BATON ROUGE, La. — The 10 former LSU football players who represented the Tigers at this week’s NFL Combine have finished their on-field drills.
So while NFL executives spend the next couple of months poring over the tape to evaluate these performances, let’s use our time to gawk at the most impressive feats.
Here’s a complete breakdown of all the LSU football performances at the NFL Combine, complete with video where available.
The 40-yard dashes
Cornerback Tre’Davious White, thought by many to be a potential first-round pick, ran the fastest 40-yard dash of any LSU Tiger with a 4.47 second run on his first heat.
.@TreWhite16‘s 1st 40 at the @NFL Combine: 4.47u
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White followed that mark up with a 4.55 second run on his next try.
Coincidentally, White’s slower try was one one-hundredth of a second faster than both of safety Jamal Adams, who posted two runs at 4.56 seconds.
.@TheAdams_era‘s 2nd 40 at the @NFL Combine was the same as his 1st: 4.56u
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The defensive backs weren’t the only players running in the 4.50 range. Running back Leonard Fournette and wide receivers Malachi Dupre and Travin Dural all timed out in a similar range. Fournette ran a 4.51 second 40-yard dash, the fastest time of any player weighing 240 pounds or more in NFL Combine history.
.@_fournette‘s 1st 40-yard dash at the @NFL Combine: 4.51 at 240 lbs.
Watch: https://t.co/2o684lp7Sp
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Dupre and Dural went 4.52 and 4.57 respectively on their official times.
.@MalachiDupre‘s 1st 40 at the @NFL Combine: 4.53u
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.@travindural‘s 1st 40 at the @NFL Combine: 4.58
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Also in the same range, somewhat amazingly, was linebacker Duke Riley. Riley ran just about the same speed as Dural, posting an official time of 4.58 seconds. Among linebackers, only Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers ran a faster official 40 time, and Peppers considers himself a safety more than a linebacker.
ICYMI: Here’s @1Goal1Dream‘s 1st 40, officially adjusted to 4.58 at the @NFL Combine. #NFLSU pic.twitter.com/3cOxEu2d9d
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) March 6, 2017
Rounding out the 40 times, linebacker Tashawn Bower ran a 4.82 second time…
.@TashawnBower 2nd 40 at the @NFL Combine: 4.82u
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… defensive tackle Davon Godchaux ran at 5.27 seconds…
.@dgodch1‘s 1st 40 at the @NFL Combine: 5.27u
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… and center Ethan Pocic posted a time of 5.17 seconds.
.@EthanPocic‘s 2nd 40-yard dash at the @NFL Combine: 5.17
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Linebacker Kendell Beckwith didn’t run a 40-yard dash as he’s still rehabbing from the torn ACL he suffered last season versus Florida.
Individual Accolades
The 40-yard dash might be the most exciting event, but it’s not the only event at the NFL Combine. Here are some of the best individual drills performances turned out by LSU football alums this week.
- Malachi Dupre’s vertical leap measured at 39.5 inches, the third best among wide receivers. Only Texas A&M and New Orleans product Speedy Noil and Georgia State’s Robert Davis outjumped him. Dupre also posted the second longest long jump (135 inches) among receivers, behind only Davis.
- Tashawn Bower’s time of 11.77 seconds in the 60-yard shuttle ranked third among all defensive linemen.
- As previously mentioned, Riley posted the second-best 40-yard dash time among linebackers. He also had the fifth-best 3-cone drill time and the fourth-best 20-yard shuttle.
Full LSU football statistical breakdowns
Follow these links below for full breakdowns of all the times, measurements and analyses NFL Network had for each of LSU football’s 10 combine participants.