Nfl Draft Bench Press

The bench press it s one of the most popular benchmarks of strength throughout the ranks of football and the jersey shore from high school gym juggernauts to the hopeful nfl prospects and beyond.

Nfl draft bench press. It did not work out as owens only played in one game. The nfl does not keep combine records but here are the top marks for the 40 yard dash the bench press and more over the last decade. Stephen paea dt 49 2011 vertical jump.

The philadelphia eagles continued their trend of drafting players that put up a ton of reps on the bench press by selecting georgia defensive tackle jeff owens in the seventh round of the 2010 nfl draft. Chris conley wr donald washington cb 45 inches 2015 2009. Tracking 40 times bench press and all drills tim daniels timdanielsbr.

Citation needed muscles edit. The bench press portion of the nba combine isn t anywhere near as important as it is in the nfl combine but that doesn t mean it isn t fun to discuss. Since 1999 only 17 men at the combine have managed to achieve more than 40 repetitions.

If anything it s interesting to see. Draft fantasy filter forward 5s forward 10s forward 30s full screen off full screen on gamepass games insights key leave live. Joe robbins getty images.

Take a look at the top bench press performances from the nfl. Featured columnist march 1 2019 comments. Justin ernest 1999 49 reps.

At the nfl combine bench press is used as a test of muscle strength and stamina in which athletes lift 225 pounds 102 kg as many times as possible. Jeff owens was an animal at the nfl combine jim mcisaac getty images. The bench press is used as a test of upper body explosive strength during the nfl combine where prospective nfl draft picks attempt to get as many reps of 225 lbs as possible.