Michigan cornerback DJ Turner II posted fastest time in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine this year, and his 4.26-second time is the fifth-fastest all-time, regardless of position.

Turner is expected to be Selected in the second round of the NFL Draft next month. Also this year, Illinois defenseman Jartavius ​​Martin was in the top five all-time with a 44-inch vertical jump.

During filming in reconnaissance plant may portend NFL glory, as in the case of Deion Sanders, who posted a 4.27-second 40-yard dash time in 1989, a superb performance in what some call the “Underwear Olympics” not necessarily predicting an exemplary NFL Career.

Some of Indianapolis’ top players, like Ohio State strongman Mike Kudla in 2006 or Missouri State wide receiver Emanuel Hall in 2019, have never been heard to be drafted or appeared in an NFL game.

Bye more subtle indicators of a potential client’s potential and suitability can be gleaned from positional drills, feature films, team visits, sit-down interviews, and pro college days, excel in one or more core drills at the league’s annual franchise gathering, and their future stars can lift players to the draft board. .

Here are other best results in the history of the NFL scouting association and see how the players performed on the football field:

40 yard dash

4.22 seconds – John Ross III, WR, Washington, 2017. Selected ninth overall by Cincinnati, Ross caught 11 TD passes and played in just 37 games in five NFL seasons with the Bengals and Giants.

Notable: 4.24 – Chris Johnson, RB, East Carolina, 2008. Selected 24th overall by Tennessee, he rushed for 2006 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2009 and scored 54 goals in a 10-year career with the Titans,” Jets and Cardinals.

BENCH PRESS

49 reps – Steven Paea, DT, Oregon State, 2011. Selected in the second round by Chicago, Paea started three seasons in Chicago. He also spent a year each in Washington, Cleveland, and Dallas.

Notable: 44 (tie) – Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis, 2012. Selected 11th overall by the Chiefs, Poe also played for Atlanta, Carolina and Dallas during a nine-year career that included two Pro Bowls.

VERTICAL JUMP

45″ (tie) – Chris Conley, WR, Georgia, 2015 Drafted by Kansas City in the third round, Conley spent nine years in the NFL, including spells for the Jaguars, Texans, and Titans. He has 16 career TDs.

45″ (tie) – Donald Washington, CB, Ohio State, 2009. Drafted in the fourth round, he spent three seasons in the NFL, all in Kansas City, and never intercepted a pass.

Notable: 44 (tied) – Juan Thornhill, C, Virginia, 2019. Kansas City second-round pick of Thornhill, who became a second-round mainstay for the Chiefs with eight career interceptions and two Super Bowls wins.

long jump

12ft 3in – Byron Jones, CB, UConn, 2015. The Cowboys made Jones 27th overall and he missed just four games in a solid seven-year career that ended with two seasons in Miami.

THREE-CONE DRILL

6.42 seconds – Jeff Mael, WR, Oregon, 2011. Undrafted, Mael played three games in two seasons in Houston and 24 games in two years in Philadelphia, where he scored his only career touchdown in 2013.

Notable: 6.44 – Buster Skryne, DB, Chattanooga, 2011. Selected by the Cleveland in the fifth round of the Draft, Skryne outperformed an 11-year Nfl Career with the Browns, Jets, Bears, Photoniners and the Titans.

20 yard shuttle

3.81 seconds (tie) – Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State 2014. Cooks is 20th overall, selected by the Saints. Cooks’ impressive nine-year career includes 49 touchdown interceptions and hits with the Patriots, Rams and Texans.

3.81 seconds (tie) – Jason Allen, CB, Tennessee, 2006. No. 16 overall Miami had a solid seven-year NFL career that included 15 steals and hits in Houston and Cincinnati.

Notable: 3.85 (tied) – Justin Simmons, FS, Boston College 2016. Drafted by Denver in the third round, Simmons has established himself as a top defenseman with multiple picks in all seven seasons, including the top six in the league in 2022 .

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