NFL Combine 2012: Workout Warriors Who Improved Stock Dramatically

The NFL Scouting Combine is one of the strangest things that scouts will judge players on, and sometimes they put far too much emphasis on the performances.

Every year we see “workout warriors”—guys who absolutely kill it in the combine but have little body of work on the field—get drafted too high and nothing ever becomes of them.

However, there are also players like Jason Pierre-Paul, who dominate their drills and then become productive players because of their physical ability.

Here are a few guys who definitely killed it in Indianapolis, but the jury is still out until they take the field on Sundays.

Robert Griffin III

RGIII was without a doubt the second-best QB in this draft going into the combine. Now some scouts believe he is the best.

Why?

Because he ran a quick 40-yard dash and performed well in other drills this past week.

That’s just ridiculous and it’s clear to anyone who is breaking down tape of Andrew Luck and Griffin that the former is the superior signal caller.

RGIII can still be an extremely good professional QB, but right now he’s not better than Luck because he’s faster.

Stephen Hill

Hill was one of the biggest winners at the combine for his blazing 4.36 40-yard dash, 6’4”, 215-pound frame and making an incredible diving catch with everyone watching.

The kid has a ton of raw talent, and he’s not nearly as developed as another Georgia Tech monster—Calvin Johnson—but he’s got potential and that’s all some teams look for these days.

Josh Robinson

You are always going to be on every team’s radar when you run the fastest forty-yards of any human at the combine.

Robinson, a UCF cornerback that measures in at 5’10”, 199-pounds, sprinted for a ridiculous 4.33 time.

He looks like a solid tackler and someone who can stay stride-for-stride with receivers, but his reads are terrible right now and he projects as a special teamer until he can get his coverage down.

Dontari Poe

Poe was just a freak.

The Memphis Tiger came out of nowhere to run a sub 5.0 40-yard dash, bench 225-pounds a ridiculous 44 times while measuring in at 6’3”, 346-pounds.

That’s just a superhuman and he proved he can play nose tackle in a 3-4 or even a 4-3.

No one really knew who this man was going into their Indianapolis trip in late February, now everyone has him skyrocketing up his or her big board.