1 receiver among his peers. [11] In 1986, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker.[15]. @PAEA_90 (via @nflthrowback) : 2020 #NFLCombine starts February 27 on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/Khv9VBROxT, 2006 draft: First round (No. Jackson's athletic career was affected by an injury to his left hip. While perfect pushups, chin-ups, sit-ups, and sprints formed the core of Walker's workout, they were hardly the only exercises he did. He still tied with Barkley for 29 bench press reps, and he added a respectable 4.52 40-yard dash, a 10'8 broad jump, and a 38.5 vertical to round out his fine performance. Player Info. 4.3 "That guy has 4.3 speed." We've all heard that before. 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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NFL scouting combine: 10 most head-turning performances, Sign up for our NFL newsletter for exclusive content, NFL scouting combine: 10 most head-turning performances. I dont want to say a specific time (in the 40). Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 2012The fastest quarterback in Combine history faster than uber athlete Cam Newton and draft classmate Andrew Luck RG3 was a track star on the fast track to NFL and commercial superstardom, with a blistering 4.41 in the 40-yard dash to go along with a dunk contest-worthy 39 vertical.6. Along similar lines, Dye told the Times that once Jackson concluded that the Tampa Bay trip was "a tactical move", it ended any chance of him ever playing for the Buccaneers. Agility, quickness and the ability to change direction in a hurry are the key elements tested in the three-cone drill, so it's not surprising that the top performers in this event are usually slot receivers and man-to-man cover corners. 40-Yard Dash. At 6-4, 258 pounds, Mamula'straining for the event paid off with a 4.58 40-yard dash, a 38.5-inch vertical, a 10-foot 5-inch broad jump and 28 bench press reps. What put everything over the top was his studying, which resulted in a score of 49 out of 50 on the Wonderlic. The Jaguars thought he could play wide receiver. 106 overall. 183 overall), Los Angeles Raiders (1987). He also made a 91-yard run in the 2nd quarter, to the outside, untouched down the sideline. [29], Before Royals games, Jackson used to shoot at a target with a bow and arrow in the Royals clubhouse. Can you blame Al Davis, though? Nearly everyone had the Alabama wide receiver listed as a top-10 pick, and the Combine proved why. A hand-timed 4.2 40-yard dash still sticks to his name. Unfortunately, in his six years in the league with Philadelphia, he didn't play up to his Combine performance and recorded just 31.5 career sacks. )[53], Called "the greatest athlete in video game history",[54] Jackson's digital counterpart was nicknamed by fans "Tecmo Bo" since being featured in the 1991 video game Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System, where he is all but untacklable. In addition to this, Davis gave Jackson the highest salary of any non-quarterback player in NFL history, and Jackson would receive a reported $500,000 signing bonus plus another $500,000 if he returned the following year in 1988.[42][43]. Green and Andre Johnson and have set a high standard for No. [19], While at McAdory High School, Jackson competed as a sprinter, hurdler, jumper, thrower and decathlete. Jackson turned down the Buccaneers' $7.6 million, five-year contract in favor of a $1.07 million, three-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, and the Buccaneers forfeited his rights before the 1987 draft. In other words, this event is an opportunity to really display one's supreme athletic talent regardless of draft status. Donald was a fast-rising prospect in the time between when he collected the 2013 Outland Trophy and became a first-round draft pick. [13], In 1983, as a sophomore, Jackson rushed for 1,213 yards on 158 carries, for an average of 7.7 yards per carry, which was the second-best single-season average in SEC history (minimum 100 rushes). . Especially, I think, for us, because we were kids when Bo was playing (I was 8 years old when he broke his hip). Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is the only athlete to be named an All-Star in both the NFL and MLB. The Pitt product did not take part in the bench press. Download. Linemen are the athletes you need to watch closely. The five-day gran fondo was a one-time event and has become an annual[72] maximum single-day gran fondo lasting approximately 62 miles. Bo Jackson. With the potential to develop into a greater contributing role, Fleming undoubtedly has the athleticism to impact for the Cardinals secondary. #BoKnows. Jackson responded by running over Bosworth on his way to a touchdown near the goal line. His 49 reps of 225 pounds has yet to be surpassed. 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. Whether and how much the Combine's events matter is up for constant debate, but we doubt Byron Jones would have been drafted in the first round in 2015, for example,without his Combine world-recordbroad jump. Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina 2014The ghost of Gholston haunts every team leery of every physical freak at the Combine. Jackson's 1989 season was his best in the league. We just got an all-too-real reminder of how difficult it can be for former football players to transition into being regular people. We're celebrating him simply because he's the greatest athlete we've ever seen. He also appeared in an episode of the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in which he plays a basketball game with Clark Kent/Superman. He did a 585 . "I got to know my family," he said, "That looks better to me than any $10 million contract. And his 4.27-second 20-yard shuttle signified his best performance of the day, as it ranked eighth in Jackson's position group. We wouldn't believe it, but then we remember Jackson blowing into the tunnel for the Raiders on "Monday Night Football" and scaling walls to make catches for the Royals. Jackson believes that the failure to obtain NCAA approval was deliberate and was intended by the Buccaneers to get him to play football instead of baseball. In June 1982, Jackson was selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft, but he instead chose to attend Auburn University on a football scholarship because he promised his mother he would be the first in the family to go to a major college. He's using his explosive athleticism to develop into a dangerous pass-rusher for the Patriots, and he was the team's best defender during the 2014 playoffs. But you're absolutely right. NFL Combine Bench Press Record. Info; Stats . The NFL Combine returns in 2022 after taking a year off -- in celebration, let's look at the best NFL Combine performances of all time. I ran up to my mom and said, "look, they messed up!" The 2023 NFL Combine will commence on Monday, February 27, and run through March 6. . He said he can max bench press 500 pounds, squat 650 and dead lift 630. . He recently retired from the game of football but was a productive player during his career. UCLA tight end Greg Dulcich was solid in the 40 as well as during the bench press, but . 2022 NFL Scouting Combine. [73], In a 2017 interview with USA Today, Jackson said he never would have played football if he had known the health risks associated with it. Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma 2013A high school quarterback turned college tight end turned NFL top-5 pick offensive tackle, Johnson took an unorthodox route to the league. Here are players who had dominant NFL scouting combine efforts, and saw their draft stock improve as a result. Draft: First round (No. Starks was picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars two years later, also in Round 3, but had even less of an impact compared to what Fargas brought to Oakland. 11 overall pick for the Chiefs by going crazy big man at the Combine. For athletes, in general, this is very hard to do. [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. 13 overall), St. Louis Rams. Well, in 1968, Tveraag did a 12-foot, 2-inch standing long jump. He was also a high-level decathlete in high . Bo Jackson Was a FREAK . Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and football player. [38], Despite this, the Buccaneers selected Jackson with the first overall pick in the 1986 draft. He also posted a 38.5-inch vertical, 106 broad jump, and 4.18-second short shuttle. At the time, NFL Network analyst Sterling Sharpe liked what he saw from the diminutive receiver. "I wish I had known about all of those head injuries, but no one knew that. DRC blew past the cornerback competition by running a 4.29 40-yard dash, and he backed that up with a 37.5-inch vertical. The bench press weight at the scouting combine is 225lbs. I am working on muscles we didnt work on (in college), different stretches, different workouts. While with the White Sox, Jackson promised his mother that once he returned from his hip replacement surgery in 1993, he would hit a home run for her. 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. Matt Jones, QB/WR, Arkansas 2008Another change-of-position guy (albeit with far less success), Jones was a 66, 237-pound quarterback with questionable mental makeup but 4.37 speed in the 40. But having numbers like "4.12" help people our age, because there's no way we can come up with the words to explain how mind-blowing he was. Giants to Release Wide Receiver Kenny Golladay. Jackson is married to Linda, a rehabilitation counselor, and has three children sons Garrett and Nicholas, and a daughter, Morgan. It shouldnt be a surprise to see Trent Williams on this list. NFL Combine: 16 best performances in Combine history. The bench press at the NFL Combine is a test of muscle strength and endurance. Bo Jackson: Stuff of legend. Jackson missed much of his senior season after being ruled ineligible by the NCAA following a visit with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which he believes tried to sabotage his baseball career. I don't even really know when I actually started to care about football. His speech was centered on the benefits of stepping out of one's comfort zone. Poe was running 16.7 miles per hour during that dash, making him the first man over 340 pounds to run under 4.90. He also ran the 100-yard dash in 9.54 seconds. Bench Press. Official NFL combine data only goes back to 2006, so Jackson's unconfirmed 40 time of 4.13 seconds (according to Jackson, though some tales have the time at 4.12) will remain a part of the league's mythology. 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Paea is the NFL combine bench press king. [58] Jackson also made his first appearance in the modern Madden series, Madden 15 and Madden 16. It's the unwritten standard for elite speed. 11 overall), Kansas City Chiefs. Thanks for that. Each year, NFL draft prospects descend on Indianapolis looking to make their case in front of scouts, general managers and coaches. At 304 pounds, Mandarich ran a 4.65 in the 40, exploded for a 30" vertical and 10'3" broad jump, and ripped off 39 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. [28], Jackson's 171 strikeouts in 1989 tied him for 10th most strikeouts in a season for a right-handed batter since 1893. Chris Johnson, RB, East Carolina 2008Before 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. 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