2026 NFL Combine

scott99 · Feb 28, 2026

Hurst is one of my favorites, Lance is interesting, and ya gotta love Stribling.

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

manxman2601 said:
WR 40s Group 2

Ted Hurst, Georgia St. - 4.42
Caullin Lacy, Lou - 4.59
Bryce Lance, N Dakota St - 4.34 (serious athlete!)
Ja'Kobi Lane, USC - 4.48 (good time)
Kendrick Law, Kentucky - 4.46
Eric Rivers, Georgia St - 4.37
Chase Roberts, BYU - 4.65
De'Zhaun Stribling, Ole Miss - 4.39 (Oh yeah baby!)

Seems a few folks here were down on Lance from memory.
Dude is big, fast and can jump out of the gym.

scott99 · Feb 28, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
Seems a few folks here were down on Lance from memory.
Dude is big, fast and can jump out of the gym.

They are down on him just by association.

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

Stibling ran much faster than I thought he would, hmmm

manxman2601 · Feb 28, 2026

J Michael Sturdivant, Fla - 4.41
Carnell Tate, Ohio St - 4.54
Zavion Thomas, LSU - 4.28
Brenen Thompson, Miss St - 4.26 (1.49 split. Excellent but am slighlty disappointed).
Reggie Virgil, TTU - 4.58
Harrison Wallace III, Ole Miss - 4.57
Jalen Walthall, Incarnate Word - 4.58
Kaden Wetjen, iowa - 4.48
Antonio Williams, Clemson - 4.42
Colbie Young, Georgia - 4.49

manxman2601 · Feb 28, 2026

scott99 said:
and ya gotta love Stribling.

I do.

mayoclinic · Feb 28, 2026

X: Chris Bell, Ted Hurst, Jeff Caldwell, Reggie Vorgil, Josh Cameron

Z: (Omar Cooper), Antonio Williams, Skyler Bell, DeZhaun Stribling

Slot/Gadget: Zachariah Branch, Deion Burks, Kendrick Law, Cyrus Allen

mayoclinic · Feb 28, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
Seems a few folks here were down on Lance from memory.
Dude is big, fast and can jump out of the gym.

Criticism of him was he was slow in and out of his breaks.

Will need to re-assess.

scott99 · Feb 28, 2026

I was just watching Brennan Thompson highlights yesterday, 4.26 is insane.

manxman2601 · Feb 28, 2026

Stribling improves to 4.37

This is worth a:

manxman2601 · Feb 28, 2026

scott99 said:
I was just watching Brennan Thompson highlights yesterday, 4.26 is insane.

He makes every DB look slow doesn't he?

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Stribling improves to 4.37

This is worth a:

Seriously surprised/impressed.
I thought he was a 4.5 guy at best.

scott99 · Feb 28, 2026

manxman2601 said:
J Michael Sturdivant, Fla - 4.41
Carnell Tate, Ohio St - 4.54
Zavion Thomas, LSU - 4.28
Brenen Thompson, Miss St - 4.26 (1.49 split. Excellent but am slighlty disappointed).
Reggie Virgil, TTU - 4.58
Harrison Wallace III, Ole Miss - 4.57
Jalen Walthall, Incarnate Word - 4.58
Kaden Wetjen, iowa - 4.48
Antonio Williams, Clemson - 4.42
Colbie Young, Georgia - 4.49

I wonder if Carnell Tate drops a little now, Zavion Thomas, a 4.28, wow. Wetjen is a great returner.

I know the 40 isn’t the best all, end all, but a little disappointed in Tate’s 40. That being said, JSN ran a 4.52, and still became a great receiver, Tate looks like a great receiver, so let’s see.

mayoclinic · Feb 28, 2026

I thought maybe 4.42 for Stribling.

He plays fast, didn't think he would test quite that fast.

Skyler Bell, Antonio Williams and Stribling all good options as long-term Diggs successors.

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

scott99 said:
I wonder if Carnell Tate drops a little now, Zavion Thomas, a 4.28, wow. Wetjen is a great returner.

I know the 40 isn’t the best all, end all, but a little disappointed in Tate’s 40. That being said, JSN ran a 4.52, and still became a great receiver, Tate looks like a great receiver, so let’s see.

I don't see Tate's time changing anything.

manxman2601 · Feb 28, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
Seriously surprised/impressed.
I thought he was a 4.5 guy at best.

Watch his Georgia game (the first one). He looked faster than that. Like Mayo, I was low to mid 4.4s.

dliverey44 · Feb 28, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Watch his Georgia game (the first one). He looked faster than that. Like Mayo, I was low to mid 4.4s.

One of the reasons that I do not put much faith in the 40 (it is fun I admit) is that several players are looking down constantly or close their eyes for the 1st 10 yds. Not a realistic thing for football

The combine is fun and I watch it most years, but I wish they ran the 40 starting from a 2 pt stance

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

dliverey44 said:
One of the reasons that I do not put much faith in the 40 (it is fun I admit) is that several players are looking down constantly or close their eyes for the 1st 10 yds. Not a realistic thing for football

The combine is fun and I watch it most years, but I wish they ran the 40 starting from a 2 pt stance

Agreed.
Fun and gives us something to talk about, but it really doesn't mean much when determining if a WR will be successful or not.
JSN and Puka were the 2 receiving leaders this year and arguable the two best WRs in the NFL.
Puka ran a 4.57 and JSN was just under 4.5.

dliverey44 · Feb 28, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
Agreed.
Fun and gives us something to talk about, but it really doesn't mean much when determining if a WR will be successful or not.
JSN and Puka were the 2 receiving leaders this year and arguable the two best WRs in the NFL.
Puka ran a 4.57 and JSN was just under 4.5.

And what makes that more funny is that it can sometimes positively/negatively impact their draft stock. I may not be remembering this correctly but leading up to the Aquan Bolden draft he was talked about as a 1st round pick and he ended up going in the 50s-60s after he ran a 4.7. I don't think it always has that big of an impact.

DoubleDeluxe · Feb 28, 2026

dliverey44 said:
And what makes that more funny is that it can sometimes positively/negatively impact their draft stock. I may not be remembering this correctly but leading up to the Aquan Bolden draft he was talked about as a 1st round pick and he ended up going in the 50s-60s after he ran a 4.7. I don't think it always has that big of an impact.

Yup.
I've played several sports my whole life.
I played against lots of fast guys that were...fast and that's it.
I played against a lot of "not fast" guys that were much harder to defend.
I understand if we're talking about small school prospects who lack playing against top tier competition, but if a 4.5 guy can consistently get open and make plays in the power conferences, it's pretty ridiculous to write them off being able to it in the NFL.

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