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To the surprise of no one, the SEC proved to contain some of the most athletic draft-eligible players of any conference at the 2016 NFL Combine. Here are some of the standouts at every Combine drill.
40-YARD DASH
2016 Combine Best/SEC Best: Georgia RB Keith Marshall (4.31 seconds)
All-Time Record*: East Carolina RB Chris Johnson (4.24 in 2008)
Other Top Performers: Auburn CB Jonathan Jones (4.33), Texas A&M CB Brandon Williams (4.37), Auburn WR Ricardo Louis (4.43), Alabama RB Kenyan Drake (4.45), Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell (4.45), Ole Miss WR Cody Core (4.47), Tennessee WR Marquez North (4.48), Alabama CB Cyrus Jones (4.49), Alabama RB Derrick Henry (4.54), South Carolina RB Brandon Wilds (4.54), LSU LB Deion Jones (4.59), Georgia LB Leonard Floyd (4.60), Vanderbilt LB Stephen Weatherly (4.61), South Carolina TE Jerell Adams (4.64)
Wish We’d Seen It: Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss LT Laremy Tunsil, South Carolina WR Pharoh Cooper
*Electronically-timed. Bo Jackson ran a 4.12-second 40-yard dash in 1986, but it was hand-timed.
BENCH PRESS (225 POUNDS)
2016 Combine Best: Arizona State G Christian Westerman (34 reps)
SEC Best: Missouri OL Connor McGovern (33 reps), Georgia DT Chris Mayes (33 reps)
All-Time Record: Eastern Kentucky DT Justin Ernest (51 reps in 1999)
Other Top Performers: Georgia RB Keith Marshall (25 reps), Vanderbilt LB Stephen Weatherly (23 reps), Auburn CB Jonathan Jones (19 reps), Tennessee WR Marquez North (17 reps)
Wish We’d Seen It: Ole Miss LT Laremy Tunsil, Alabama LB Reggie Ragland
VERTICAL LEAP
2016 Combine Best: Cal RB Daniel Lasco (41.5 inches), Florida State CB Jalen Ramsey (41.5 inches)
SEC Best: Georgia LB Leonard Floyd (39.5 inches)
All-Time Record: North Carolina S Gerald Sensabaugh (46 inches in 2006)
Other Top Performers: Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves III (39 inches), Texas A&M CB De’Vante Harris (38.5 inches),
Wish We’d Seen It: Arkansas TE Hunter Henry, Mississippi State DB Will Redmond
BROAD JUMP
2016 Combine Best: Cal RB Daniel Lasco (11 feet, 3 inches), Florida State CB Jalen Ramsey (11 feet, 3 inches)
SEC Best: Auburn WR Ricardo Lewis (11 feet, 0 inches), Florida S Keanu Neal (11 feet, 0 inches)
All-Time Record: Connecticut CB Byron Jones (12 feet, 3 inches)
Other Top Performers: Alabama RB Derrick Henry (10 feet, 10 inches), Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves III (10 feet, 10 inches), Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell (10 feet, 9 inches), Florida DE Alex McCalister (10 feet, 8 inches), Georgia LB Leonard Floyd (10 feet, 7 inches), Alabama RB Kenyan Drake (10 feet, 3 inches), South Carolina OL Brandon Shell (9 feet, 4 inches)
Wish We’d Seen It: Arkansas RB Jonathan Williams, Georgia RB Keith Marshall
THREE-CONE DRILL
2016 Combine Best: Stanford WR Devon Cajuste (6.49 seconds)
SEC Best: Alabama CB Cyrus Jones (6.71 seconds)
All-Time Record: Oregon WR Jeff Maehl (6.42 seconds in 2011)
Other Top Performers: Texas A&M CB De’vante Harris (6.82), Texas A&M CB Brandon Williams (6.85), LSU S Jalen Mills (6.86), Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers (6.99), Florida DE Alex McCalister (7.01)
Wish We’d Seen It: Georgia RB Keith Marshall, Arkansas RB Alex Collins, LSU LB Deion Jones, Georgia LB Leonard Floyd
20-YARD SHUTTLE
2016 Combine Best: Boston College S Justin Simmons (3.85 seconds)
SEC Best: Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves III (3.98 seconds)
All-Time Record: Iowa WR Kevin Casper (3.73 seconds in 2001)
Other Top Performers: LSU S Jalen Mills (4.00), Florida DE Alex McCalister (4.00), Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers (4.11), Tennessee WR Marquez North (4.13), Auburn RB Peyton Barber (4.21), Alabama RB Kenyan Drake (4.21), Kentucky S A.J. Stamps (4.25)
Wish We’d Seen It: Ole Miss DL Robert Nkemdiche
60-YARD SHUTTLE
2016 Combine Best: Ohio Sate WR Braxton Miller (10.84 seconds), Boston College S Justin Simmons (10.84 seconds)
SEC Best: Texas A&M CB Brandon Williams (11.27 seconds)
All-Time Record: Oregon State WR Brandin Cooks (10.72 seconds in 2014)
Other Top Performers: Alabama RB Derrick Henry (11.50), South Carolina TE Jerell Adams (11.52), LSU S Jalen Mills (11.53), Kentucky S A.J. Stamps (11.56), Florida S Keanu Neal (11.56)
Wish We’d Seen It: Arkansas RB Alex Collins, Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
