Former Ohio State players at the NFL Scouting Combine have done well to show their athletic prowess at the event. Darron Lee may have had the best athletic showing in any given event today. The New Albany product showed his athleticism during the broad jump when he posted a bonkers 11' 1" jump and followed that with a position-best 4.43 in the 40-yard-dash.
That jump is insane. It's also the second best broad jump of anyone so far at the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine. Daniel Lasco (California running back) has him beat with an 11-foot, 3-inch jump of his own.
Byron Jones (UConn safety, current Dallas Cowboy) has the recent combine record with a 12-foot, 3-inch jump last year.
Lee wasn't done, however. Here is his first 40-yard dash attempt, a ridiculous 4.47-second spurt. His official time was marked down at 4.43. For context, that is faster than the official times for Braxton Miller (4.50), Jalin Marshall (4.60) and Michael Thomas (4.57) and the same as Ezekiel Elliott's. In fact, Lee's 4.43 was the fastest for a linebacker at the Combine Jon Alston ran a 4.40 in 2006. 2006!
.@DLeeMG8 (@OhioStAthletics) just ran a 4.47u 40! #NFLCombine https://t.co/OkWWka7DSx
— NFL (@NFL) February 28, 2016
According to NFL Network, only six wide receivers at the NFL Combine ran a faster 40-yard dash than Lee.
