He and his massive frame (6-4, 346 pounds) recorded a 4.98 40-yard dash and a 29.5-inch vertical to go along with a less surprising 44 bench press reps. That's how a player boosts his stock from a non-football powerhouse like Memphis. Jackson was told by the Buccaneers that the trip had been cleared by the NCAA and SEC. Also hand timed, Deion Sanders recorded a 4.19 sec in 1989, though another source has it that he was 'officially' recorded as 4.28 secs on this day. Even better, Paea possesses NFL-level football abilities, and he's developed into an integral player for Chicago over the past three seasons. Watkins will be a spectacle fans should not miss at this year's scouting combine. He has started nine NFL games but has struggled to hold down a roster spot.". This will allow top executives, coaching staff, player personnel departments, and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams to evaluate the 319 college football prospects ahead of the NFL draft. Like J.J. Watt before him, Donald displayed the sort of athleticism at the combine that would help him win defensive player of the year. A good score for a defensive tackle is 36, and the NFL Combine record is 49. Bo was accompanied on this tour by celebrities such as Scottie Pippen, Ken Griffey Jr., Lance Armstrong, and Brett Favre. Twenty-six years later, that still remains the Combine record for any player at any position. Thats a rookie mistake. NFL Combine 45 Reps At 225lbs Bench Press | New Goal 50 for 2018 Heath Evans 01 November 2017. Before joining twin brother Shaquill on the Seahawks as a fourth-round draft pick, Griffin ensured he would be selected that high with a blockbuster Combine, stamped by running the 40-yard dash at 4.38 seconds, blazing fast for a linebacker. I can promise you that. The legend of Bo Jackson grows every year, but arguably one of the most talked-about stories is his 40-yard dash time. When asked if he ran a 4.12 40-yard dash at the 1986 NFL Scouting Combine, the fastest time ever recorded in NFL Combine history and a time that has been rumored from several sources, . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Donald ran a 4.68-second 40 and had 35 bench press reps, both among the best for defensive linemen at that year's combine. Interestingly enough, in an event dominated by receivers and defensive backs, the second-best mark was posted by an outside linebacker. Jackson finished his career at Auburn with 4,575 all-purpose yards and 45 total touchdowns, 43 rushing and 2 receiving, with a 6.6 yards per carry average. The second player at the same combine ran a 4.62, didn't do the bench press, had a 31-inch vertical jump, broad jumped 116 inches, had a 6.75 three-cone drill, and did 20-yard shuttle in 4.08. Thanks for that. In 2013, the bank was acquired by First Community Financial Bank, who retained Jackson as a board member. At the 2017 combine, Ross toppled that time, running a 4.22-second 40. The closest any prospect has come to that total was at the 2012 combine, when Dontari Poe did 44 reps. Stephen Paea with 49 reps on the bench press is still UNREAL. All track . His NFL career has been mostly spent on special teams, but he gave us some memories that we wont forget. Pro Football Network, LLC. I warmed up with 315 lbs x 20 reps . The 221 yards was a single-game record for the Raiders at the time. Bo Jackson's game-wrecking career as a Raider . So Johnson borrowed a pair of spikes from East Carolinas James Pinkney then proceeded to run a blistering 4.32 in the 40.10. Asking Google how much Bo Jackson was able to bench press. At the time, Jackson was 22 years old, and trying to make an even bigger name for himself than he already had in his football career. Today, we take a look at the best NFL Combine performances of all time in this glorified athletic exhibition. He and his massive frame . At the 2012 combine, Fleming blazed through the 60-yard shuttle for a time of 10.75 seconds, per NFL.com. I swear, I couldn't find a Bo Jackson Royals sticker to save my life. RB Bo Jackson | 1982 . NFL Combine 45 Reps At 225lbs Bench Press | New Goal 50 for 2018 5 Years ago Heath Evans. Paea already was an intriguing defensive tackle prospect because of the power he showed with his squatty frame (6-1, 303 pounds) at Oregon State. I've never really lifted weights, but I was blessed to get good genes from my mother and my grandfather. That was the only drill he participated in at the Combine. Thus shattering . The scout also noted that this was his first year playing baseball and he seemed to be a "do it all type of player" and also stated he was "the best pure athlete in America today". How these prospects perform in tests of speed, strength and agility can have a profound impact on where they land in the draft. [51][52], In 1992, the American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest referenced Jackson in their song "Scenario. In truth, it had not, and because the SEC barred athletes from being professional in one sport and amateur in another, he was declared ineligible near the tail end of his senior baseball season. At 304 pounds, Mandarich ran a 4.65 in the 40, exploded for a 30 vertical and 103 broad jump, and ripped off 39 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press.3. Do you buy these numbers? Released around the same time was Bo Jackson Baseball for the NES system and IBM-compatible computers. During his rookie season Fleming collected 23 tackles and defended one pass for Arizona. He said he can max bench press 500 pounds, squat 650 and dead lift 630. . Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and football player. Best NFL Combine Performances of All Time, NFL Combine Records: 40 Times, Bench Press, Vertical Jump, and More. MORE NFL COMBINE:Notable Wonderlic scores from the past, MORE: Recallingcrazy Combine interview questions, MORE: Stars who overcame terribleCombines. 2017 draft: First round (No. It's a miracle squared, I guess. Imagine being so confident in yourself, as a man, that you could have so much ripped from you in a single moment, yet grow and become someone who seems just as happy without it. NFL Combine records: Best vertical jump, bench press, 3-cone drill and scouting combine . Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina 2014The ghost of Gholston haunts every team leery of every physical freak at the Combine. Bench Press: (N/A) reps (225 lb) Vertical Leap: (N/A) inches: Height: 74.25 inches: Weight: 216 lbs: 1 overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Some guys are just unfair. Athletes are asked to lift 225 pounds as many times as . [61] The set featured three colorways based on previously released Nike shoes: the "Bo Knows" Trainer I, Trainer 91 and Medicine Ball Trainer III. We're not celebrating a nice round anniversary of anything Bo Jackson did. 10-28-2015, 11:34 AM #3. stevesmi. In fact, some of the names will surprise you. Sedrick Curry is someone most have never heard ofuntil now. Shortly after the draft, Jackson signed a three-year contract with the Kansas City Royals worth just over $1 million. MORE: Bo Jackson Ran Fastest 40-Yard Dash Ever, According to Leaked Report Related Videos. Fascinatinglyenough, not every record was set by a prospect who was extensively well known. 2011 draft: Second round (No. "I got to know my family," he said, "That looks better to me than any $10 million contract. Justin Ernest of Eastern Kentucky hit 51 reps, according to NFLDraftScout.com, but he went undrafted the following April. His NFL career has been mostly spent on special teams, but he gave us some memories that we won't forget . He followed up his broad jump with an equally impressive vertical jump of 44.5 (third-best at Combine over past 10 years), and subsequently watched his draft stock soar all the way to the latter part of the first round. He dominates it like Wilt Chamberlain dominated basketball, but he also lends legitimacy to the event, and 20 years later, American Gladiators is far more UFC than it is "Double Dare for grown-ups." Bo knows speed and he remains the NFL's fastest manever. Widely regarded as the top wide receiver of his class, Watkins will dominate the 40-yard dash drill to cement his status as the clear-cut No. In two weeks, I can tell I am 10 times more flexible. Years later, Jackson told ESPN that he has long believed the Buccaneers sabotaged his collegiate baseball career "because of the season I was having". Linemen are the athletes you need to watch closely. 2 overall. I would imagine it would be brutal for someone who was as big a star as Bo Jackson. But the Bo Jackson that comes to my mind first wears a Royals uniform. Julio Jones stock might have been the least affected by any of these NFL Combine performances. Jackson sustained an NFL career-ending hip injury from a seemingly routine tackle at the end of a 34-yard run in a playoff game on January 13, 1991, against the Bengals.[44][45][46]. talk about as well. His mark was the best posted in the Combine in the past decade by eight inches. [7] Both times that he was the decathlon state champion, he built up such a commanding points lead before the 1500 meters that he never competed in that event. On fourth down with 2:26 left in the game, Jackson completed the drive by going over the top for a one-yard touchdown run as Auburn (which finished 93 in 1982) pulled off a 2322 victory over Alabama and coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. Perhaps his most notable performance in his rookie season came on Monday Night Football against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 12. [47] While doctors did not find proof that Jackson reset his hip, they did discover that there was a fracture of one of Jackson's hip bones, as well as traumatic chondrolysis (loss of the thin layer of cartilage that lines the ball-and-socket hip joint) and avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue) of the femoral head. They are the NFL Combine performances you don't forget. He bolted to a 4.75 40-yard dash at 6-6, 318 pounds, rare for an offensive tackle. O'Donnell's 40 time of 4.64 seconds was faster than Manziel's time of 4.68. Paea is the NFL combine bench press king. And then one day I rip open a pack of football stickers and there's Bo Jackson. I suppose this is a testament to my inability to process this fact: I put football Bo in my baseball album, next to all the other Royals. Collins' ability to leap across a nearly 12-foot span has translated well to the pro game. Seriously, who turns down the NFL as the No. Jackson can be unlocked as a player in ESPN NFL Football. . Three years later, Poe became the heaviest player in NFL history to score a touchdown. Only 16 days after Jackson was released by the Royals, the Chicago White Sox offered him a three-year deal, guaranteeing $700,000 per season with a performance-based upside of $8.15million over the term. [14], In 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards which was the second-best single-season performance in SEC history. I need people to understand something. Alontae Taylor, D'Marco Jackson, and Jordan Jackson in the 2022 NFL Draft . Jackson signed a 3-year deal with Kansas City Royals worth $850k, including an average salary of $283k and a signing bonus of $100k. 1 overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1986); Seventh round (No. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Raiders and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and California Angels. Given that the Cowboys do field two stud cornerbacks in Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne, it's reasonable to anticipate Sensabaugh producing more in the immediate future. In recent years others like Stephen Paea and Mike Kudla have come close to breaking the record but failed to reach that elusive 51st repetition. John Ross owns the official record, which was set back in 2017. [40][41] A five-year, $7.4 million contract was negotiated where Jackson would be permitted to play the entire baseball season with the Royals and would report to the Raiders once the MLB season was finished even if it meant missing NFL games. While Maehl did go undrafted, he made it onto the Philadelphia Eagles' active roster last season, catching four passes for 67 yards and one touchdown. Jackson rushed for 221 yards that night and two touchdowns. This was a chopper to the right side. Curry bolted to 6.34 seconds in the 3-cone drill at the 2000 combine, p. 1 receivers as their quarterbacks routinely lean on them to complete and win jump balls against their defender. At the 2015 combine, Jones did a 12-foot, 3-inch broad jump, which might be the new all-time mark. At 304 pounds, Mandarich ran a 4.65 in the 40, exploded for a 30 vertical and 103 broad jump, and ripped off 39 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. In the NFL, he played in 38 games with 23 starts and gained 2,782 yards . Before he became CJ2K, the gold-grilled CJ4.24 was the gold standard official record-holder in laser-timed 40-yard sprints, posting a 4.24 and hitting the first-round finish line in-stride. If you didnt follow the UCF Knights story in 2017 (most people didnt until late in the season), you didnt know anything about Shaquem Griffin. Electronic timing began in 1999 for the 40-yard dash, so any times before were not considered for the record books. Scouts judge the bench press drill by the reps an athlete can do. 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The 4 ways this Aaron Rodgers mess can end, The gore, guts and horror of an NFL fumble pile, I understand why Andrew Luck retired, because Ive been in his shoes, 10 unwritten rules to not screw up your NFL jersey number, The never-before-revealed details of the infamous Eli Manning draft-day trade, NFL referee Sarah Thomas doesn't have time for your nonsense. Mamula never looked as good in pads as he did in shorts. . NEVER MISS A SNAP: Sign up for our NFL newsletter for exclusive content, 2015 draft: First round (No. . Bo Jackson: Stuff of legend. After all these years, Mamula remains the go-to cautionary tale of the Combine. His raw physical abilities were one miracle, and then he multiplied that with the second miracle of world-class mastery of sporting disciplines. Hes considered one of the best linemen in the NFL due to his nasty blocking. 183 overall), Los Angeles Raiders . Forget that Tebow, who went No. For athletes, in general, this is very hard to do. 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