Indiana University’s football program has sent a record five participants to the NFL’s scouting combine in Indianapolis. Former Hoosier stars Simmie Cobbs, Chris Covington, Rashard Fant, Tegray Scales and Ian Thomas are all at the annual event at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The schedule by position is as follows:
» Saturday, Mar 3: QB, WR, TE [COBBS and THOMAS]
» Sunday, Mar 4: DL, LB [COVINGTON and SCALES]
» Monday, Mar 5: DB [FANT – UPDATE, FANT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE. SEE BELOW]
TRACKING THE HOOSIERS
Below we will monitor the performance of each of the five Hoosiers. The best performance at each respective position is in parenthesis next to the IU player’s results.
Simmie Cobbs
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 220 lbs
Arms: 32″
Hands: 9 1/4″
40 Yard Dash: 4.64 (4.34 DJ Chark, LSU)
Bench Press: 11 (24 Ka’Raun White, WVU)
Vertical Jump: 30 (40.0 DJ Chark, LSU)
Broad Jump: 113 (132 DJ Moore, Maryland)
3 Cone Drill: 6.70 (6.56 Dylan Cantrell, Texas Tech; J’Mon Moore, Missouri)
20 Yard Shuttle: 4.32 (4.03 Dylan Cantrell, Texas Tech)
60 Yard Shuttle: 11.2 (10.85 Dylan Cantrell, Texas Tech)
Ian Thomas
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 248 lbs
Arms: 34 1/8″
Hands: 11 1/2″
40 Yard Dash: 4.74 (4.54 Jaylen Samuels, NC State; Mike Gesicki, Penn State)
Bench Press: DNP
Vertical Jump: 36 (41.5 Mike Gesicki, Penn State)
Broad Jump: 123 (129 Mike Gesicki, Penn State)
3 Cone Drill: 7.15 (6.76 Mike Gesicki, Penn State)
20 Yard Shuttle: 4.2 (4.1 Mike Gesicki, Penn State)
60 Yard Shuttle: DNP
Chris Covington
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 230lbs
Arms: 32 1/2″
Hands: 9 1/4″
40 Yard Dash: 4.78 (4.38 Shaquem Griffin, Central Florida)
Bench Press: 23 (28 Christian Sam, Arizona State)
Vertical Jump: DNP
Broad Jump: DNP
3 Cone Drill: DNP
20 Yard Shuttle: DNP
60 Yard Shuttle: DNP
Tegray Scales
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 230lbs
Arms: 30 3/4″
Hands: 8 5/8″
40 Yard Dash: 4.77 (4.38 Shaquem Griffin, Central Florida)
Bench Press: 27 (28 Christian Sam, Arizona State)
Vertical Jump: DNP
Broad Jump: DNP
3 Cone Drill: DNP
20 Yard Shuttle: DNP
60 Yard Shuttle: DNP
Rashard Fant
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 175lbs
According to his Twitter account, Fant encountered some bad luck yesterday preparing for the Combine and will be unable to participate on Monday:
Deuteronomy 31:6! ?? pic.twitter.com/DplF5bXqAR
— Rashard Ahmad Fant (@RashardFant) March 5, 2018
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