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Listed below are the top high school sprint, jump and throw performances by players in this year’s NFL Draft. Those performances are high school marks only and only players which were drafted are represented below.
Also see a quick breakdown of multi-sport participation by this year’s draftees. Again high school track and field was the most popular second sport (58%) followed closely by basketball (49%). Overall almost 90% of draftees participated in at least one other high school varsity sport and nearly 40% participated in three varsity sports including football.
| Draft Breakdown | HS Participation | % | |
| Track & Field | 149 /256 | 58.5 | |
| Basketball | 126 / 256 | 49.2 | |
| Baseball | 17 / 256 | 6 | |
| Wrestling | 8 / 256 | 3 | |
| Other (Sports) | 8 / 256 | 3 | |
| Total (at least 1 sport) | 222 / 256 | 86.7 | |
| ** 256 total players drafted ** | |||
| ** Top High School Throwers NFL Draft 2014** | |||||
| Event | Distance | Name | College | ||
| Shot Put | 63’01” | Corey Linsley | Ohio State | ||
| Shot Put | 61’10” | Jace Amaro | Texas Tech | ||
| Shot Put | 61’00” | Chris Borland | Wisconsin | ||
| Shot Put | 60’01” | Weston Richburg | Colorado State | ||
| Shot Put | 59’11” | Greg Robinson | Auburn | ||
| Shot Put | 57’00” | John Urschel | Penn State | ||
| Shot Put | 56’08” | Spencer Long | Nebraska | ||
| Discus | 192’07” | Trent Murphy | Stanford | ||
| Discus | 191’02” | Corey Linsley | Ohio State | ||
| Discus | 177’06” | Troy Niklas | Notre Dame | ||
| Discus | 166’04” | Jace Amaro | Texas Tech | ||
| Discus | 157’04” | Logan Thomas | Virginia Tech | ||
| ** All results high school performances | |||||
| ** Top High School Jumpers NFL Draft 2014** | |||||
| Event | Distance | Name | College | ||
| Long Jump | 25’01” | Donte Moncrief | Mississippi | ||
| Long Jump | 24’08” | Marquise Lee | USC | ||
| Long Jump | 24’02” | Lavelle Westbrooks | Georgia Southern | ||
| Long Jump | 23’08” | Walter Aikens | Liberty / Illinois | ||
| Long Jump | 23’06” | Devin Street | Pittsburgh | ||
| High Jump | 6’09” | Quincy Enunwa | Nebraska | ||
| High Jump | 6’07” | Marqueston Huff | Wyoming | ||
| High Jump | 6’06” | Kareem Martin | North Carolina | ||
| High Jump | 6’05” | Logan Thomas | Virginia Tech | ||
| Triple Jump | 48’01” | Tevin Reese | Baylor | ||
| Triple Jump | 46’09” | Lavelle Westbrooks | Georgia Southern | ||
| Triple Jump | 45’04” | Mike Evans | Texas A&M | ||
| Triple Jump | 45’04” | Christian Kirksey | Iowa | ||
| Triple Jump | 44’03” | Ed Reynolds | Stanford | ||
| Triple Jump | 44’01” | Larry Webster | Bloomsburg | ||
| ** All results high school performances | |||||
| ** Top High School Sprinters NFL Draft 2014** | |||||
| Event | Time (sec) | Name | College | ||
| 100m | 10.45 | Sammy Watkins | Clemson | ||
| 100m | 10.47 | Justin Gilbert | Oklahoma State | ||
| 100m | 10.49 | Dri Archer | Kent State | ||
| 100m | 10.49 | Lache Seastrunk | Baylor | ||
| 100m | 10.50 | Robert Herron | Wyoming | ||
| 100m | 10.54 | Jalen Sanders | Oklahoma / Fresno St. | ||
| 100m | 10.57 | De’Anthony Thomas | Oregon | ||
| 100m | 10.68 | Martavis Bryant | Clemson | ||
| 100m | 10.72 | Darqueze Dennard | Michigan State | ||
| 100m | 10.76 | Andre Williams | Boston College | ||
| 100m | 10.76 | Brandin Cooks | Oregon State | ||
| 200m | 20.61 | De’Anthony Thomas | Oregon | ||
| 200m | 20.99 | Robert Herron | Wyoming | ||
| 200m | 21.11 | Sammy Watkins | Clemson | ||
| 200m | 21.29 | Justin Gilbert | Oklahoma State | ||
| 200m | 21.41 | Jalen Sanders | Oklahoma / Fresno St. | ||
| 200m | 21.46 | Dri Archer | Kent State | ||
| 200m | 21.46 | Martavis Bryant | Clemson | ||
| 200m | 21.51 | Keith Reaser | Florida Atlantic | ||
| 200m | 21.59 | Brandin Cooks | Oregon State | ||
| 200m | 21.73 | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame | ||
| 110HH | 13.75 | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame | ||
| 110HH | 14.09 | Phillip Gaines | Rice | ||
| 110HH | 14.33 | Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | ||
| ** All results high school performance | |||||