NFL Scouting Combine Live: Darron Lee Runs 4.47-Second 40-Yard Dash

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Feb 28, 2016

5:37 p.m.: The linebackers’ 3-cone and short shuttle times have been released. Here are the top measurements:

3-CONE
Utah LB Nick Vigil: 6.73 seconds
Stanford LB Blake Martinez: 6.98 seconds
Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers: 6.99 seconds
Clemson LB B.J. Goodson: 7.05 seconds
Mississippi State LB Beniquez Brown: 7.07 seconds
Oklahoma LB Devante Bond: 7.07 seconds

SHORT SHUTTLE
Vigil: 4.00 seconds
Brothers: 4.11 seconds
Ohio State LB Darron Lee: 4.20 seconds
Martinez: 4.20 seconds
West Virginia LB Nick Kwiatkoski: 4.22 seconds

That will do it for the live blog today. We’ll be back for the final day of drills Monday with cornerbacks and safeties.

3:44 p.m.Let’s look at the top finishers in the broad jump, vertical jump, 3-cone and short shuttle. Linebacker 40 times also became official, so we’ll update those.

Oklahoma LB Devante Bond: 4.70
Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers: 4.89
Mississippi State LB Beniquez Brown: 4.77
Minnesota LB De’Vondre Campbell: 4.58
Boston College LB Steven Daniels: 4.86
Utah State OLB/Edge Kyler Fackrell: 4.72
Washington LB Travis Feeney: 4.50
Georgia OLB/Edge Leonard Floyd: 4.60
Kentucky LB Josh Forrest: 4.91
Auburn LB Kris Frost: 4.97
Clemson LB BJ Goodson: 4.69
Georgia OLB/Edge Jordan Jenkins: 4.80
Ole Miss LB CJ Johnson: 4.81
LSU LB Deion Jones: 4.59
West Virginia LB Nick Kwiatkoski: 4.73
Ohio State LB Darron Lee: 4.47
Washington LB Cory Littleton: 4.73
Rutgers LB Steve Longa: 4.78
Stanford LB Blake Martinez: 4.71
Temple LB Tyler Matakevich: 4.81
Utah LB Jared Norris: 4.80
East Carolina LB Montese Overton: 4.61
Utah LB Gionni Paul: 5.05
Ohio State LB Joshua Perry: 4.68
Alabama LB Reggie Ragland: 4.72
Wisconsin LB Joe Schobert: 4.76
Florida State LB Terrance Smith: 4.77
Oklahoma LB Eric Striker: 4.80
Utah State LB Nick Vigil: 4.72
Vanderbilt OLB/Edge Stephen Weatherly: 4.61
Arizona LB Scooby Wright: 4.90

BROAD JUMP
Ohio State LB Darron Lee: 133 inches
Washington LB Travis Feeney: 130 inches
Georgia OLB/Edge Leonard Floyd: 127 inches
Ohio State LB Joshua Perry: 124 inches
East Carolina LB Montese Overton: 123 inches

VERTICAL JUMP
Feeny: 40 inches
Floyd: 39.5 inches
Oklahoma LB Devante Bond: 37.5 inches
Georgia OLB/Edge Jordan Jenkins: 36.5 inches
Lee: 35.5 inches

3-CONE
Southern Utah DE James Cowser: 6.80 seconds
Ohio State DE Joey Bosa: 6.89 seconds
Michigan State DE Shilique Calhoun: 6.97 seconds
Florida DE Alex McCalister: 7.01 seconds
BYU DE Bronson Kaufusi: 7.03 seconds

SHORT SHUTTLE
McCallister: 4.00 seconds
Clemson DE Shaq Lawson: 4.21 seconds
Bosa: 4.21 seconds
Calhoun: 4.25 seconds
Kaufusi: 4.25 seconds

3 p.m.The linebackers are getting set to run the 40-yard dash. We’ll track their 40 times and their 10-yard splits.

Oklahoma LB Devante Bond: 4.70, 1.62
Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers: 4.89, 1.69
Mississippi State LB Beniquez Brown: 4.76, 1.64
Minnesota LB De’Vondre Campbell: 4.58, 1.65
Boston College LB Steven Daniels: 4.86, 1.68
Utah State OLB/Edge Kyler Fackrell: 4.72, 1.62
Washington LB Travis Feeney: 4.50, 1.59
Georgia OLB/Edge Leonard Floyd: 4.60, 1.60
Kentucky LB Josh Forrest: 4.88, 1.70
Auburn LB Kris Frost: 4.97, 1.74
Clemson LB BJ Goodson: 4.69, 1.61
Georgia OLB/Edge Jordan Jenkins: 4.80, 1.64
Ole Miss LB CJ Johnson: 4.81, 1.71
LSU LB Deion Jones: 4.59, 1.60
West Virginia LB Nick Kwiatkoski: 4.73, 1.64
Ohio State LB Darron Lee: 4.47, 1.55
Washington LB Cory Littleton: 4.73, 1.64
Rutgers LB Steve Longa: 4.78, 1.68
Stanford LB Blake Martinez: 4.71, 1.61
Temple LB Tyler Matakevich: 4.81, 1.66
Utah LB Jared Norris: 4.80, 1.65
East Carolina LB Montese Overton: 4.61, 1.59
Utah LB Gionni Paul: 5.05, 1.74
Ohio State LB Joshua Perry: 4.68, 1.65
Alabama LB Reggie Ragland: 4.72, 1.66
Wisconsin LB Joe Schobert: 4.76, 1.63
Florida State LB Terrance Smith: 4.76, 1.66
Oklahoma LB Eric Striker: 4.80, 1.69
Utah State LB Nick Vigil: 4.71 1.61
Vanderbilt OLB/Edge Stephen Weatherly: 4.60, 1.59
Arizona LB Scooby Wright: 4.90, 1.67

Lee, Weatherly and Feeney jumped out among the linebacker group. Weatherly is more of an edge rusher than traditional stand-up linebacker.

1:30 p.m.The defensive line jumping measurements have been posted on NFL.com.

VERTICAL JUMP
Virginia Tech DE Dadi Nicolas: 41 inches
Utah DE Jason Fanaika: 35.5 inches
Oklahoma State DE Emmanuel Ogbah: 35.5 inches
Mississippi DT Robert Nkemdiche: 35 inches
Eastern Kentucky DE Noah Spence: 35 inches
Grand Valley State DE Matt Judon: 35 inches
Michigan State DE Lawrence Thomas: 35 inches
Michigan State DE Shilique Calhoun: 35 inches

BROAD JUMP
Florida DE Alex McCalister: 128 inches
Baylor DE Shawn Oakman: 123 inches
Ogbah: 121 inches
Spence: 121 inches
Ohio State DE Joey Bosa: 120 inches
Notre Dame DE Romeo Okwara: 120 inches
Clemson DE Shaq Lawson: 120 inches

1:09 p.m.The official 40-yard dash times have been released for the second group of defensive linemen.

Clemson DE Shaq Lawson: 4.70
Northwestern DT Dean Lowry: 4.87
Georgia DT Chris Mayes: 5.24
Florida DE Alex McCallister: 4.80
Penn State DE Carl Nassib: 4.84
Florida State DE Giorgio Newberry: 4.94
Maryland DE Yannick Ngakoue: 4.75
Virginia Tech DE Dadi Nicolas: 4.74
Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche: 4.87
Baylor DE Shawn Oakman: 4.96
Stony Brook DE Victor Ochi: 4.86
Oklahoma State DE Emmanuel Ogbah: 4.63
Notre Dame DE Romeo Okwara: 4.90
Alabama DE DJ Pettway: 4.99
Louisville DE Sheldon Rankins: 5.03
Clemson DT DJ Reader: 5.33
Alabama DT Jarran Reed: 5.21
Texas DT Hassan Ridgeway: 5.02
Alabama DT A’Shawn Robinson: 5.20
Jacksonville State DT Devaunte Sigler: 5.15
Eastern Kentucky DE Noah Spence: 4.80
Oklahoma DE Charles Tapper: 4.59
Michigan State DE Lawrence Thomas: 4.98
Syracuse DE Ron Thompson: 4.92
Nebraska DT Vincent Valentine: 5.19
Illinois DT Jihad Ward: 5.11, 1.77
Ohio State DT Adolphus Washington: 5.17
Boston College DT Connor Wujciak: 4.91
Penn State DE Anthony Zettel: 4.81

12:28 p.m.The rest of the defensive linemen are getting set to run. We’ll track their 40-yard dash and 10-yard split times below:

Clemson DE Shaq Lawson: 4.70, 1.64
Northwestern DT Dean Lowry: 4.88, 1.70
Georgia DT Chris Mayes: 5.22, 1.74
Florida DE Alex McCallister: 4.80, 1.68
Penn State DE Carl Nassib: 4.84, 1.62
Florida State DE Giorgio Newberry: 4.94, 1.74
Maryland DE Yannick Ngakoue: 4.75, 1.65
Virginia Tech DE Dadi Nicholas: 4.74, 1.70
Ole Miss DT Robert Nkemdiche: 4.87, 1.72
Baylor DE Shawn Oakman: 4.96, 1.74
Stony Brook DE Victor Ochi: 4.86, 1.67
Oklahoma State DE Emmanuel Ogbah: 4.62, 1.59
Notre Dame DE Romeo Okwara: 4.90, 1.74
Alabama DE DJ Pettway: 4.99, 1.69
Louisville DE Sheldon Rankins: 5.03, 1.74
Clemson DT DJ Reader: 5.33, 1.84
Alabama DT Jarran Reed: 5.21, 1.80
Texas DT Hassan Ridgeway: 5.02, 1.72
Alabama DT A’Shawn Robinson: 5.19, 1.79
Jacksonville State DT Devaunte Sigler: 5.15, 1.83
Eastern Kentucky DE Noah Spence: 4.80, 1.62
Oklahoma DE Charles Tapper: 4.59, 1.59
Michigan State DE Lawrence Thomas: 4.98, 1.73
Syracuse DE Ron Thompson: 4.92, 1.70
Nebraska DT Vincent Valentine: 5.19, 1.78
Illinois DT Jihad Ward: 5.11, 1.77
Ohio State DT Adolphus Washington: 5.17, 1.80
Boston College DT Connor Wujciak: 4.91, 1.70
Penn State DE Anthony Zettel: 4.81, 1.66

11 a.m.The official 40-yard dash times were released for the first group of defensive linemen. Here they are:

Boston College DE Mehdi Abdesmad: 5.10
Georgia DT Sterling Bailey: 5.23
Baylor DT Andrew Billings: 5.05
Appalachian State DT Ronald Blair: 5.15
Ohio State DE Joey Bosa: 4.86
Oregon DE Deforest Buckner: 5.05
Florida DT Jonathan Bullard: 4.93
Louisiana Tech DT Vernon Butler: 5.33
Michigan State DE Shilique Calhoun: 4.82
UCLA DT Kenny Clark: 5.06
Nebraska DT Maliek Collins: 5.03
Boise State DE Kamalei Correa: 4.69
Southern Utah DE James Cowser: 4.82
Notre Dame DT Sheldon Day: 5.07
Clemson DE Kevin Dodd: 4.86
Utah DE Jason Fanaika: 4.92
South Carolina State DT Javon Hargrave: 4.93
Michigan State DT Joel Heath: 5.02
Michigan DT Willie Henry: 5.00
Temple DT Matt Ioannidis: 5.03
Texas Tech DE Branden Jackson: 5.06
Maryland DT Quinton Jefferson: 4.95
Penn State DT Austin Johnson: 5.32
Mississippi State DT Chris Jones: 5.03
Grand Valley State DE Matt Judon: 4.73
Miami DT Ufomba Kamalu: 5.01
BYU DE Bronson Kaufusi: 4.87
Indiana DT Darius Latham: 5.32

10:09 a.m.The first group of defensive linemen have concluded their drills. Here are their 40-yard dash and 10-yard split times:

Boston College DE Mehdi Abdesmad: 5.11, 1.74
Georgia DT Sterling Bailey: 5.24, 1.82
Baylor DT Andrew Billings: 5.06, 1.77
Appalachian State DT Ronald Blair: 5.16, 1.75
Ohio State DE Joey Bosa: 4.87, 1.69
Oregon DE Deforest Buckner: 5.06, 1.77
Florida DT Jonathan Bullard: 4.93, 1.66
Louisiana Tech DT Vernon Butler: 5.34, 1.83
Michigan State DE Shilique Calhoun: 4.83, 1.69
UCLA DT Kenny Clark: 5.07, 1.72
Nebraska DT Maliek Collins: 5.04, 1.77
Boise State DE Kamalei Correa: 4.70, 1.63
Southern Utah DE James Cowser: 4.83, 1.69
Notre Dame DT Sheldon Day: 5.08, 1.69
Clemson DE Kevin Dodd: 4.86, 1.70
Utah DE Jason Fanaika: 4.93, 1.68
South Carolina State DT Javon Hargrave: 4.94, 1.70
Michigan State DT Joel Heath: 5.03, 1.77
Michigan DT Willie Henry: 5.01, 1.75
Temple DT Matt Ioannidis: 5.04, 1.76
Texas Tech DE Branden Jackson: 5.02, 1.75
Maryland DT Quinton Jefferson: 4.96, 1.70
Penn State DT Austin Johnson: 5.32, 1.86
Mississippi State DT Chris Jones: 5.04, 1.70
Grand Valley State DE Matt Judon: 4.73, 1.66
Miami DT Ufomba Kamalu: 5.02, 1.74
BYU DE Bronson Kaufusi: 4.89, 1.69
Indiana DT Darius Latham: 5.33, 1.87

Bullard stands out with a 1.66-second 10-yard split at 285 pounds.

9 a.m. ET: It’s the defense’s time to shine Sunday at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Offensive draft prospects went home after Saturday’s combine drills, when the quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends ran through their workouts and positional drills. Pass rushers, defensive tackles and linebackers will compete Sunday.

We’ll keep you updated with every 40-yard dash time and the top performers in other combine workouts.

Track every combine workout with Mike Loyko’s spreadsheet.

Thumbnail photo via Trevor Ruszkowski/USA TODAY Sports Images

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