The 10 Most Impressive NFL Combine Performances Since 2000
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INDIANAPOLIS – There are countless stories about players who showed up at the NFL scouting combine and wowed scouts enough to send their draft stock soaring. Sometimes it was the beginning of their journey to stardom. Sometimes they proved to be "workout warriors" who didn’t actually work out.But every year, some player gets the NFL talking, either with a record-breaking performance or one that unexpectedly comes close. Here’s a look back at some of the best and most memorable combine performances of the last 25 years: 10. Jordan Davis, 2022 Davis was a mountain of a man at 6-foot-6 and 341 pounds and clearly the best, run-stuffing nose tackle in the draft. Everyone knew the Georgia product was athletic, but what he did in the 40-yard dash was just freakish. He ran a 4.78, beating the times of some prospects who weighed 100 pounds less than he did. NFL scouts were amazed – "It's still crazy that a guy that big could run like that," a scout told me. And Davis did more than just run. He had a 32-inch vertical leap and recorded a 10-foot, 3-inch broad jump, which were big parts of why the Eagles took him with the 13th overall pick in the draft. 9. Pat O’Donnell, 2014 Don’t ever say punters aren’t athletes – or at least don’t say it to O’Donnell, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound punter out of Miami who took his combine by storm. O'Donnell did most of the drills, which was unusual for any specialist, and was outstanding in all of them. He ran a 4.64 in the 40, had a standing long jump of 10 feet, and put up 23 reps on the bench press. That last feat of strength was the most impressive for the eventual sixth-round pick (by the Chicago Bears), because it was more than 19 running backs, 21 defensive linemen, and every one of the 37 wide receivers at the combine. It was also two more reps than Jadeveon Clowney put up that year, and he ended up being taken with the first overall pick. 8. DK Metcalf, 2019 A few weeks before the combine, the Ole Miss receiver was caught in a jaw-droppin
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