From deion Sanders to Xavier worthy: 10 best moments in NFL combine history

The time of the year is when we look at NFL hoping to compete in tights and do things that usually don’t work on the network.

First day of exercises on 2025 NFL Scouting Combine It will start on Thursday, starting with four days of athletic testing as the main chances at this year’s draft have tried to improve their supplies.

Although a combination is not an automatic indicator of what will come in players’ career, it has provided several prominent over the years. Let’s look at 10 most striking moments in the history of the NFL scout combination.

Deion Sanders accelerates 40 and runs (1989)

Before the annual combination of 1989, Sanders did not want to participate much in the event because it was one of the best choices on the draft that spring. They asked him to run a 40 -meter line at a combination, but he rejected initial overtures for it.

Eventually Sanders committed himself. There is no video of Sanders running 40, but viewers in Indianapolis have said that the star is a athlete in 4.27 seconds. But he didn’t stop running there. Sanders scored into the locker room and finished his day in combinationAccording to the former Dallas cowboys Exec gil brandt. Over the years, there have also been unverified stories that Sanders came straight in the sedan in front of Hoosier Dome and asked them to take him to the airport, adding his legend.

AND Atlanta Sokoli He finished taking Sanders with a fifth overall selection in draft.

Tom Brady Sets non -specular performance (2000)

At that time it would be difficult to find anyone who cares about Brady’s performance in the combination of 2000. But in the end he played a role in his story, from a late choice to the most adherent player in NFL history.

Brady’s 40 times was among the most appropriate for the back of the century, he ran him in 5.28 seconds. Also recorded a 24.5-inch vertical and 99-inch wide jump, which is both ranking in the third percentage or worse Among the returnees they tested for a combination.

On top of all this, Brady looked bodily unctangular. Pictures of his posing sleeveless over the years have mocked, including Brady himself.

Brady’s unimaginative combination was part of the reasons he was just a sixth round. Of course, he was able to overcome his relative athletic defects to win seven super bowla.

Stephen Paea breaks the bench record (2011)

Leading to the 2011 combination, a video of Paea, which set £ 2255, a net of £ 225, appeared on the net, which led to speculation that he could knock down a 45 record that Mitch Petrus tied up in combination of the previous year.

When Paea arrived on the bench, it didn’t take long for him to threaten the record. He has published 43 repetitions without hesitation, it only takes 36 seconds to get there. After some motivation, Paea got two more reps to equalize the record.

Paea was pushing. He took the time to add four more reps and almost reached 50 marks before the Spotter had to help him. Still, Paea set an official record in a bench with 49 reps, all in less than a minute. He raised 11,025 pounds in that range.

A few months later, Paea in the second round of drafts took Bears. He enjoyed a solid seven -year NFL career.

As for his record, no one really threatened Mark Paea since he set him up in 2011. Dontari Poe and Netana Muti came closest to each record of 44 reps.

Aaron Donald shows in 2014.

Before he became a great time with all the time with AriesIn 2014, Donald compiled all the time at the scouting combination of NFL. His 4.68 seconds of 40-dvorary time turned his head, while his 3-cone drunken time of 711 seconds in 711 seconds of 711 seconds is the fastest defensive accessory of at least 2014.

He also had the most convenient representatives for the press (35) and recorded the best wide jump (9 feet, 8 inches) among the defensive fights in his class draft.

Donald then raised the draft panel, and Rams wisely used the first round on it.

Byron Jones Reveile World Record (2015)

On the eve of the 2015 combination, Jones was in the midst of the shoulder rehabilitation after surgery and was not expected to participate in the event. But he wanted to prove that he was healthy and increasing supplies, so Jones opted for several exercises.

Jones’ decision to be just a limited participant in a combination paid a large way. His wide jump, in particular, was the main blessing of his profile. He registered a 12 -footed leap, 3 inches. Not only did it break the previously combined record for eight inches, but unofficially set the world record for the best wide jump for an inch. The Norwegian shooter of Arne Tvervaag has previously held the record for almost 50 years, with a 12-inch 2-inch wide jump in 1968.

After entering a combination as a perspective that many people did not think about, Jones left Indianapolis as one of the best strikers in the 2015 design. Dallas cowboys chose him with their first round of that year.

Shaquem Griffin has a historic trip (2018)

Griffin, who was born with an amniotic belt syndrome, amputated his left hand when he was 4 years old. He had a strong college career at the UCF, he won the AAC defensive player of the year in 2016. On the eve of the 2018 draft, there were questions about his ability to compete at the NFL level.

In combination, Griffin helped suffocate some of those concerns. Linebacker led the fastest 40 times for a player in his position in a combination in 15 years (4.38 seconds).

What was a little more memorable was Griffin’s appearance on the bench. Using a prosthetic, Griffin recorded 20 reps.

AND Seattle Seahawks In the fifth round he took Griffin, and he became one hand -held player ever selected in the NFL draft. A few months later, Griffin became the first one-hand player in the modern NFL era.

Jordan Davis shows that big guys can move (2022)

Many of the internal defense wraps have been able to shed the Slow Runner label, which is often associated with them. Davis, however, proved that he was different in combination 2022.

After weighing 341 pounds, Davis ran 4.78 seconds 40. Not only did the third player of 330 plus chilograms do so to start 40 under five seconds, he broke the record for the fastest 40 of the 330 pounds for 0.14 seconds.

Richardson was not the most productive striker at college. He only started one season in Florida, and although he had some fights in a passing game, he was one of the best racing strikers in college during the 2022 season.

With some questions that surround where he would go to the NFL draft 2023, Richardson helped to strengthen himself as the best 10 choices with dominant combined performances. He ran the fourth fastest 40 times ever for a return blow (4.43 seconds). He also set records for the best vertical jump (40.5 inches) and a wide jump (10 feet, 9 inches) ever for a return kick in combination.

Due to these test results, Richardson has become the third striker who has ever earned the perfect relative athletic result (RAS), joined by Daunte Culpepper and Cam Newton. But he also turned it on in passing exercises, launching throws that traveled at least 60 meters in the air.

A few months after his huge display in combination, Richardson would end up in Indianapolis as Kolta He took him with the fourth overall selection on the draft.

Joe Milton emitting it on a combination (2024)

Milton did not consider it one of the best perspectives of the NFL attacker in 2024, but many Michigan and Tennessee fans knew he had a rocket. As a draft evaluator, a very expected Milton throw in combination, he delivered.

First, Milton tied up Josh AllenRecord for the fastest throwing history of combination. He recorded a 62 mph pass, giving a hint of what would come.

When it was time to throw himself on the receivers, Milton let him go. He delivered more passages that traveled over 70 meters in the air. In the first Milton, he switched his target, Jacob Cowing. On one of his later throws, Milton descended and waited a moment before unbuttoning the passage completed, drawing Oohs and Ahhs from the Indy’s crowd.

Xavier valuable SLOPS SPEEMENT with 40 meters (2024)

Before showing his speed for Kansas City Chiefs In 2024, in a combination, he made a performance and bet on himself. The Texas product entered the window as a candidate for starting the fastest 40 times after showing high speed during his stay in Austin.

Worthy’s first ride threatened with a record John Ross Set 2017, publishing a 4.25-second time that just missed Ross’ three-hundred seconds. Initially, he seemed satisfied with his results, removing his wrists to suggest that he had been completed on the day. But he opted for the record and risk setting up time, initially published on the second ride with an unofficial time of 4.22.

After a few moments, the official time entered and he dignified the record. Because the plates at the Lucas Oil stadium showed a valuable time of 4.21 seconds, he ran around the stadium and congratulated from other prospects.

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