NFL Combine - Day 1: Barkley stars in testing
Throughout the combine, theScore brings you all the results, reaction, and breaking stories as they happen.
What: 2018 NFL Scouting Combine
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
When: March 2-5
TV: NFL Network
Streaming: NFL.com
- Day 1: RB, OL, PK, ST workouts
- Day 2: Allen airs it out, Griffin pumps major iron
- Day 3: Griffin runs fastest 40 time for an LB
- Day 4: Lightning-quick DBs take their shot at 40 record
Day 1
Barkley continues to shine
What can't Saquon Barkley do? The consensus top running back in the draft was a beast on the bench press, knocking out 29 reps, and followed it up by showing off his 41-inch vertical and spectacular speed in the 40.
Watch: Barkley throws down electric 4.40 official time in 40-yard dash
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback. Period.
Lamar Jackson, one of the nation's best college quarterbacks for the past two seasons, reportedly had several NFL teams asking him to work out as a receiver at the combine. However, Jackson denied those rumors Friday, stating plainly that he will be a quarterback.
The former Heisman winner is confident enough in his game film that he has also chosen to not run the 40-yard dash.
Read: Lamar Jackson should dismiss any team that asks him to work out as WR
Wide receivers complete bench press
The wide receivers wrapped up the bench press Friday evening, with a few notable names near the top of the leaderboard.
Read: Ka'Raun White, Christian Kirk among combine WR bench press leaders
Is Baker the man to lift Browns' curse?
Well, he certainly thinks so. Baker Mayfield was his usual confident self at Friday's combine press conference, proclaiming he could turn around the lowly Cleveland Browns if they were to select him at the top of the draft.
Read: Mayfield: If anyone's going to turn Browns around, it's me
Orlando Brown having a rough combine
Oklahoma tackle Orlando Brown made the early headlines on the first day of the combine, for all the wrong reasons. He pushed out just 14 reps on the bench press and was even less impressive in the 40-yard dash, with the fifth-slowest time at the combine since 2003.
Context on Orlando Brown's Combine, per @pfref's combine database:
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) March 2, 2018
19.5" vertical (would be worst of any player ever drafted)
82" broad jump (also would be worst ever drafted)
5.85 40 (2nd-worst, the other was a 7th-rounder in 2001)
14 bench reps (tied for 4th-worst amongst OLs)
Watch: Longest. 40. Ever.
Guice: 'I'm going to give your defense hell'
Derrius Guice has a word of caution for prospective NFL franchises: Don't pass him over. The LSU running back promises to make life "hell" for the teams that pass on him in the upcoming draft.
Read: Guice vows revenge on teams that pass him over in draft
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