NFL combine 2025 live updates, results tracker: Start times, TV schedule, top performances, where to watch

Grading top EDGE and LB prospects; other winners/losers

NFL combine 2025 takeaways: Grades for top EDGE and LB prospects, plus other winners and losers

Chris Trapasso

Grading top DL prospects, plus winners and losers from Thursday

NFL combine 2025 takeaways: Grades for top DL prospects, plus other winners and losers from on-field workouts

Josh Edwards

Thursday night drills wrapping up

The linebackers are on the field wrapping up drills Thursday. Friday brings the cornerbacks and tight ends. Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston had a bold proclamation regarding his upcoming workout.

Potential first-round NFL Draft pick promises to put on show at combine, urges fans to ‘get popcorn’ ready

Josh Edwards

Top performers by group

40-yard dash

• DT: Ty Robinson (Nebraska): 4.83 seconds
• EDGE: James Pearce (Tennessee): 4.47 seconds
• LB: Kain Medrano (UCLA): 4.46 seconds

10-yard split

• DT: Jared Harrison-Hunte (SMU) and Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (Georgia): 1.69 seconds
• EDGE: James Pearce Jr. (Tennessee): 1.56 seconds
• LB: Smael Mondon (Georgia) and Eugene Asante (Auburn): 1.52 seconds

Vertical jump

• DT: Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (Georgia): 36″
• EDGE: Landon Jackson (Arkansas): 40.5″
• LB: Carson Schwesinger (UCLA): 39.5″

Broad jump

• DT: Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, Georgia: 10-foot-4
• EDGE: Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M: 10-foot-11
• LB: Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia: 10-foot-10

Why are prospects slipping at NFL combine?

You’ve probably noticed prospects slipping during drills on the Lucas Oil Stadium turf. Here’s why:

Why are players slipping at the 2025 NFL combine? Behind the new turf, field pellets at Lucas Oil Stadium

Cody Benjamin

Boston College EDGE crushes the agility drills

Donovan Ezeiruaku, one of the most productive outside pass rushers in college football the past two seasons, had the fastest three cone (6.94 seconds) and short shuttle (4.19) of any edge rusher participating in those drills at this year’s combine. That’s a drill that demonstrates how tightly an outside rusher can bend the corner.

Extreme explosiveness from former UC-Davis linebacker

Teddye Buchanan, who transferred to Cal for his final season in the NFL, erupted during his workout at the combine on Thursday night, posting a 40-inch vertical and 10-foot-5 in the broad jump. Very productive throughout his collegiate career. Definitely a name to watch who could rise onto Day 2 in a weaker linebacker class.

Surprise team meets with Cam Ward

Bet you didn’t see this coming.

2025 NFL Draft: Surprise team with top-10 pick meets with top QB prospect Cam Ward at combine, per report

Cody Benjamin

Comparing Alabama stars

Georgia LB with longest broad jump of his position group

Smael Mondon demonstrating part of the reason why he was the No. 2 linebacker recruit per 247 Sports in the 2021 class. He’s an explosive athlete.

Electric speed on display from Minnesota edge rusher

Next Myles Garrett? Draft prospect joins elite company

According to Relative Athletic Score, which is a site that grades out NFL prospects’ combine performances relative to other players at their respective position, both past and present, graded Shemar Stewart as 9.99 overall with 10 being the highest possible score. That ranks as the third-highest relative athletic score among 1,802 edge rusher prospects since 1987.

Edge rusher prospects who scored similar RAS scores as Stewart include Garrett (9.99 RAS, first overall pick in 2017), three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Jevon Kearse (9.97 RAS, 16th overall pick in 1999), three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney (9.76 RAS, first overall pick in 2014) and Miami Dolphins edge rusher Jaelan Phillips (9.88 RAS, 18th overall pick in 2021 draft).

Next Myles Garrett? 2025 NFL Draft prospect makes combine history, shares physical similarities to Browns star

Cody Benjamin

Top two off-ball linebackers with explosive jumps

Campbell and Schwesinger are comparable on film too. Sleek, no-hesitation rockets to the football.

Annual disrespect for Patrick Mahomes continues

Bold prediction coming true with Shemar Stewart

Super-smooth hoop drill for enormous Texas DT

Alfred Collins measured-in at over 6-5 and 332 pounds with ridiculously long 34 5/8″ arms and flashed his bend and balance in this hoop drill. Run-plugging extraordinaire.

Edge rushers who aren’t running the 40-yard dash at the combine

Landon Jackson continues strong performance as well

After posting a 40.5″ vertical jump, Arkansas edge rusher Landon Jackson doubled down with a fast 40-yard dash.

Shemar Stewart eclipses Myles Garrett’s 40-yard dash time

At 6-foot-4 1/2, 272 pounds, Myles Garrett ran the 40-yard dash in 4.64 seconds. Stewart just surpassed that total after broadly jumping 10-foot-11-inches and vertically 40 inches.

Tennessee’s James Pearce flies in the 40-yard dash

The No. 10 prospect on the CBS Sports prospect rankings — who happens to be the No. 1 overall prospect on my board, just cruised in the 40-yard dash. Currently the fastest among the edge-rushers and defensive tackles.

Sleeper EDGE from Louisville posts explosive jumps

Ashton Gillotte, who had 58 and 57 pressures the past two seasons for the Cardinals despite not rushing the passer even 375 times in either season, had a high-caliber vertical and broad jump this afternoon in Indianapolis.

Gillotte accomplished those figures at a stock 6-2 1/2″ and 264 pounds. That vertical is near the top of the edge-rusher group thus far.

Figure 8 drill standouts

• Texas DL Alfred Collins
• Florida State DL Joshua Farmer
• Ole Miss J.J. Pegues
• Oregon DL Derrick Harmon
• Toledo DL Darius Alexander

Shemar Stewart showing out

The Texas A&M edge rusher, who many expected to test through the roof in Indianapolis, is doing so thus far. That 10-foot-11 broad is freaky at 267 pounds. For context, it’s an inch longer than the broad jump of Ravens running back Justice Hill, who weighed 198 pounds at the 2019 combine.

Some of the standouts from the run and club drill

• Toledo DL Darius Alexander
• Georgia DL Warren Brinson
• Kentucky DL Deone Walker
• Nebraska DL Ty Robinson
• Ohio State DL Tyleik Williams

Top-10 40-yard dash times (defensive tackles)

1. Ty Robinson (Nebraska): — 4.83 seconds
2. Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (Georgia) — 4.86
3. Jared Harrison-Hunte (SMU) — 4.87
4. Derrick Harmon (Oregon) — 4.95
5. Aeneas Peebles (Virginia Tech) — 4.95
6. C.J. West (Indiana) — 4.95
7. Darius Alexander (Toledo) — 4.97
8. Junior Tafuna (Utah) — 5.04
9. Zeek Biggers (Georgia Tech) — 5.09
10. Tommy Akingbesote (Maryland) — 5.10

Full list of 2025 NFL combine measurements and 40-yard dash times, plus winners and losers for each position

Tyler Sullivan

Strong combine performance begins for Arkansas EDGE

Landon Jackson is a prospect that I expected to run really well in the 40-yard dash and 3-cone drill. He got the party started early by jumping out of the gym at 6-foot-7, 280 pounds.

Pass rush drill standouts

Scouts want to see powerful hands and an ability to flip your hips and flatten a straight line to the quarterback. There were several standouts, including Ohio State defensive tackle Ty Hamilton, Florida State defensive tackle Joshua Farmer, Tennessee defensive tackle Omar Norman-Lott, South Carolina defensive tackle T.J. Sanders, Georgia defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse and Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams.

Early standouts from on-field drills

Tennessee defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott, Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams and Clemson defensive tackle Payton Page were some of the standouts in the first group of on-field drills during which their change of direction and posture were tested.

Impressive 10-yard split for Toledo star

At nearly 6-foot-4 and 304 pounds — which is somewhat sleek for the defensive tackle spot — Darius Alexander’s 10-yard split of 1.72 seconds is currently the fourth-fastest among all defensive tackles and the fastest among those over 300 pounds. He was an incredibly versatile defender for the Rockets and is demonstrating in Indianapolis the explosiveness that’s clear on film.