT	Richmond	77	266	4.97	31	0	34	-0.44	2.28	0	0.88	2.72
36	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina	69	197	4.45	15	6.69	39.5	0.53	-0.35	1.31	1.21	2.7
37	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU	69	189	4.38	0	6.69	39	0.71	0	1.03	0.89	2.63
38	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma St.	72	202	4.37	20	6.92	35.5	1.29	1.01	0.18	0.06	2.54
39	Larry Webster	DE	Bloomsburg	78	252	4.58	17	7.29	36.5	1.76	-0.34	-0.27	1.38	2.53
40	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina	76	250	4.6	24	0	32	1.54	1.04	0	-0.06	2.52
41	Scott Crichton	DE	Oregon St.	75	273	4.84	24	7.19	31.5	0.75	0.25	1.21	0.25	2.45
42	Joel Bitonio	OT	Nevada	76	302	4.97	22	7.37	32	0.97	-0.9	1.34	0.99	2.39
43	Brock Vereen	FS	Minnesota	72	199	4.47	25	6.9	34	0.47	2.22	0.16	-0.46	2.38
44	Colt Lyerla	TE	Oregon	76	242	4.61	15	0	39	1.16	-0.75	0	1.96	2.37
45	Max Bullough	ILB	Michigan St.	75	249	4.78	30	7.22	31	0.23	2.29	0.23	-0.39	2.36
46	Dri Archer	RB	Kent St.	68	173	4.26	20	6.86	38	0.93	1.34	-0.18	0.26	2.35
47	Will Clarke	DE	West Virginia	78	271	4.77	22	7.26	32	1.16	0.24	0.53	0.36	2.29
48	Jaylen Watkins	CB	Florida	71	194	4.41	22	0	0	0.69	1.56	0	0	2.26
49	Deone Bucannon	SS	Washington St.	73	211	4.49	19	6.96	36.5	0.79	0.65	0.22	0.56	2.23
50	Davante Adams	WR	Fresno St.	73	212	4.56	14	6.82	39.5	0.34	-0.5	0.87	1.51	2.22
51	Jake Matthews	OT	Texas A&M	77	308	5.07	24	7.34	30.5	0.5	-0.5	1.59	0.64	2.22
52	Andre Williams	RB	Boston College	71	230	4.56	0	7.27	38	1.04	0	-0.26	1.41	2.19
53	Avery Williamson	ILB	Kentucky	73	246	4.66	25	7.11	30.5	0.96	1	0.8	-0.61	2.16
54	Allen Robinson	WR	Penn St.	74	220	4.6	0	7	39	0.37	0	0.26	1.52	2.15
55	Rashaad Reynolds	CB	Oregon St.	70	189	4.51	20	6.72	37.5	-0.21	1.13	0.79	0.43	2.15
56	Mo Alexander	SS	Utah St.	73	220	4.54	0	7.05	38	0.79	0	0.15	1.21	2.14
57	Bradley Roby	CB	Ohio St.	71	194	4.39	17	0	38.5	0.83	0.44	0	0.84	2.11
58	Ronald Powell	OLB	Florida	75	237	4.65	21	0	35.5	0.68	0.61	0	0.77	2.06
59	Quincy Enunwa	WR	Nebraska	74	225	4.45	19	0	0	1.62	0.38	0	0	2
60	Preston Brown	ILB	Louisville	73	251	4.86	23	6.98	33	-0.25	0.41	1.55	0.27	1.97
61	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson	76	211	4.42	16	7.18	39	1.29	0.36	-1.04	1.34	1.94
62	Brandin Cooks	WR	Oregon St.	70	189	4.33	16	6.76	36	1.06	0.23	0.62	-0.04	1.87
63	Lamin Barrow	OLB	LSU	73	237	4.64	22	7.24	35	0.75	0.58	-0.08	0.61	1.86
64	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	CB	Nebraska	75	218	4.61	13	0	41.5	0.22	-0.64	0	2.26	1.84
65	Marcel Jensen	TE	Fresno St.	78	259	4.85	24	7.38	35	0.13	1.03	-0.42	1.06	1.8
66	Lorenzo Taliaferro	RB	Coastal Carolina	72	229	4.58	18	6.88	33	0.86	-0.21	1.31	-0.17	1.79
67	Matt Patchan	OT	Boston College	78	302	4.97	22	0	33.5	0.97	-0.65	0	1.45	1.77
68	Jake Murphy	TE	Utah	76	249	4.79	24	7.18	33	0.16	1.07	0.3	0.23	1.76
69	Marcus Smith	DE	Louisville	75	251	4.68	23	7.48	35	1.02	0.66	-0.84	0.89	1.73
70	Damian Copeland	WR	Louisville	71	184	4.5	12	6.53	40	-0.33	-0.4	1.35	1.1	1.73
71	Lache Seastrunk	RB	Baylor	69	201	4.51	15	0	41.5	0.26	-0.46	0	1.91	1.72
72	Zach Moore	DE	Concordia (MN)	77	269	4.84	23	7.41	33.5	0.59	0.39	-0.1	0.79	1.68
73	Tre Mason	RB	Auburn	68	207	4.5	0	0	38.5	0.57	0	0	1.1	1.67
74	David Fluellen	RB	Toledo	71	224	4.72	0	6.9	36.5	-0.32	0	1.14	0.82	1.64
75	Marcus Lucas	WR	Missouri	76	218	4.6	20	7.07	36	0.29	1.06	-0.31	0.54	1.58
76	Phillip Gaines	CB	Rice	72	193	4.38	11	6.62	36.5	0.87	-0.75	1.17	0.19	1.48
77	Dontae Johnson	CB	N.C. State	74	200	4.45	12	6.82	38.5	0.65	-0.48	0.34	0.96	1.47
78	Charles Sims	RB	West Virginia	72	214	4.48	17	7.16	37.5	0.98	-0.01	-0.45	0.93	1.46
79	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M	77	231	4.53	12	7.08	37	1.29	-0.99	0	1.12	1.42
80	Kenny Ladler	FS	Vanderbilt	72	207	4.7	24	0	36.5	-0.84	1.77	0	0.48	1.4
81	Tenny Palepoi	DT	Utah	73	298	5.1	31	7.67	30.5	-0.11	0.86	0.19	0.44	1.38
82	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin	71	248	4.83	27	7.18	31	-0.16	1.14	0.77	-0.41	1.34
83	Bennie Fowler	WR	Michigan St.	73	217	4.52	0	7.06	36	0.82	0	0	0.52	1.33
84	LaDarius Perkins	RB	Mississippi St.	67	195	4.46	23	7.08	35.5	0.38	1.26	-0.27	-0.08	1.29
85	James Morris	ILB	Iowa	73	241	4.8	18	6.94	34.5	-0.22	-0.43	1.37	0.54	1.26
86	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson	73	211	4.43	16	6.95	34	1.22	-0.02	0.26	-0.22	1.24
87	Kasim Edebali	DE	Boston College	74	253	4.79	19	7.2	34.5	0.32	-0.42	0.56	0.78	1.23
88	Brandon Thomas	OT	Clemson	75	317	5.09	35	8.13	29	0.71	1.46	-1.35	0.35	1.17
89	Arthur Lynch	TE	Georgia	77	258	4.82	28	7.38	29.5	0.3	1.83	-0.36	-0.68	1.1
90	Jonathan Newsome	DE	Ball St.	75	247	4.73	21	7.31	34	0.51	0.32	-0.24	0.5	1.1
91	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina	75	310	5.18	42	8.26	29	-0.2	3.24	-2.17	0.21	1.08
92	Bennett Jackson	CB	Notre Dame	72	195	4.51	13	6.75	38	0.03	-0.36	0.67	0.7	1.04
93	Robert Herron	WR	Wyoming	69	193	4.48	18	6.84	35.5	0.16	0.44	0.51	-0.12	1
94	Jason Bromley	DT	Syracuse	75	306	5.06	26	7.92	33.5	0.49	-0.24	-0.82	1.53	0.96
95	Wesley Johnson	OT	Vanderbilt	77	297	5.11	26	7.4	29	-0.22	0.27	0.93	-0.05	0.94
96	Zachariah Kerr	NT	Delaware	73	326	5.08	28	7.93	28.5	1.13	-0.62	0.04	0.38	0.93
97	Devon Kennard	OLB	USC	75	249	4.7	23	7.25	30	0.8	0.72	0.1	-0.7	0.9
98	Kyle Van Noy	OLB	BYU	75	243	4.71	21	7.22	32.5	0.49	0.44	0.01	-0.05	0.9
99	Anthony Hitchens	OLB	Iowa	72	240	4.74	23	7.15	31.5	0.17	0.6	0.52	-0.42	0.86
100	Odell Beckham	WR	LSU	71	198	4.43	7	6.69	38.5	0.71	-1.92	1.14	0.92	0.85
101	Antonio Richardson	OT	Tennessee	78	336	5.3	36	0	24.5	-0.03	1.52	0	-0.67	0.82
102	John Urschel	OG	Penn St.	75	313	5.31	30	7.55	29	-1	0.46	1.04	0.27	0.77
103	Trai Turner	OG	LSU	75	310	4.93	25	0	27.5	1.56	-0.58	0	-0.26	0.72
104	Tim Cornett	RB	UNLV	72	209	4.48	0	7.01	34.5	0.79	0	0.03	-0.11	0.71
105	Jemea Thomas	CB	Georgia Tech	69	192	4.55	19	0	37	-0.37	0.7	0	0.33	0.66
106	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio St.	72	230	4.66	19	0	34.5	0.34	-0.01	0	0.32	0.64
107	Pat O'Donnell	P	Miami	76	220	4.64	23	0	30.5	0.09	1.67	0	-1.13	0.63
108	Keith McGill	CB	Utah	75	211	4.51	0	7.29	39	0.65	0	-1.42	1.34	0.57
109	James Wilder	RB	Florida St.	75	232	4.86	18	6.92	35	-0.99	0.08	0.94	0.51	0.54
110	Henry Josey	RB	Missouri	68	194	4.43	20	7.07	34.5	0.55	0.74	-0.36	-0.41	0.52
111	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	72	192	4.52	0	0	38	-0.16	0	0	0.64	0.48
112	Khyri Thornton	DT	Southern Miss	75	304	5.03	28	7.83	29	0.62	0.26	-0.5	0.09	0.48
113	Ryan Hewitt	FB	Stanford	76	246	4.87	0	7.04	33	-0.52	0	0.81	0.17	0.46
114	Ryan Groy	OG	Wisconsin	77	316	5.19	26	7.49	26.5	-0.04	-0.28	1.21	-0.45	0.45
115	Jeremiah George	ILB	Iowa St.	71	234	4.91	28	0	33	-1.27	1.77	0	-0.07	0.43
116	Timmy Jernigan	NT	Florida St.	74	299	5.06	27	0	29.5	0.21	0.06	0	0.15	0.42
117	Jordan Zumwalt	ILB	UCLA	76	235	4.76	0	6.99	33	-0.17	0	0.64	-0.05	0.41
118	Damien Williams	RB	Oklahoma	71	222	4.45	16	7.37	35.5	1.51	-0.59	-0.98	0.47	0.4
119	Tevin Reese	WR	Baylor	70	163	4.46	0	6.63	41	-0.87	0	0.27	0.99	0.39
120	Christian Jones	ILB	Florida St.	75	240	4.74	0	0	33.5	0.17	0	0	0.21	0.37
121	Brandon Coleman	WR	Rutgers	78	225	4.56	21	7.33	32.5	0.85	1.33	-1.4	-0.41	0.37
122	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina	70	200	4.45	16	7.04	0	0.65	-0.08	-0.22	0	0.35
123	Antone Exum	CB	Virginia Tech	72	213	4.59	17	7.05	35	0.17	0.02	0	0.13	0.32
124	James White	RB	Wisconsin	69	204	4.57	23	7.05	32	-0.04	1.25	-0.02	-0.99	0.2
125	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh	75	198	4.55	0	6.89	37	-0.14	0	-0.13	0.45	0.18
126	Reggie Jordan	TE	Missouri Western	75	240	4.77	24	7.22	30	-0.05	1.2	-0.09	-0.89	0.17
127	Calvin Pryor	FS	Louisville	71	207	4.58	18	0	34.5	0	0.29	0	-0.15	0.15
128	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	Boise St.	75	251	4.8	20	7.46	34.5	0.17	-0.01	-0.75	0.74	0.14
129	Kyle Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech	72	190	4.49	12	6.9	38.5	-0.03	-0.44	-0.16	0.76	0.13
130	John Brown	WR	Pittsburg St. (KS)	70	179	4.34	0	6.91	36.5	0.6	0	-0.39	-0.09	0.12
131	Silas Redd	RB	USC	70	212	4.7	18	0	37	-0.65	0.02	0	0.73	0.11
132	Isaiah Lewis	SS	Michigan St.	70	211	4.6	15	7.05	36.5	0.02	-0.62	0.13	0.56	0.08
133	Albert Wilson	WR	Georgia State	69	202	4.43	10	7	37.5	0.87	-1.61	0.13	0.69	0.07
134	Storm Johnson	RB	Central Florida	72	209	4.6	16	0	35.5	-0.06	-0.09	0	0.2	0.06
135	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan St.	71	199	4.51	15	0	0	0.18	-0.15	0	0	0.03
136	Josh Huff	WR	Oregon	71	206	4.51	14	0	35.5	0.46	-0.58	0	0.14	0.03
137	Kerry Hyder	DT	Texas Tech	74	290	5.1	20	7.23	29.5	-0.42	-1.26	1.73	-0.04	0.02
138	Telvin Smith	ILB	Florida St.	75	218	4.52	0	0	31.5	0.86	0	0	-0.86	-0.01
139	IK Enemkpali	DE	Louisiana Tech	73	261	5.01	28	7.67	34	-0.92	1.24	-1.12	0.78	-0.01
140	Tre Boston	SS	North Carolina	72	204	4.59	18	7.04	35	-0.18	0.51	-0.28	-0.05	-0.01
141	Terrance West	RB	Towson	69	225	4.54	16	0	33.5	0.99	-0.92	0	-0.1	-0.03
142	Jordan Najvar	TE	Baylor	78	256	4.93	18	7.14	32.5	-0.55	-0.23	0.52	0.22	-0.04
143	Daniel Sorensen	FS	BYU	73	205	4.67	13	6.47	32	-0.71	-0.52	2.15	-0.97	-0.05
144	Jordan Lynch	QB	Northern Illinois	72	217	4.76	0	6.55	29.5	-0.87	0	2.33	-1.51	-0.05
145	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Colorado St.	78	260	4.89	0	7.42	33.5	-0.11	0	-0.56	0.61	-0.06
146	Boseko Lokombo	OLB	Oregon	74	225	4.66	0	7.15	0	0.14	0	-0.22	0	-0.07
147	Terrance Mitchell	CB	Oregon	71	192	4.63	0	6.57	34	-0.93	0	1.46	-0.61	-0.08
148	Demetri Goodson	CB	Baylor	71	194	4.52	11	6.8	37	-0.08	-0.91	0.52	0.37	-0.1
149	Matt Hazel	WR	Coastal Carolina	73	198	4.5	15	7.08	36.5	0.22	0.13	-0.76	0.29	-0.12
150	Gabe Ikard	C	Oklahoma	76	304	5.13	22	7.3	26	-0.08	-0.96	1.72	-0.84	-0.17
151	Justin Ellis	DT	Louisiana Tech	73	334	5.27	25	7.81	28	0.1	-1.52	0.85	0.38	-0.18
152	Shaq Evans	WR	UCLA	73	213	4.51	13	7.07	34.5	0.73	-0.75	-0.19	-0.03	-0.23
153	Xavier Su'a-Filo	OG	UCLA	76	307	5.04	25	7.6	25	0.67	-0.37	0.51	-1.1	-0.28
154	Brandon Dixon	CB	Northwest Missouri St.	71	203	4.41	17	7.15	32.5	1.05	0.18	-0.69	-0.85	-0.31
155	Kendall James	CB	Maine	70	180	4.44	9	6.81	39	-0.06	-1.08	0.08	0.71	-0.35
156	Caraun Reid	DT	Princeton	74	302	4.91	20	7.59	26.5	1.39	-1.6	0.58	-0.73	-0.36
157	Shamar Stephen	DT	Connecticut	77	309	5.25	25	0	30.5	-0.73	-0.3	0	0.66	-0.38
158	Matt Feiler	OT	Bloomsburg	78	330	5.37	36	8.13	26.5	-0.76	1.69	-1.19	-0.17	-0.42
159	Anthony Denham	TE	Utah	76	235	4.77	0	0	32.5	-0.24	0	0	-0.21	-0.45
160	Jeremy Gallon	WR	Michigan	67	185	4.49	15	0	0	-0.22	-0.25	0	0	-0.47
161	Derek Carr	QB	Fresno St.	74	214	4.69	0	0	34.5	-0.5	0	0	-0.01	-0.5
162	Bene Benwikere	CB	San Jose St.	71	195	4.63	10	6.94	40.5	-0.82	-1.16	-0.06	1.48	-0.55
163	Jeremy Hill	RB	LSU	73	233	4.66	20	0	29	0.46	0.25	0	-1.34	-0.63
164	Seantrel Henderson	OT	Miami	79	331	5.04	0	8.15	24	1.61	0	-1.34	-0.92	-0.66
165	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	72	207	4.68	0	6.75	31.5	-0.7	0	1.1	-1.08	-0.69
166	Yawin Smallwood	OLB	Connecticut	74	246	5.01	18	0	36.5	-1.5	-0.45	0	1.26	-0.69
167	Ja'Wuan James	OT	Tennessee	78	311	5.34	22	7.42	29	-1.29	-0.91	1.24	0.23	-0.72
168	Ethan Westbrooks	DE	West Texas A&M	75	267	4.9	19	7.3	29	0.09	-0.7	0.51	-0.65	-0.75
169	Richard Rodgers	TE	California	76	257	4.87	16	7.23	31.5	-0.09	-0.96	0.36	-0.08	-0.76
170	Ryan Carrethers	NT	Arkansas State	73	337	5.47	32	7.89	26	-1.19	-0.03	0.61	-0.18	-0.8
171	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida St.	77	240	4.61	13	7.33	32.5	1.08	-1.02	-0.77	-0.11	-0.82
172	Mike Pennel	DT	Colorado State-Pueblo	76	332	5.23	23	7.94	28.5	0.31	-1.54	-0.09	0.5	-0.82
173	Ed Reynolds	FS	Stanford	73	207	4.57	15	0	32.5	0.07	-0.13	0	-0.77	-0.83
174	Eathyn Manumaleuna	DE	BYU	74	296	5.16	29	7.78	28	-0.61	0.59	-0.46	-0.38	-0.86
175	Cassius Marsh	DE	UCLA	76	252	4.89	14	7.08	32	-0.42	-1.27	0.84	-0.02	-0.87
176	Michael Schofield	OT	Michigan	78	301	5.01	0	7.62	24	0.65	0	0.01	-1.53	-0.87
177	Kevin Norwood	WR	Alabama	74	198	4.48	8	6.68	33	0.36	-1.32	0.89	-0.8	-0.87
178	T.J. Jones	WR	Notre Dame	72	188	4.48	0	6.82	33	-0.03	0	0.12	-1	-0.91
179	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Colorado St.	69	212	4.67	24	0	29	-0.44	1.25	0	-1.76	-0.95
180	Brandon Linder	OG	Miami	78	311	5.35	30	0	26.5	-1.36	0.89	0	-0.55	-1.02
181	Trey Burton	TE	Florida	74	224	4.62	0	7.14	30	0.39	0	-0.21	-1.21	-1.03
182	Billy Turner	OT	North Dakota St.	77	315	5.16	25	7.92	28	0.14	-0.47	-0.7	0	-1.04
183	Kelcy Quarles	DT	South Carolina	76	297	5.03	27	0	23.5	0.35	0.37	0	-1.77	-1.05
184	Victor Hampton	CB	South Carolina	69	197	4.69	20	7.01	33.5	-1.16	0.78	-0.09	-0.66	-1.14
185	Pierre Desir	CB	Lindenwood	73	198	4.59	11	6.86	35	-0.42	-0.77	0.2	-0.17	-1.16
186	Marcus Heit	LS	Kansas St.	75	258	4.91	0	0	29	-0.33	0	0	-0.84	-1.17
187	Paul Richardson	WR	Colorado	72	175	4.4	0	7.09	38	0.02	0	-1.52	0.3	-1.2
188	Ryan Grant	WR	Tulane	72	199	4.64	8	6.68	35.5	-0.73	-1.6	1.12	0	-1.2
189	Devonta Freeman	RB	Florida St.	68	206	4.58	0	7.11	31.5	-0.04	0	-0.11	-1.1	-1.25
190	Connor Shaw	QB	South Carolina	72	206	4.66	0	7.07	34	-0.6	0	-0.34	-0.32	-1.26
191	DaQuan Jones	DT	Penn St.	76	322	5.35	25	7.73	27.5	-0.93	-0.8	0.48	-0.01	-1.27
192	Dion Bailey	SS	USC	72	201	4.66	0	6.97	34	-0.79	0	-0.08	-0.42	-1.29
193	Marqueston Huff	FS	Wyoming	71	196	4.49	15	7.26	35.5	0.21	-0.07	-1.42	-0.06	-1.33
194	Cyril Richardson	OG	Baylor	77	329	5.36	25	7.7	25.5	-0.73	-0.87	0.75	-0.5	-1.35
195	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	69	207	4.7	19	7.08	32.5	-0.84	0.27	-0.04	-0.77	-1.39
196	Isaiah Burse	WR	Fresno St.	70	188	4.58	16	6.74	31	-0.74	0.26	0.67	-1.62	-1.43
197	Andre Hal	CB	Vanderbilt	70	188	4.5	15	7.14	35.5	-0.17	0.04	-1.08	-0.22	-1.43
198	George Uko	DE	USC	75	284	4.99	18	0	29.5	0.12	-1.41	0	-0.16	-1.44
199	Terrence Brooks	FS	Florida St.	71	198	4.42	10	7.35	38	0.78	-1.25	-1.74	0.76	-1.45
200	Chris Boyd	WR	Vanderbilt	76	206	4.73	12	0	0	-1.09	-0.4	0	0	-1.49
201	Alfred Blue	RB	LSU	74	223	4.63	13	7.15	32	0.28	-0.91	-0.29	-0.6	-1.53
202	Marcus Roberson	CB	Florida	72	191	4.61	8	6.84	37.5	-0.83	-1.37	0.14	0.47	-1.6
203	Lavelle Westbrooks	CB	Georgia Southern	71	186	4.63	15	6.98	36	-1.17	0.22	-0.55	-0.1	-1.6
204	Timothy Flanders	RB	Sam Houston St.	69	207	4.75	20	7.07	32	-1.19	0.49	0	-0.93	-1.63
205	Nevin Lawson	CB	Utah St.	69	190	4.48	16	7.12	33	0.04	0.08	-0.82	-0.96	-1.65
206	Blake Bortles	QB	Central Florida	77	232	4.93	0	7.08	32.5	-1.49	0	0.04	-0.27	-1.72
207	Ricardo Allen	CB	Purdue	69	187	4.61	13	0	35.5	-0.99	-0.51	0	-0.24	-1.74
208	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford	78	271	5.21	21	7.43	32	-1.94	0.01	-0.22	0.36	-1.78
209	Matt Armstrong	C	Grand Valley St.	74	302	5.36	0	0	0	-1.78	0	0	0	-1.78
210	Jalen Saunders	WR	Oklahoma	69	165	4.44	0	0	34	-0.65	0	0	-1.15	-1.8
211	Jonotthan Harrison	C	Florida	75	304	5.15	27	7.97	27	-0.22	0.04	-1.11	-0.53	-1.83
212	Zach Fulton	OG	Tennessee	77	316	5.16	25	7.87	24.5	0.17	-0.5	-0.45	-1.07	-1.85
213	J.C. Copeland	FB	LSU	71	271	4.95	23	7.68	28.5	-0.1	-0.42	-0.61	-0.73	-1.86
214	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	76	223	4.65	13	6.89	27.5	0.14	-0.66	0.65	-2.01	-1.88
215	Kadeem Edwards	OG	Tennessee St.	76	313	5.25	26	7.95	27	-0.58	-0.32	-0.8	-0.35	-2.05
216	Justin Britt	OT	Missouri	78	325	5.19	23	8.14	27.5	0.31	-1.08	-1.41	0.05	-2.14
217	Gabe Jackson	OG	Mississippi St.	75	336	5.51	30	8.25	29	-1.51	-0.2	-1.2	0.73	-2.18
218	Craig Loston	SS	LSU	71	217	4.65	12	7.15	32.5	-0.1	-1.34	-0.2	-0.57	-2.21
219	Lamarcus Joyner	CB	Florida St.	68	184	4.55	14	7.26	37.5	-0.68	-0.32	-1.54	0.32	-2.22
220	Jack Mewhort	OT	Ohio St.	78	309	5.37	28	7.79	26	-1.58	0.5	-0.45	-0.74	-2.27
221	Nat Berhe	SS	San Diego St.	70	193	4.71	15	7.08	35.5	-1.46	-0.11	-0.64	-0.12	-2.32
222	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama	73	208	4.58	11	7.16	33	0.04	-1.06	-0.76	-0.6	-2.37
223	Bashaud Breeland	CB	Clemson	71	197	4.62	11	7.04	34.5	-0.67	-0.99	-0.42	-0.35	-2.43
224	Antonio Andrews	RB	Western Kentucky	70	225	4.82	20	7.24	29.5	-0.98	0.1	-0.21	-1.34	-2.43
225	Weston Richburg	C	Colorado St.	75	298	5.1	25	7.93	25.5	-0.11	-0.24	-1.15	-1.12	-2.61
226	Tevin Mims	DE	South Florida	76	260	4.95	17	0	27.5	-0.53	-0.82	0	-1.26	-2.62
227	Matthew Paradis	C	Boise St.	75	306	5.34	23	7.6	26	-1.48	-0.92	0.58	-0.8	-2.63
228	Walt Powell	WR	Murray St.	71	189	4.63	10	6.7	31.5	-1.05	-0.99	0.78	-1.45	-2.7
229	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	Eastern Illinois	74	226	4.97	0	7.04	30.5	-2	0	0.3	-1.01	-2.71
230	Conor Boffeli	OG	Iowa	76	298	5.3	21	7.44	25	-1.52	-1.01	0.9	-1.28	-2.91
231	Loucheiz Purifoy	CB	Florida	71	190	4.61	6	0	35.5	-0.87	-1.91	0	-0.18	-2.96
232	Louis Nix	NT	Notre Dame	74	331	5.42	0	8.29	25.5	-1.07	0	-1.45	-0.46	-2.98
233	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas	77	312	5.28	20	7.73	26	-0.83	-1.51	0.02	-0.68	-3
234	Ross Cockrell	CB	Duke	72	191	4.56	10	7.28	36.5	-0.48	-0.92	-1.78	0.15	-3.03
235	Allen Hurns	WR	Miami	73	198	4.55	14	7.23	31	-0.14	-0.1	-1.42	-1.42	-3.07
236	Jonathan Dowling	SS	Western Kentucky	75	190	4.52	8	7.04	33.5	-0.24	-0.96	-1.07	-0.8	-3.07
237	Austin Franklin	WR	New Mexico St.	71	189	4.56	7	7.07	36	-0.56	-1.66	-0.84	-0.04	-3.1
238	Stephen Morris	QB	Miami	74	213	4.63	0	7.36	30	-0.11	0	-1.56	-1.43	-3.1
239	David Yankey	OG	Stanford	78	315	5.48	22	7.81	28.5	-2.12	-1.02	-0.32	0.16	-3.31
240	Tajh Boyd	QB	Clemson	73	222	4.84	0	7.33	30.5	-1.24	0	-1.01	-1.09	-3.34
241	Dustin Vaughan	QB	West Texas A&M	77	235	4.95	0	7.25	29	-1.51	0	-0.6	-1.3	-3.41
242	L'Damian Washington	WR	Missouri	76	195	4.46	8	7.19	32	0.38	-0.98	-1.65	-1.17	-3.42
243	Jared Abbrederis	WR	Wisconsin	73	195	4.5	4	6.8	30.5	0.1	-2.26	0.36	-1.64	-3.44
244	Corey Brown	WR	Ohio St.	71	178	4.51	0	7.16	33	-0.64	0	-1.62	-1.2	-3.45
245	Jerome Smith	RB	Syracuse	71	220	4.84	14	7.53	36	-1.32	-0.98	-1.75	0.58	-3.47
246	Will Sutton	DT	Arizona State	72	303	5.36	24	7.93	28.5	-1.74	-0.98	-0.67	-0.09	-3.48
247	Willie Snead	WR	Ball St.	71	195	4.62	11	7.19	33.5	-0.75	-0.93	-1.15	-0.7	-3.53
248	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	69	174	4.5	8	0	32	-0.72	-1.26	0	-1.59	-3.57
249	James Stone	C	Tennessee	76	306	5.17	22	8.16	27.5	-0.29	-1.02	-1.97	-0.34	-3.61
250	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama	79	322	5.59	21	7.71	27.5	-2.62	-1.32	0.26	-0.01	-3.7
251	Ahmad Dixon	SS	Baylor	72	212	4.64	14	7.55	32	-0.22	-0.62	-2.22	-0.83	-3.9
252	Cameron Fleming	OT	Stanford	77	323	5.28	26	8.24	23.5	-0.4	-0.48	-1.82	-1.24	-3.94
253	Jacob Pedersen	TE	Wisconsin	75	238	4.89	0	7.55	28.5	-0.97	0	-1.61	-1.39	-3.97
254	Cody Mandell	P	Alabama	74	216	4.89	0	0	27	-1.83	0	0	-2.3	-4.13
255	Morgan Moses	OT	Virginia	78	314	5.35	0	7.93	21.5	-1.24	0	-0.88	-2.05	-4.17
256	Bryn Renner	QB	North Carolina	75	228	4.87	0	7.22	25.5	-1.22	0	-0.52	-2.53	-4.27
257	Josh Stewart	WR	Oklahoma St.	70	178	4.69	11	7.1	35	-1.9	-0.57	-1.26	-0.58	-4.31
258	Jon Halapio	OG	Florida	75	323	5.34	0	8.26	21.5	-0.82	0	-1.71	-1.87	-4.39
259	Anthony Johnson	DT	LSU	74	308	5.24	20	7.93	24.5	-0.7	-1.77	-0.69	-1.23	-4.4
260	Jarvis Landry	WR	LSU	71	205	4.77	12	0	28.5	-1.41	-1	0	-2.06	-4.47
261	A.J. McCarron	QB	Alabama	75	220	4.94	0	7.18	28	-2.03	0	-0.62	-1.91	-4.56
262	Keith Wenning	QB	Ball St.	75	218	5	0	7.07	28	-2.53	0	-0.21	-1.95	-4.69
263	Michael Sam	DE	Missouri	74	261	4.91	17	7.8	25.5	-0.21	-1.1	-1.79	-1.87	-4.96
264	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh	76	228	4.97	0	7.33	27	-1.92	0	-1.1	-2.06	-5.08
265	Dakota Dozier	OT	Furman	76	313	5.42	23	8.14	24	-1.78	-0.99	-1.64	-1.29	-5.69
266	Jonathan Brown	OLB	Illinois	72	238	5.03	16	7.77	31	-1.96	-0.92	-2.27	-0.61	-5.76
267	David Fales	QB	San Jose St.	74	212	4.99	0	7.55	28	-2.69	0	-2.42	-2.07	-7.19
268	Jeff Mathews	QB	Cornell	76	223	5.26	0	7.14	25.5	-4.16	0	-0.44	-2.63	-7.24

Number two on the list is Georgia Southern’s Jerick McKinnon, which jives with a similar study by the Wall Street Journal. McKinnon was a quarterback in a triple-option offense in college, and he’s most famous for leading his team in rushing in the Eagles’ upset win over Florida. He will have to adjust to a new position and a massive upgrade in level of competition, but he has all the athleticism he’ll need to be a pro running back. Jeff Janis is a player Doug Farrar profiled before the combine, and then Janis tore up Indianapolis. All of his metrics were impressive, but the three-cone number (particularly intriguing for a 6’3 wide receiver) really stands out; expect to hear how sneaky fast Janis is this fall. The table is fully sortable, and you can sort by the last column to find that the least athletic player was a quarterback from Cornell; presumably, that wouldn’t have won you much money in Vegas.

But the clear star of the combine was Donald, who is anything but a workout warrior. Playing for an anonymous Pitt team, Donald put up Ndamukong Suh type numbers in 2013. He’s a player with few flaws on film (he led the country in tackles for loss with 28.5) and a dominant combine should cement his status as a high draft pick in May. In equally unsurprising news, Mack and Clowney both finished with top-six overall grades, while Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas was the clear most athletic quarterback in Indianapolis.

The silent story in Indianapolis was the horrific performance by Michael Sam. He finished with the sixth-lowest grade of all 268 players, only besting three quarterbacks, an FCS offensive lineman, and a linebacker on one of the worst defenses in the Big Ten. Sam’s story is a polarizing one even though it shouldn’t be — your author is rooting for him — but the combine is the ultimate objective test, and Sam clearly failed this one. Everyone knows that the combine bears only tangential reality to playing football, but a miserable showing in Indianapolis won’t do anything to dissuade fears that Sam doesn’t have the physical ability to be a starting defensive end or outside linebacker in the pros. In addition, Oregon running back/wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas — nicknamed Black Mamba and considered one of the most athletic players in the country just two years ago — had a horrific combine, too. A 4.5 40 can be overlooked on some level since we all know how fast Thomas is, but a 32 inch vertical leap from a player weighing 174 pounds is ugly, and should put an end to the Percy Harvin comparisons (4.39 40, 37.5″ vertical at 192 pounds).

The Thamel/Evans column on Michael Sam is Reprehensible

Chase Stuart — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 04:02:57 +0000

That not a peep was heard, through a 12-2 season and a Cotton Bowl victory, says more about football’s readiness to accept gay players than thousands of speculative words. — Michael Tanier, Sports on Earth

By now you know that Michael Sam, a star defensive end at Missouri, is set to become the first openly-gay, active NFL player. Regular readers know that I rarely use this platform to criticize other writers. But an article by Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans discussing how Sam’s sexual orientation will cause his draft stock to drop is worthy of a deviation from my general rule. [Update: A reader sent me a great article by Stefan Fatsis that goes into further detail on the failure of SI in this story. Go ahead and read his article and then come back; don’t worry, this article will still be here.]

[Sam’s] decision to come out prior to May’s NFL draft will make his path to the league daunting, eight NFL executives and coaches told SI.com.

In blunt terms, they project a significant drop in Sam’s draft stock, a publicity circus and an NFL locker room culture not prepared to deal with an openly gay player. Sam, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year, was projected as a mid- to late-round draft pick prior to his announcement.

While none of the executives overtly condemned Sam’s decision, their opinions illuminated an NFL culture in which an openly gay player — from the draft room to the locker room — faces long odds and a lonely path.

The executives and coaches were granted anonymity by SI.com for their honesty. Their answers were consistently unsparing.

At first glance, it felt odd that — in an article asking NFL executives and coaches for honest information — Thamel and Evans did not even mention the fact that NFL executives and coaches do not volunteer honest information to the media about a draft prospect in February. But after reading the full article, it’s easy to see why that omission occurred. Sam’s draft status is not the point of the article; rather, his stock is simply a vehicle to “inform” us that the NFL has a culture that will not accept an openly gay player. Then, in what I would consider to be a reprehensible bit of journalism, Thamel and Evans focused exclusively on those who bashed anonymously and made no effort to find those who would praise Sam publicly.

“I don’t think football is ready for [an openly gay player] just yet,” said an NFL player personnel assistant. “In the coming decade or two, it’s going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it’s still a man’s-man game. To call somebody a [gay slur] is still so commonplace. It’d chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room.”

A teammate risks chemical imbalance, touches Sam anyway.

What does it mean to say that we are a decade or two away from being “ready” for an openly-gay player? What does Unnamed Personnel Assistant expect to happen between now and 2029 that will make the NFL “ready” for an openly-gay player? What does being “ready” even mean? Nate Burleson, Sheldon Richardson, and countless other NFL players have publicly praised and supported Sam, which I guess is not as insightful as to the dynamic of an NFL locker room as the anonymous musings of Unnamed Personnel Assistant.

More shockingly, how could Thamel and Evans not touch the “football is a man’s man game” line? Is the journalistic standard so low that we may tacitly approve of the implication that gay men are not manly men because an anonymous executive said as much? I would not have that quote under my byline, but that’s just me.

Kudos to the investigative powers of Thamel and Evans to discover that gay slurs are commonplace in the locker room. As we have learned from the Richie Incognito–Jonathan Martin scandal, so are racial slurs. Would Thamel-Evans and/or the anonymous personnel assistant say we are not ready for racially integrated locker rooms?

When the anonymous executive said that a gay man would chemically imbalance a locker room, a responsible journalist would ask what the hell that means. Based on the apparent lack of any follow-up question, it appears that neither Thamel nor Evans did as much, and were instead happy to get their soundbite.

“I just know with this going on this is going to drop him down,” said a veteran NFL scout. “There’s no question about it. It’s human nature. Do you want to be the team to quote-unquote ‘break that barrier?'”

The first question you might have after seeing those quotes is why is a veteran NFL scout not being asked for his thoughts on Michael Sam the football prospect. Your second question should be in regards to why Thamel and Evans chose to run a quote about where Sam will be drafted from a scout and not an executive, although you can probably answer that question yourself. As to the scout’s question, I think that answer is pretty obvious: several teams would want to be the team to break that barrier. The Patriots appear to be one, and the Lions, Giants, and Packers all publicly stated that they would welcome Sam on their team. So either Thamel and Evans are such incompetent journalists ^[1]I’ll note that this is a legitimate possibility. that they couldn’t find a source in time to publicly say as much, or they simply weren’t interested in finding one.

If Sam is among that group of [similarly-rated] players, the potential distraction of his presence — both in the media and the locker room — could prevent him from being selected.

“That will break a tie against that player,” the former general manager said. “Every time. Unless he’s Superman. Why? Not that they’re against gay people. It’s more that some players are going to look at you upside down. Every Tom, Dick and Harry in the media is going to show up, from Good Housekeeping to the Today show. A general manager is going to ask, ‘Why are we going to do that to ourselves?'”

The former general manager said that it would take an NFL franchise with a strong owner, savvy general manager and veteran coach to make drafting Sam work. He rattled off franchises like Pittsburgh, Green Bay, San Francisco, Baltimore and Indianapolis as potential destinations. The former general manager added that a team with a rookie head coach would not be an ideal landing spot.

Artificially creating a small market for a player is Smoke Screen 101, an issue that Thamel and Evans never discuss. To the larger point, there is an element of truth that some general managers are going to break ties against Sam. But the two journalists appear to be interested in muckraking and little more. Consider the questions left unasked:

Are there any teams that will break ties in favor of Sam? Will certain owners or general managers be attracted to the prospect of positioning himself as this generation’s Branch Rickey, the general manager who signed Jackie Robinson? Almost certainly.
What is the media’s responsibility and role in this story as the medium becomes the message. The media’s coverage of Sam seems likely to impact the very events — i.e., his draft stock, and perhaps his career — the media is covering. This, along with any concomitant moral responsibility that may or should be attached to such reporters, is a worthy topic for discussion that is instead ignored.
If teams break ties against Sam, is that appropriate? Is such a decision acceptable, or worthy of our condemnation? Again, Thamel and Evans are mind-bogglingly silent on this point. And let’s not confuse being neutral with being unbiased. The distinction between reporter and columnist is already blurred when picking and choosing your anonymous sources. I would have gained respect for Thamel and Evans had they followed that quote with a paragraph along these lines: “We don’t doubt that some decision makers in draft rooms across the country will break ties against Sam. That’s unfortunate, but we understand that general managers with tenuous job security are hesitant to take the road less traveled. That doesn’t make it right, but we acknowledge that many people lack the courage to be implements of social change, and that’s true even when they’re jobs aren’t on the line. Still, it is hard not to be disturbed by a system that would see Sam’s draft stock fall because of his declaration.”

But, of course, there was no such paragraph. And then, incredibly, Thamel and Evans found more ways to be horrible.

Sam’s announcement did not come as a surprise to most NFL teams. Sam’s sexual orientation was considered an open secret in his college town of Columbia, Mo., and the assistant personnel man said he believed “90 percent of teams” were already aware that Sam was gay and had dropped him on their draft boards. He estimated that of the 32 NFL franchises, only two or three didn’t know prior to Sunday night’s news. He projected that it will impact Sam’s draft status “quite a bit.”
…
Multiple NFL executives questioned Sam’s decision to come out now, as he will be the biggest story in football between now and the NFL draft on May 8. The NFL combine from Feb. 22-25 could turn into a four-day referendum on Sam’s professional future. And his place in the NFL draft will be endlessly debated between now and May.

Those ellipses in between the two paragraphs represent just one omitted paragraph. I make note of this, because apparently Thamel and Evans forget what they wrote two paragraphs earlier. Nearly every team knew that Sam was gay, all of his college teammates knew, and many in Columbia were aware, too. Is it really hard to understand why Sam would want to take control of his destiny? Sam’s sexual orientation was already known, and was going to be a topic of conversation. He risked his status being leaked to the public, with Sam then being forced to respond to such rumors. Shouldn’t we applaud his decision to own his truth? By coming out — literally — and letting the world know, Sam chose to be proactive and aggressive, character traits previously were assumed to be well-received by NFL executives and coaches, even anonymous ones.

It is hard to overstate the importance of a gay person’s decision to come out. According to the American Psychological Association: “Coming out is often an important psychological step for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Research has shown that feeling positively about one’s sexual orientation and integrating it into one’s life fosters greater well-being and mental health. This integration often involves disclosing one’s identity to others; it may also entail participating in the gay community. Being able to discuss one’s sexual orientation with others also increases the availability of social support, which is crucial to mental health and psychological well-being.”

Was that too challenging for Thamel and Evans to discover? Were they unable to come up with an answer when asked why Sam chose to make his announcement right before the time when a draft prospect’s mental and psychological well-being gets stressed the most? The decision to come out has unique implications for African Americans, so much so that the Human Rights Campaign has published a resource guide on the subject specifically geared for African Americans. The guide opens with this quote from a Howard University student: “Fear can be paralyzing and can often trap you in silence. It’s the fear of going against our religious upbringing, of losing friends and families, and of shattering the dream that most parents have for us as children. But I have found that coming out has not only strengthened the bonds I have with the people in my closest circle, but has also made me feel whole and complete as a person. The day I chose to live without regret or shame was the day I chose to really live.”

If anonymous executives want to criticize Sam for the timing of his decision of choosing to live his life without shame or regret, their opinions are as valuable as the names attached to them. It was not unintentional that I did not link to Thamel and Evans’ article. But I will link to another article at CNN SI, a much more worthy one from the always terrific Stewart Mandel.

References[+]

References
↑1	I’ll note that this is a legitimate possibility.