The first day of the NFL Combine didn't disappoint, with shockingly fast 40-yard dashes from defensive tackles and defensive ends. Nobody was more impre sive than Georgia DE Nolan Smith.Smith ran an official 4.39 40-yard dash, the second-fastest combine mark by a defensive end since 2003. Only Smith and Amare Barno (2022) have ever come in under 4.40 at
Brandon Workman Jersey the position.Amazingly, that wasn't good enough for Smith. When he was unofficially clocked at 4.44, he threw his phone in frustration and told NFL Network he had been aiming for the 4.3 range. Smith is likely happier with his official number.NFL Network's camera caught Nolan Smith frustrated & throwing
Pedro Martinez Jersey his phone after running a 4.44 40.... He told he was mad because he wasn't running full speed and he's been training in the 4.3s! FTB VIDS (@anotherFTBacct) Smith's Georgia teammates had the more appropriate reaction, celebrating like they had just won another national championship. Georgia players respond to Nolan Smiths 4.44 Brooks Austin (@BrooksAustinBA) MORE:NFL Network was able to capture just how special Smith's speed was, overlaying his 40-yard dash with the combine dashes of Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins. Smith makes the pair of all-pro receivers look a step too slow in comparison.Nolan Smith vs. Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins.WOW. : on : Stream on NFL+ NFL (@NFL) Smith didn't stop at the 40-yard dash, though. His 1
Dustin Pedroia Jersey .52 10-yard split set an NFL Combine record for an edge rusher, and his 41.5-inch vertical jump was a full 3.5 inches above the next-best mark by any player on Thursday.Smith measured in at just 6-foot-2 at the combine. For comparison, 6-foot-5 defensive end Lukas Van Ne s had a 31-inch vertical jump - more than 10 inches le s than Smith.What a day for Nolan Smith.40-yard dash: 4.39 secondsVertical Jump: 41.50"Broad Jump: 10'8"
Tyler Thornburg Jersey NFL (@NFL) Remarkably, Smith hasn't even played a down since October, when he suffered a season-ending pectoral tear. That Georgia was able to cruise to a title without his freakish athleticism on its front seven speaks to how loaded the Bulldogs' roster was.MORE: Smith entered the 2022 season as a consensus first-round prospect but saw his stock slip a bit after the injury and low sack production for Georgia. SN's Vinnie Iyer ranks Smith as the draft's No. 48 overall prospect in.The raw athleticism Smith displayed in Indianapolis could jolt his stock back into first-round territory
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