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The best way for an NFL Draft prospect to raise his draft stock is with a standout performance at the NFL Scouting Combine. Athleticism is so important at the NFL level, and the NFL Scouting Combine is where prospects show off what they are made of during the pre-draft process.
This year, the Scouting Combine takes place from Feb. 27 to March 2. Every year, players without a lot of hype shoot up draft boards after putting up eye-popping numbers in the combine, and this year will likely be no different. Just last year, Xavier Worthy broke the record for the 40-yard dash with a 4.21 sprint time. The 40-yard dash is perhaps the most famous Scouting Combine event, and the Texas product shot up draft boards and became a first-round pick because of his speed. Worthy even helped the Kansas City Chiefs reach Super Bowl 59 as a rookie, although they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles.
In this article, we are going to look at the best performances ever. Here are the all-time records for every event at the NFL Scouting Combine.
Note* – All records are pulled from NFL.com. Scouting Combine data has been officially tracked since 2006, so there are no times/measurements from before then.
The 40-yard dash is perhaps the most well-known and watched event at the NFL Scouting Combine. It is a straight-line sprint that demonstrates speed and acceleration.
Old school players like Bo Jackson (4.12 in 1986) and Deion Sanders (4.2 in 1989) were notorious for their 40 times, but those times were recorded before electronic timing, so they not only don’t count towards the official record books, and you also have to look at those times with a grain of salt.
Worthy’s record-breaking 40-yard dash time is perhaps the most well-known Scouting Combine record, and John Ross, Chris Johnson, and Dri Archer’s sprint speeds are famous as well.
The bench press is a classic weight-lifting workout. In the NFL Scouting Combine’s version of the event, participants lift as many reps at 225 pounds as they can.
Relative to his peers, Stephen Paea’s record is further ahead of the pack than record holders in any other event. Paea threw up four more reps than the next best bench presser.
The vertical jump...
