Last week the NFL released the official invite list for this year’s Combine. We did some research, crunched the numbers, and found quite a few interesting trends and data points. Here’s a link to some or our prior findings with the Combine.
2019 Official Invite List – Total players 338
Combine Position stats Q&A:
How many ran track or threw shot/discus in high school?
Approx 60% – 203/338
How many offensive linemen threw shot put / discus in high school?
Approx 52%
What position group had the highest track participation?
Running back 85%, 24 of 28 invites ran track in high school.
What position group had the highest mix of basketball and track high school athletes?
Wide receiver 85%, 30 ran track and 29 played basketball.
What position group had the highest basketball participation?
Tight end 95%
And the defensive line? What did they do in high school?
21/33 D-line invites threw shot put or discus. Overall 85% 28/33 did another sport in high school.
What about the 18 invited quarterbacks? Did most of them specialize?
Nope. At least 13 of them played basketball, baseball, ran track or some combination.
And the linebackers?
Roughly 80% played another sport, with track and field being most popular at 48%.
Last but not least the corners and safeties…did a lot of them do track?
Yes. 83% of cornerbacks ran high school track…while 72% of safeties ran track.
NFL Combine and the PAI:
2019 NFL Combine PAI average: 3.41
2018 NFL Combine PAI average: 3.47
2017 NFL Combine PAI average: 3.51
2016 NFL Combine PAI average: 3.55
(NFL Draft PAI average since 2016 – 3.58)
TOP PAI Scores by Position:
| PAI Score | Combine Score | HS Class | Last | First | HS State | High School | High School City | Position | Type |
| 5.0 | 4.4 | 2016 | Jordan | Michael | MI | Plymouth | Canton | OG/C | OL |
| 5.0 | 2014 | Pierschbacher | Ross | IA | Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls | C/OG | OL | |
| 5.0 | 2015 | Bailey | Zack | SC | Summerville | Summerville | OG/OT | OL | |
| 5.0 | 2016 | Little | Greg | TX | Allen | Allen | OT | OL | |
| 5.0 | 4.4 | 2015 | Gustin | Porter | UT | Salem Hills | LB | EDGE | |
| 5.0 | 4.8 | 2016 | Gary | Rashan | NJ | Paramus Catholic | Paramus | DE/DT | DL |
| 5.0 | 4.4 | 2015 | Cowart | Byron | FL | Armwood | Seffner | DE | DL |
| 5.0 | 4.4 | 2014 | Allen | Dakota | TX | Summer Creek | LB | LB | |
| 5.0 | 2015 | Dean | Jamel | FL | Cocoa | CB | CB | ||
| 4.9 | 2016 | Montgomery | David | OH | Mount Healthy | Cincinnati | RB | RB | |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 2015 | Scarlett | Jordan | FL | St. Thomas Aquinas | RB | RB | |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 2016 | Williams | Jonah | CA | Folsom | Folsom | OT | OL |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 2015 | Sheffield | Kendall | TX | Fort Bend Marshall | Missouri City | CB | CB |
| 4.8 | 2014 | Johnson | Lonnie | IN | Gary West Side | Gary | CB/DB | CB | |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 2014 | Johnson | Isaiah | TX | Rudder | Bryan | CB/DB | CB |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2014 | Nijman | Yosuah | NJ | Columbia | Maplewood | OT | OL |
| 4.7 | 4.0 | 2015 | James | Andre | UT | Herriman | Herriman | OT | OL |
| 4.7 | 2014 | Pipkins | Trey | MN | Apple Valley | Apple Valley | OT | OL | |
| 4.6 | 5.0 | 2015 | Hall | Emanuel | TN | Centennial | WR | WR | |
| 4.6 | 2016 | Wesley | Antoine | TX | Cibolo Steele | Cibolo | WR | WR | |
| 4.6 | 2015 | Dulin | Ashton | OH | Reynoldsburg | Reynoldsburg | WR | WR | |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 2014 | Hollins | Justin | TX | Martin | Arlington | LB | EDGE |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 2016 | Jackson | Joseph | FL | Gulliver Prep | Homestead | DE | DL |
| 4.5 | 5.0 | 2016 | White | Devin | LA | North Webster | Springhill | LB | LB |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2015 | Boyd | Kris | TX | Gilmer | Gilmer | CB | CB |
NFL Combine track and field superlatives:
Fastest 100 meters
10.51 – Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
10.51 – Andy Isabella
10.53 – Darius Slayton
10.56 – Justin Hollins
10.58 – Jamel Dean
Fastest 200 meters
21.02 – Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
21.27 – Andy Isabella
21.51 – Darius Slayton
21.64 – Bryce Love
21.75 – Deandre Baker
Best Shot Put
61’09 – Andre James
61’05 – Jonah Williams
60’07 – Yosuah Nijman
60’07 – Khalen Saunders
58’08 – Zack Bailey
Best Discus
194’03 – L.J. Collier
171’08 – Trey Pipkins
171’03 – Zack Bailey
171’02 – Andre James
171’02 – Jonah Williams
Best Long Jump
24’05 – Lonnie Johnson
24’00 – Jordan Miller
23’02 – Jamel Dean
23’00 – Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
22’10 – Jazz Ferguson
Best Triple Jump
48’04 – Jordan Miller
47’03 – Antoine Wesley
46’09 – Mecole Hardman
46’05 – D.K. Metcalf
45’08 – Isaiah Johnson
Fastest 110 High Hurdles
13.42 – Kendall Sheffield
13.99 – Isaiah Johnson
14.02 – John Battle
14.18 – Ashton Dulin
14.23 – Olabisi Johnson
Combine Position with the most athletic freaks…Linebackers and D-Line
We’ll focus on the linebackers:
Dakota Allen – 5.0 PAI, 4.4 Combine, 58’05 shot put, 157’00 discus
Porter Gustin – 5.0 PAI, 4.4 Combine, 4-sport HS athlete, 184’01 javelin
Justin Hollins – 4.6 PAI, 4.9 Combine, 3-sport HS athlete, 10.56/100
Devin White – 4.5 PAI, 5.0 Combine, 10.76/100, 22.37/200
Gary Johnson – 3.9 PAI, 4.4 Combine, 3-sport HS athlete, 10.59/100 & 21.80/200
Ty Summers – 3.4 PAI, 10.94/100, 22.35/200
Andrew Van Ginkel – 3.0 PAI, 3-sport HS athlete, 23.19/200, 21’08/long jump
Ben Burr-Kirven – 2.7 PAI, 11.22/100, 22.65/200
This is one of the faster and more athletic linebacker groups in recent memory.
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