NFL Combine 2014: Day 5 Results, 40 Times and Recap

Monday was Jadeveon Clowney day at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine.  

The South Carolina star and possible top overall pick of the 2014 NFL draft took to the field Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium looking to prove his worth. As expected, he blazed an extremely impressive 40-yard dash, though he decided against participating in the on-field drills.

Of course, Clowney wasn't the only player on display Monday, so let's take a look back at all the results and the major storylines as the defensive linemen and linebackers were in action.
 

Defensive Linemen Results

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Player	School	Height	Weight	40-Yd Dash	10-Yd Split	Bench	Vert	Arm
Jay Bromley	Syracuse	6'3"	306	5.06	1.72	26	33.5	33 1/2
Ryan Carrethers	Arkansas State	6'1"	337	5.47	1.78	32	26	31 3/4
William Clarke	West Virginia	6'6"	271	4.77	1.63	22	32	34 5/8
Jadeveon Clowney	South Carolina	6'5"	266	4.53	1.56	21	37.5	34 1/2
Deandre Coleman	California	6'5"	314	DNP	DNP	24	DNP	34 3/8
Scott Crichton	Oregon State	6'3"	273	4.84	1.62	24	31.5	32 3/4
Aaron Donald	Pittsburgh	6'1"	285	4.68	1.59	35	32	32 5/8
Kony Ealy	Missouri	6'4"	273	4.92	1.66	22	31	34 1/4
Dominique Easley	Florida	6'2"	288	DNP	DNP	26	DNP	32 7/8
Kasim Edebali	Boston College	6'2"	253	4.79	1.64	19	34.5	32 3/4
Justin Ellis	Louisiana Tech	6'1"	334	5.27	1.88	25	28	33
I.K. Enemkpall	Louisiana Tech	6'1"	261	5.01	1.75	28	34	33 1/8
Ego Ferguson	Louisiana State	6'3"	315	DNP	DNP	24	DNP	32 1/2
Dee Ford	Auburn	6'2"	252	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	32 7/8
James Gayle	Virginia Tech	6'4"	259	4.7	1.6	26	37	32 3/8
Ra'shede Hageman	Minnesota	6'6"	310	5.02	1.75	32	35.5	34 1/4
Taylor Hart	Oregon	6'6"	281	DNP	DNp	21	DNP	32 3/4
Kerry Hyder	Texas Tech	6'2"	290	5.1	1.75	20	29.5	33 1/2
Jackson Jeffcoat	Texas	6'3"	247	4.63	1.6	18	36	33 7/8
Timmy Jernigan	Florida State	6'2"	299	5.06	1.72	27	29.5	31 5/8
Anthony Johnson	Louisiana State	6'2"	308	5.24	1.78	20	24.5	33
Daquan Jones	Penn State	6'4"	322	5.35	1.81	21	27.5	33 1/2
Howard Jones	Shepherd	6'2"	235	4.6	1.58	25	40.5	34 1/8
Zach Kerr	Delaware	6'1"	326	5.08	1.72	28	28.5	32 7/8
Demarcus Lawrence	Boise State	6'3"	251	4.8	1.62	20	34.5	33 3/4
Aaron Lynch	South Florida	6'5"	249	DNP	DNP	18	DNP	34
Eathyn Manumaleuna	BYU	6'2"	296	5.16	1.68	29	28	32 1/4
Cassius Marsh	UCLA	6'4"	252	4.89	1.66	14	32	32 3/4
Kareem Martin	North Carolina	6'6"	272	4.72	1.53	22	35.5	35
Josh Mauro	Stanford	6'6"	271	5.21	1.75	21	32	33
Dan McCullers	Tennessee	7-Jun	352	DNP	DNP	27	20.5	36 5/8
Tevin Mims	South Florida	6'4"	260	4.95	1.69	17	27.5	33 1/2
Zach Moore	Concordia	6'5"	269	4.84	1.56	23	33.5	33 3/4
Jonathan Newsome	Ball State	6'3"	247	4.73	1.62	21	34	33 1/4
Louis Nix	Notre Dame	6'2"	331	5.42	1.85	DNP	25.5	33
Jeoffrey Pagan	Alabama	6'3"	310	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	33
Tenny Palepoi	Utah	6'1"	298	5.1	1.72	31	30.5	30 1/2
Mike Pennel	Colorado State - Pueblo	6'4"	332	5.23	1.75	23	28.5	33 3/8
Kelcy Quarles	South Carolina	6'4"	297	5.03	1.81	27	23.5	33 1/4
Kaleb Ramsey	Boston College	6'3"	293	DNP	DNP	36	DNP	32 7/8
Caraun Reid	Princeton	6'2"	302	4.91	1.69	20	26.5	33
Michael Sam	Missouri	6'2"	261	4.91	1.72	17	25.5	33 3/8
Chris Smith	Arkansas	6'1"	266	4.71	1.59	28	37	34 1/8
Marcus Smith	Louisville	6'3"	251	4.68	1.57	23	35	34
Shamar Stephen	Connecticut	6'5"	309	5.25	1.81	25	30.5	33 1/8
Ed Stinson	Alabama	6'3"	287	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	33 3/4
Will Sutton	Arizona State	6'0"	303	5.36	1.75	24	28.5	31 1/4
Robert Thomas	Arkansas	6'1"	327	DNP	DNP	32	DNP	33 7/8
Khyri Thornton	Southern Mississippi	6'3"	304	5.03	1.72	28	29	32 1/2
Stephon Tuitt	Notre Dame	6'5"	304	DNP	DNP	31	DNP	34 3/4
George Uko	Southern California	6'3"	284	4.99	1.75	18	29.5	33 1/4
Brent Urban	Virginia	7-Jun	295	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	34 1/4
Larry Webster	Bloomsburg	6'6"	252	4.58	1.57	17	36.5	33 1/2
Ethan Westbrooks	West Texas A&M	6'3"	267	4.9	1.75	19	29	33 1/4
Chris Whaley	Texas	6'3"	269	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	32 1/8
Kerry Wynn	Richmond	6'5"	266	4.97	1.6	31	34	31 3/4

Linebacker Results

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Player	School	Height	Weight	40-Yd Dash	10-Yd Split	Bench	Vert	Arm
Jerry Attaochu	Georgia Tech	6'3"	252	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	33
Anthony Barr	UCLA	6'5"	255	4.66	1.56	15	34.5	33 1/2
Lamin Barrow	Louisiana State	6'1"	237	4.64	1.59	22	35	33 3/8
Chris Borland	Wisconsin	5'11"	248	4.83	1.62	27	31	29 1/4
Carl Bradford	Arizona State	6'1"	250	4.76	1.66	23	37.5	30 1/4
Jonathan Brown	Illinois	6'0"	238	5.03	1.79	16	31	33
Preston Brown	Louisville	6'1"	251	4.86	1.64	23	33	33 1/2
Max Bullough	Michigan State	6'3"	249	4.78	1.62	30	31	31
Khairi Fortt	California	6'2"	248	4.7	1.59	30	36	33 5/8
Jeremiah George	Iowa State	5'11"	234	4.91	1.66	28	33	31 7/8
Anthony Hitchens	Iowa	6'0"	240	4.74	1.57	23	31.5	32 1/2
Adrian Hubbard	Alabama	6'6"	257	4.69	1.62	DNP	38.5	34 1/2
Andrew Jackson	Western Kentucky	6'1"	254	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	32 1/2
Christian Jones	Florida State	6'3"	240	4.74	1.6	DNP	33.5	33 1/2
Devon Kennard	Southern California	6'3"	249	4.7	1.6	23	30	33 3/8
Chris Kirksey	Iowa	6'2"	233	DNP	DNP	16	32	32 3/8
Boseko Lokombo	Oregon	6'2"	225	4.66	1.62	DNP	DNP	33 3/8
Khalil Mack	Buffalo	6'3"	251	4.65	1.56	23	40	33 1/4
James Morris	Iowa	6'1"	241	4.8	1.62	18	34.5	30 3/4
C.J. Mosley	Alabama	6'2"	234	DNP	DNP	DNP	35	33 3/8
Trent Murphy	Stanford	6'5"	250	4.86	1.63	19	35.5	33 7/8
Kevin Pierre-Louis	Boston College	6'0"	232	4.51	1.53	28	39	32 1/4
Ronald Powell	Florida	6'3"	237	4.65	1.56	21	35.5	32 1/2
Trevor Reilly	Utah	6'5"	245	DNP	DNP	26	DNP	32 1/4
Ryan Shazier	Ohio State	6'1"	237	DNP	DNP	25	42	32 3/8
Prince Shembo	Notre Dame	6'1"	253	4.71	1.59	26	38.5	33 1/8
Shayne Skov	Stanford	6'2"	245	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	30 5/8
Yawin Smallwood	Connecticut	6'2"	246	5.01*	1.6	18	36.5	31 3/4
Telvin Smith	Florida State	6'3"	218	4.52	1.53	DNP	31.5	32 1/2
Tyler Starr	South Dakota	6'4"	250	4.95	1.65	24	32	32 1/2
Jordan Tripp	Montana	6'3"	234	4.67	1.58	22	37.5	30 3/4
Uani' Unga	BYU	6'1"	231	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	31 3/8
Kyle Van Noy	BYU	6'3"	243	4.71	1.6	21	32.5	31 5/8
Avery Williamson	Kentucky	6'1"	246	4.66	1.59	25	30.5	32 3/4
Jordan Zumwalt	UCLA	6'4"	235	4.76	1.59	DNP	33	31 1/4

Recap

Did you hear about how that Jadeveon Clowney guy ran pretty fast? Because he ran really, really fast for a defensive end.

Pro Football Talk shared some details from Clowney's performance:

Here's some additional perspective, from NFL on ESPN:

For much of Monday, the talk surrounded Clowney. His 21 bench-press reps came into question from some, while others viewed that tally through a different lens. Here's Clowney repping out, via the NFL's official Twitter account:

Some found Clowney's bench to be a little underwhelming, but Bruce Feldman of CBS...

...and Lost Letterman, among others, put his reps into the proper perspective.

Of course, Clowney wasn't just in the news for his performances in the drills. Dee Ford of Auburn decided to put Clowney on blast, which as you might imagine was the topic of conversation for much of the day.

On Sunday, Ford made the following comments on Sirius XM NFL Radio Sunday (h/t Chase Goodbread of NFL.com):

"

I'm better (than Clowney). Let's put it like this. People like to talk about size all the time. Size is pretty much overrated in my eyes. You can look at guys like Robert Mathis, Elvis Dumervil, Von Miller. These are 6-2 guys and under. People are just looking at the fact that he's a physical specimen. Honestly if you watch the film, he plays like a blind dog in a meat market, basically.

"

Ford stood by his comments on Monday, to his credit. You may have thought "blind dog in a meat market" came from a Pearl Jam song or something—seriously, doesn't that phrase sound like it was made to be snarled by Eddie Vedder?—but Ford said it came from Notre Dame assistant coach Brian VanGorder, via Goodbread:

"

He told me that I had all the first-round ability in the world, but he said I rely on my athleticism, you know, rather than really (bringing) the technical aspects, the fundamental part of the game, watching film, to really become a great pass rusher. So therefore I'm a blind dog in a meat market. So that's one thing he used. When I see Jadeveon, that's what I see. He's 6-foot-6, 270 [pounds], 4.4 guy. He just plays. He can make plays like that, but at the end of the day, does that make you a great pass rusher or a better pass rusher than me? No.

"

And then, in an awkward moment, the two met on the field, via the NFL on Twitter:

Clowney took a small dig in his rebuttal to Ford, but generally seemed pretty uninterested in the ordeal.

And you are probably uninterested in all of this by now as well, so let's move on.

All eyes were also on Michael Sam at the combine, though he didn't particularly impress in the drills, running a 4.91 40-yard dash and putting up 17 reps on the bench press. He once again didn't look particularly fluid in the on-field drills standing up, and for the moment looks like a situational pass-rusher and special teams contributor.

But the day's big winner was Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who impressed at every turn and may end up being the combine MVP. His 40-yard dash impressed, as Ross Tucker of NBC Sports Network tweeted:

His three-cone performance was extremely impressive, as Josh Norris of Rotoworld noted:

And none of it should come as a surprise, because he's impressed at every turn, per Matt Miller of Bleacher Report:

Oh, and he also benched 225 pounds 35 times. Yep, he won the combine.

The other big stars looking to improve their stock on Monday were edge-rushers Khalil Mack from Buffalo and Anthony Barr out of UCLA, both gunning to be top-10 picks. Mack generally tested better than Barr, however, and Sigmund Bloom of Football Guys thinks he solidified his stock as a top-10 outside linebacker and will be the first off the board at the position:

Of course, many NFL folks still think Barr has more upside—he's a converted running back, remember—but Mack probably made himself a bit of money at the combine.

What's Next?

The combine concludes with the defensive backs, as players like Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Calvin Pryor, Justin Gilbert and Darqueze Dennard, among others, look to prove their worth as first-round talents. While the combine isn't always a true indicator of a prospect's future success in the NFL, all eyes will be on these defensive backs to see who is big enough, physical enough and strong enough to match up with the league's best wideouts.

Along with the running backs and wide receivers, the 40-yard dash is always a lot of fun to watch when the defensive backs hit the track, so Tuesday should be a fun conclusion to this annual event. Gilbert and Dennard could solidify their spots as the potential top corner of the class with a strong showing. The player with that distinction could sneak into the top 10.

All combine results courtesy of NFL.com's results tracker.