Here are 10 workout warriors (in alphabetical order)who impressed those holding the stopwatches, measuring tapes and clipboards. on the bench press. All college football prospects will have a chance to turn their dreams into reality over the course of the week. The closest . The NFL Combine swapped equipment in 2006, and the 40-yard dash wasnt electronically timed until 1999. Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson was a childhood hero of millions, including Jon Bois and Bomani Jones. But Prime Time didnt stop running once he hit the finish line; Sanders ran out of the building to a limousine waiting to take him to the airport. Hes going to out slow some people but I like his game. Ahead are the following records for every drill in combine history. The 60-yard shuttle is an agility drill, but it's also a drill that requires a certain amount of stamina. We're so much more educated on this CTE stuff (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), there's no way I would ever allow my kids to play football today. Poe ran the 40 in under five seconds (4.98) at nearly 350 pounds. The scout said that he could be one of the all-time greats barring any injuries. As he caught the ball at full tilt, Jackson looked up and ran three steps along the wall, to avoid impact and the risk of injury from the fence. 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Fans without access to cable can stream the event live on FuboTV. I don't know if you remember those Panini sticker albums, but basically you bought these player stickers in packs like you would buy sports cards, and you would fill your album with them. 1 overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1986); Seventh round (No. Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is the only athlete to be named an All-Star in both the NFL and MLB. Like Hall of Fame hitter/fighter pilot Ted Williams, or inventor/Founding Father/100 other things Ben Franklin. . In order to make this list, you have to look at overall performance. After all, this unit only allowed a 54.3 completion percentage last year and collected 22 picks. I had no idea he even played football. This was a chopper to the right side. As incredible as he was, nothing has happened as either of us has gotten older to make me think any less of him. He kept his vow and opted to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals, the defending World Series champions, which drafted him in the fourth round, 105th overall, in the 1986 amateur draft. Asking Google how much Bo Jackson was able to bench press. Initially, Jackson stated he would continue to focus on baseball and would not sign, but his interest was piqued when he learned Raiders owner Al Davis was a fan of Jackson and receptive to Jackson playing both baseball and football. 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. [64], Working with his brand Promise Nutraceuticals, Jackson announced a line of CBD products called Hero Brand CBD in November 2021.[65]. "[38], Jackson's collegiate baseball coach, Hal Baird, told the Tampa Bay Times that no one from either camp mentioned the trip to him, and feared the worst when Jackson told him that the trip had been paid for. The ultimate two-sport star, Bo Jackson split time between the Raiders and Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals. 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. Auburn responded as Al Del Greco made a 23-yard field goal to make it a 2217 score in the 4th quarter. [19], While at McAdory High School, Jackson competed as a sprinter, hurdler, jumper, thrower and decathlete. Kasper produced more as a return specialist than anywhere else and didn't contribute much on offensebut his quickness is legendary. The NFL Combine is a unique event in the world of football, and it can help a prospects draft stock tremendously. He sold teams back then with a terrific interview, mechanics that were fine-tuned just for the Combine and his natural strength and athleticism. The event began after a series of tornadoes devastated Alabama on April 27, 2011. I lived in Kansas City during Bo's years as a Royal. 23 overall pick for Oakland. Paea is the NFL combine bench press king. 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. [20], Jackson qualified for the NCAA nationals in the 100-meter dash in his freshman and sophomore years. Losers: In the top of the first inning, he caught Pedro Guerrero's two-out line drive to left-center field to save two runs. It's not like he was able to parlay the former skill set into the latter. This same man's 40 time at the NFL Combine was clocked at 4.12. While perfect pushups, chin-ups, sit-ups, and sprints formed the core of Walker's workout, they were hardly the only exercises he did. But Prime Time didnt stop running once he hit the finish line; Sanders ran out of the building to a limousine waiting to take him to the airport.9. Wade Boggs followed with his own home run, making them the first pair in All-Star history to lead off the first inning with back-to-back home runs. At 6-foot-5, 290 pounds with 11 1/8 hands and 34 arms, Watt ran a 4.84 in the 40, soared for a 37 vertical and 10 broad jump, and threw up a long-armed 34 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. . The only believable reading a stopwatch could have for Bo would have been "get the f*** outta here." Johnson made jaws dropwith a 4.35-second 40-yard dash at 6-3, 239 pounds. He broke the old record, set by cornerback Sedrick Curry out of Texas A&M (2000), by just 0.03 seconds. We get so accustomed to seeing receivers and defensive backs do it that a 4.89 time doesnt move the meter. For athletes, in general, this is very hard to do. Giants to Release Wide Receiver Kenny Golladay. Bo knows weight lifting. An NFL Combine performance can have a big effect on a players draft stock, and Williams used his numbers to go from a borderline first-round pick to a top-five selection. Unheralded Jeff Maehl out of Oregon holds the current record of 6.42 seconds, which he set in 2011, as noted by Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian. This was part of one of the most epic workout ever recorded. At 233 pounds, we knew he could be a special player, but his test results surprised even his biggest supporters. Herschel did different bodyweight exercises like squats and dips, loaded hay and performed other chores around the . You know what's really fun? 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. That said, Bo Jackson has the best verifiable time at a combine with his 4.12-second clocking at the Louisiana Superdome in 1986. Does Bo Jackson have the fastest 40 yard dash? Not surprising, the Raiders took him earlier than most thought, in the fourth round at No. First Name: . His 4.12-second time is said to be the fastest ever recorded. In his last football game, the playoff victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in January 1991, Jackson suffered a dislocated hip following a tackle. At 227 pounds, he ran a 4.38 40-yard dash (the fastest speed for a linebacker in the history of the Combine) and put up 20 reps on the bench press with a prosthetic attached to his arm. Donald was a fast-rising prospect in the time between when he collected the 2013 Outland Trophy and became a first-round draft pick. If Watkins wants to solidify himself as a clear-cut No. Alright, I just caught this image of Bo Jackson announcing his retirement from baseball and football in 1989, explaining that "American Gladiators looks awesome, I'm gonna go do that." 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]. I like what Ive seen from him in college.. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Scouts judge the bench press drill by the reps an athlete can do. . 2017 draft: First round (No. After all these years, Mamula remains the go-to cautionary tale of the Combine. The New York Giants hope Saquon Barkley can get back to form this season, but for now, they can reminisce about his 2018 Combine performance. I was devastated when the Royals let him go, in part because it was the first time I had ever seen a favorite athlete walk away from my team. . 1 pick, shows up in the minor leagues as raw as any player, and becomes an All-Star game starter just three years later? None of them have any business doing some of the things they do athletically, especially when they weigh over 300 pounds. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. The pro sports legend, now a successful businessman, talks strength feats, cycling, and pork. 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. His speech was centered on the benefits of stepping out of one's comfort zone. 21) at his new position. Inside Lucas Oil Stadium, Watt put on a performance that would offer a glimpse of what would eventually transpire in the NFL. In hindsight, the numbers that Watt put up at the Combine were a window into his dominant Defensive Player of the Year future. 25 overall to the Broncos, couldn't quite put it together as a polished passer in the NFL. A 4.34 40-yard dash, 4.25 short shuttle, 38.5-inch vertical, and 11.3 broad jump reminded teams they needed to take him as soon as possible. We're thankful he chose to run at the Combine, because everyone's still trying to catch up to him after he blazed a 4.2-second 40-yard dash. Others, not so much. You need to be able to sustain your effort. That's right -- Bo did something only replicated, in my memory, by a guy whose only job in life was to be fast. Those figures, according to NFL Research, made him faster than Devin Hester (4.43 40), quicker than DeSean Jackson (1.55 10-yard split), stronger than Joe Thomas (28 reps on the bench), and meant he jumped higher than Julio Jones (38.5-inch vertical). [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). 1 overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers . A hand-timed 4.2 40-yard dash still sticks to his name. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Finished o. Alontae Taylor, D'Marco Jackson, and Jordan Jackson in the 2022 NFL Draft . Jackson played two seasons appearing in 23 games in 1991 and 85 games in 1993. The 221 yards was a single-game record for the Raiders at the time. The NFL is an ever-evolving league in which incoming players continue to show up bigger, stronger and faster than their predecessors, and it's always fascinating to see if new records will be broken at the NFL Scouting Combine. Stories are still told and mostly embellished about his speed. And before we even get to discussing his precision, skill, and understanding of the sports he played: might he have been the most well-rounded, physically able human being we know about? 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. At his peak, Heyward-Bey was running 23.4 miles per hour. [48] He would be forced to retire from football, and was then cut by the Royals in spring training. How these prospects perform in tests of speed, strength and agility can have a profound impact on where they land in the draft. He had a minor shoulder injury in the beginning of his collegiate football career, which didn't cause him issues in the long term. At 250 pounds, Davis ran a 4.38-second 40 and had a 42-inch vertical, and his draft stock sprinted to near the top of the 2006 class. NFL Scouting Combine and Pro Day scores, percentiles and metrics for Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville. Poe was running 16.7 miles per hour during that dash, making him the first man over 340 pounds to run under 4.90. Bo Jackson: Stuff of legend. He was a two-time state champion in the decathlon. His 49 reps of 225 pounds has yet to be surpassed. It was one of the best NFL Combine performances ever, mostly based on Sanders swagger and confidence. A 1991 hip injury on the field ended his football career, and his baseball career ended in 1994. 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. At Auburn, he proved to be a tremendous athlete in both baseball and football. The bench press at the NFL Combine is a test of muscle strength and endurance. NFL Combine Records: 40-Yard Dash. And yes, there is definitely some sort of tall-tale phenomenon going on. In short, strength and power is certainly a good thing to potentially develop as a pro football player, although much more is needed from other attributes as well. He went undrafted, which goes to show that the fastest and most electric do not always pan out. I wanted to be like Bo Jackson because, in myriad arenas, I was fascinated by the idea of doing everything. At the 2012 combine, Fleming blazed through the 60-yard shuttle for a time of 10.75 seconds, per NFL.com. 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. Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and football player. MORE NFL COMBINE:Full 2019 schedule | All-time records. There were times when Bo was able to rely purely on his raw athleticism. Nothing projects a football player's ability to perform at the highest professional level quite likeacone-to-cone sprint inhis underwear. NFL Combine Bench Press Record. Jackson's 221 yards on November 30, 1987, just 29 days after his first NFL carry, is still a Monday Night Football record. In eleven games, with nine starts, Jackson rushed for a total of 950 yards with a 5.5 yards per carry average and four touchdowns. 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." 11 overall), Houston Texans. Curry bolted to 6.34 seconds in the 3-cone drill at the 2000 combine, p. Here, they discuss what they loved, and still love, about the greatest athlete of the 20th century. Two combine participants tied for the 11'5" mark at the NFL combine. Receivers such as Calvin Johnson, A.J. You can only hope they remembered Randy Moss at Lambeau on Monday night in 1998, and then explain it was like that except accompanied by superhuman strength. His 4.41 40-yard dash alone would have made him a first-round pick at a number of other positions. Is Bo Jackson the greatest athlete ever? 1 day agoJackson whose rare success in both the NFL and Major League Baseball made him one of the greatest and most marketable athletes of the 1980s and 1990s told The Associated Press on Wednesday that. In fact, some of the names will surprise you. On Gamepass Games Insights Key Leave Live . 2022 NFL . Info; Stats . Pat O'Donnell: Most athletic punter ever? . Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis 2012While the Heisman Trophy-winning RG3 was a high-profile, pretty boy quarterback looking like a million bucks in Indy, Poe was a relative unknown fat boy nose tackle making himself who knows how many millions with his effort at the Combine. Vinnie Iyer is an NFL writer at The Sporting News. The 2018 NFL Draft is still two months away but the process begins in earnest for those hoping to play on Sundays with the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis set for Feb. 27-March 5. Best NFL Combine Performances of All Time, NFL Combine Records: 40 Times, Bench Press, Vertical Jump, and More. In April 2012, Jackson participated in Bo Bikes Bama, a five-day, 300-mile gran fondo in support of victims of the tornado outbreak in Alabama. [58] Jackson also made his first appearance in the modern Madden series, Madden 15 and Madden 16. Paea is the NFL combine bench press king. Please logout and login again. Step aside Arne Tvervaag. Poe became the No. NFL Combine: 16 best performances in Combine history. Bo Jackson and the 4.16 40-Yard-Dash. The bench press weight at the scouting combine is 225lbs. . And she said, "no, he plays football too.". The time-out wasn't granted, but Jackson recovered to swing and hit the pitch over the left-field wall for a home run despite taking one hand off the bat at the beginning of the at bat. 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. Here are the next fastest 40-Yard Dash times recorded at the Combine. Post-career Bo is just as impressive to me as the athletic superhero. But when I can, I'm better for it, because 1987-1990 Bo Jackson offers plenty of treasures. Three years later, Poe became the heaviest player in NFL history to score a touchdown. As a footballer, Jackson earned $7.4 million every year. If anything, it confirmed what we all knew. Jackson made an appearance in the 2004 video game NFL Street 2. He appeared to be on a breakthrough season in 2019, compiling more receiving yards in the first two games than in his previous two seasons. 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. In decathlon, he reached 8340 points. Unfortunately, Curry's athleticism and college talent never transitioned into pro football. Electronic timing began in 1999 for the 40-yard dash, so any times before were not considered for the record books. Thats the only way to describe Vernon Davis. He and his massive frame . His fourth came off of Randy Johnson after hitting his first three before a stint on the disabled list. In the film You Don't Know Bo, Jackson claimed that when he realized his injury on the field, he popped his hip back into the socket, which damaged the blood vessels supplying blood to the hip. At 64, 315 pounds, he ran a 4.81 40-yard dash, which isnt common for players over 300 pounds. NFL Combine records: Top 40 times, bench press reps, more, Recallingcrazy Combine interview questions. That dominance started in the NFL Combine. 9 overall), Cincinnati Bengals. Draft: First round (No. The other thing that impresses me about Bo that gets forgotten is the work he put in to improve his speech and overcome his stuttering problem. Twenty-six years later, that still remains the Combine record for any player at any position. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Bench Press: (N/A) reps (225 lb) Vertical Leap: (N/A) inches: Height: 74.25 inches: Weight: 216 lbs: [63], Bo Jackson's number 34 jerseys are still sold by the Las Vegas Raiders. 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. Bo knows explosiveness, and before the days of full-on media coverage and superior timing technology, Jackson reportedly was clocked at a ridiculous 4.12 seconds in the 40-yard dash. The most recent player to post an exact 4.3 at the combine was Darrius Heyward-Bey . Eight-year-old me was angry at the Royals, and even though I understand the nature of the business now, I still occasionally find myself looking at his stats, and wondering what would have been. Your login session has expired. During the huddle, Bo convinced Coach Dye to let him go over the top of offensive and defensive lines because he was a seven-foot high jumper in high school and the other team wouldn't be expecting it. 27 overall), Dallas Cowboys. He did a 585 . Skrine, though, was a regular starter in the Cleveland Browns secondary this past season. 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. Sears and Clowney each finished with 17 points. He bolted to a 4.75 40-yard dash at 6-6, 318 pounds, rare for an offensive tackle. [67], On May 9, 2009, Jackson delivered the commencement speech at Auburn University's graduation ceremony. At least everything that mattered to me then. But every time you'd see an interview with him after his career, he sounded like he couldn't be more comfortable. [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. I didn't know you could do that, and I remember reasoning that they just let him do it because he was Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson, byname of Vincent Edward Jackson, (born November 30, 1962, Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.), American athlete who starred for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) during his short but storied professional career and who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around athletes in history. That tied Buster Skrine's 2011 mark, which beat the old record by 0.12 seconds. He had to develop those independently. Not only did he run a best of 10.44 in the 100 meters at 6-1, 225 pounds, he also twice qualified for the NCAA indoor 60-yard dash while at Auburn (his 6.18 60 yard dash run in 1983 is still in the Auburn record books). [26] Then he led off the bottom of the firsthis first All-Star plate appearancewith a monstrous 448-foot (137m) home run against Rick Reuschel of the San Francisco Giants. [36], During his junior and senior years at Auburn, Jackson transitioned his focus to baseball and became increasingly vocal about his unwillingness to play in the NFL. He never panned out with the Raiders, but his Combine was fun. A time where we watch NFL Draft prospects run as fast as they can, jump as far and high as possible, and crank out bench press reps like theres no tomorrow. [37], A month before the 1986 NFL Draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner and Alabama alum Hugh Culverhouse took him on a private jet to visit with the team and get a physical during his senior baseball season. ustin Ernest of Eastern Kentucky, who put up 51 reps back in 1999. And then you start rooting through message boards, and you start seeing claims of 500 pounds, 550 pounds. Current New England Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins blew the hinges off of this event last year when he jumped 11'7" to smash the old record by two inches. Barkley's numbers were stunning on Friday, including a 41-inch vertical jump, 29 reps on the bench press (tied for the lead alongside Georgia's Nick Chubb) and a 4.4 40-yard dash, second only . 6 overall), San Francisco 49ers. At the time, NFL Network analyst Sterling Sharpe liked what he saw from the diminutive receiver. He endorsed Nike and was involved in a popular ad campaign called "Bo Knows" which envisioned Jackson attempting to take up a litany of other sports, including tennis, golf, luge, auto racing, ice hockey, and playing blues music with Bo Diddley, who scolded Jackson by telling him, "You don't know Diddley!

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