NFL Combine

Thursday night, Baylor's Tyquan Thornton briefly seemed to have run the fastest 40-yard dash in the history of the NFL Combine. It was later corrected from ...

But it's also the exception that proves the rule, because in a list of 12 of the fastest humans ever to enter the NFL, only one came anywhere close to greatness. Tyrone Calico had a modestly solid rookie season, but was hurt by an illegal tackle and was out of the league within three years; Marquise Goodwin, who was also an elite long jumper, had one near-great season with the Bills, but otherwise never topped 450 receiving yards in a season. So there's your evidence: If you're a speed demon even by NFL standards at the combine, you've got about a 6% chance of becoming a decent player. In second place, we have the ultimate exception: Chris Johnson. Johnson ran a 4.24, and obviously went on to a brilliant career, rushing for 2,000 yards in 2009 and winning offensive player of the year, and making three Pro Bowls. Look, do we wish there wasn't this gigantic wrench in the curse argument? 1 on the all-time list, the man we thought Thornton had unseated: John Ross. Ross ran a 4.22, earned the ninth overall pick and a four-year, $17.1 million contract...and had a rookie season so disappointing that his coach Marvin Lewis came under serious criticism. At this point, why even go to the combine? He briefly showed flashes of greatness in 2019, racking up 500 receiving yards in eight games, but suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out. Van Dyke only started four games and was out of the league in three years. That brings us to our minor exception: Stanford Routt, who played for eight seasons and had a respectable career, mostly for the Raiders. But even Routt never made a Pro Bowl, and is probably best known today for a three-year $31.5 million contract he earned in 2011 from the Raiders that still looks like a terrible deal, since he was released a year later. (He only started more than half his team's games in four of those years.) Pardon the dramatic italics, but when you take a trip through the record books to see what has become of the fastest men in NFL history, it's not a pretty picture. Myrick, a cornerback, was waived by three teams in two years.

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He might have cemented himself as a day three pick, which is discouraging since he was in the mix to be a third-round pick. The bad news is that he hasn’t done much to elevate his game since then, finishing with 46 passes for 450 yards as a senior. He didn’t do anything to help his stock during the combine workouts and he definitely won’t be mentioned with the “fastest” group. It is a show for the fans more than it is a ceremony of revelations for the scouts. A few people have projected Faalele in the first round in the past. The Rams are looking at Brian Allen, Austin Corbett, and Joseph Noteboom as unrestricted free agents, Andrew Whitworth is at best a 41-year-old starting left tackle, and Rob Havenstein, David Edwards are free agents in 2023. We will never know for sure what Smith’s “stock” was before and after the season, or before and after the combine. Here is a chart from NFLMockDraftDatabase, a site that compiles mock drafts around the internet: The key to Faalele’s NFL success will be directly tied to how teams accentuate his strengths and mask his weaknesses with coaching and scheme. At 6’8, 384 lbs—second heaviest player in combine history—the Melbourne, Australia native was expected to be one of the strongest prospects this year. Players that are built to this stature typically rely on strength as they aren’t the quickest on their feet. That narrative will certainly change after he clocked a pair of 40-yard dashes in the 4.6-range and looked nothing like an explosive playmaker on the perimeter.

Both players need a strong week in Indianapolis to solidify themselves as legitimate NFL Draft prospects, as they are both considered possible Day 3 picks, or ...

Coan and Austin played huge roles on the Irish offense in 2021, and hopefully, they can turn themselves into draft picks this week. Both players need a strong week in Indianapolis to solidify themselves as legitimate NFL Draft prospects, as they are both considered possible Day 3 picks, or even undrafted free agent signings. The 2022 NFL Combine is underway, and on Thursday, we will get to see two Notre Dame football stars take the field on Day 1 of the on-field workouts.

The Notre Dame football team will see Kyren Williams hit the field on Day 2 of the 2022 NFL Combine, as he continues his NFL journey.

On Day 1, the Notre Dame football team showed out, as Jack Coan was impressive throwing the football, and Kevin Austin Jr. really turned some heads. As it stands, Williams is expected to be selected on Day 2 of the 2022 NFL Draft, but some feel he could be the best all-around running back in this class. The Notre Dame football team got outstanding work from running back Kyren Williams across the last two seasons, as he posted back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns.

The top performances by running backs in the measurable drills at the NFL Scouting Combine on Friday.

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Offensive linemen might not be known for their wheels, but the 2022 NFL Draft crop had a record-setting night on Friday at the combine.