INDIANAPOLIS — It’s Saturday of NFL combine week, which means prospect measurements and on-field workouts are officially in full swing. The schedule is as follows:
Saturday: QB, RB and WR
Sunday: OL
In the morning, players log official measurements, including height, weight, wingspan, arm length and hand size. In the afternoon, they participate in on-field testing — including the 40-yard dash, vertical and broad jumps, and bench press — before wrapping up with positional drills inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
The festivities kicked off Thursday with defensive linemen, edge rushers and linebackers. Much of the day’s discussion centered on Rueben Bain Jr.’s historically short arms, but once workouts began, attention shifted to the top prospects not named Bain, who elected not to work out. (Other top prospects to sit out included Peter Woods, Akheem Mesidor and CJ Allen.)
Ohio State EDGE Arvell Reese — the No. 3 prospect in CBS Sports draft analyst Mike Renner’s rankings — performed like a bona fide top-five pick, as did Ohio State LB Sonny Styles (No. 10) and Texas Tech EDGE David Bailey (No. 19).
Defensive backs and tight ends were next up Friday, and a pair of Oregon standouts stole the show. Dillon Thieneman, already a first-round talent in terms of production, blew away athletic expectations with his testing and on-field drills, solidifying himself as a Night 1 prospect.
His teammate, Kenyon Sadiq, followed that up by running a 4.39-second 40-yard dash — the fastest by a tight end in combine history. In a position group lacking elite talent, it’s not a question of if Sadiq will go in Round 1 — it’s a matter of how high.
Now the focus shifts to the other offensive skill players, with quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers…
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