Georgia lineman Jordan Davis, at 341 kilos, runs 40-yard sprint in 4.78 seconds at NFL scouting mix

INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia defensive deal with Jordan Davis — all 341 kilos of him — completed the 40-yard sprint in 4.78 seconds on the NFL scouting mix Saturday night time.

Let that sink in.

It was a sight worthy of the ovation it acquired from the a number of thousand followers inside Lucas Oil Stadium to look at the defensive linemen and linebackers undergo their on-field exercises.

Davis, who’s 6-foot-6⅜, may not have to really run a 40-yard dash fairly often in an NFL sport, however he ran it like few others of his measurement ever have on the mix.

The 4.78 clocking was the quickest for any participant over 330 kilos on the mix since 2006 and is believed to be one of many quickest instances for a participant that measurement within the occasion’s historical past.

Davis later had a standing broad soar of 10 toes, three inches, believed to be the document for a participant over 300 kilos.

Former Nebraska defensive deal with Khalil Davis ran a 4.75 40 on the 2020 scouting mix, which was the quickest 40 by a defensive lineman who weighed in at greater than 300 kilos since 2006.

Among the many over-330 membership, solely former Auburn deal with Greg Robinson and former Memphis defensive deal with Dontari Poe had damaged the 5-second mark within the 40 previous to Davis. Robinson ran a 4.92 in 2014 at 332 kilos; Poe, at 346 kilos, clocked 4.98 seconds on the 2012 mix.

Poe additionally did 44 repetitions of 225 kilos within the bench press and had a 34-inch vertical soar — every a staggering quantity for a participant of his measurement.

Jordan Davis, a possible first-round decide in subsequent month’s NFL draft, was a first-team All-SEC choice this previous season and began at the very least eight video games for the Bulldogs in three of his 4 seasons. He additionally had one speeding landing this previous season.

Among the many defensive linemen another notable instances included Michigan‘s Aidan Hutchinson (4.75), Georgia’s Travon Walker (4.51), Michigan’s David Ojabo (4.55) and Oregon‘s Kayvon Thibodeaux (4.58).

Hutchinson is at the moment the No. 1 ranked participant within the draft by each Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr.

Ole Miss‘ Sam Williams, who was chosen by some linemen this week on the mix as essentially the most troublesome cross rusher that they had confronted this season, ran 4.46 and Virginia Tech defensive finish Amare Barno, at 246 kilos, ran a wide-receiver worthy 4.36.

And when the linebackers took the sector to shut out the exercises Saturday night time it was Montana State linebacker Troy Andersen who ran the primary, and quickest it turned out, 40 with a 4.41 clocking at 243 kilos.

Andersen piled up the tackles on the FCS stage, however caught groups consideration together with his explosiveness in opposition to the nation’s finest throughout his week on the Senior Bowl in January. Andersen seemingly left Indy with a continued climb up some draft boards.

Solely one of many prime two inside linebackers in each McShay’s and Kiper Jr.’s rankings – Utah‘s Devin Lloyd – labored out Saturday. Lloyd confirmed nicely in place drills to go together with a 4.71 exhibiting within the 40-yard sprint. Georgia’s Nakobe Dean didn’t take part within the exercise.

Alabama‘s Christian Harris, who was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award this previous season, ran a 4.44 and was the one different linebacker aside from Andersen to run higher than a 4.5.