This is amazing, both Emmanwori's combine performance and that Bryce Ford-Wheaton is one of a few to put up those numbers.
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What Emmanwori did is far from a guarantee of NFL success. We've seen combine stars before who became NFL busts. But this seems different for reasons I'll get into.
Emmanwori ran a 4.38 40, had a staggering 43-inch vertical jump and 11-foot-6 standing broad jump.
Those numbers alone are incredible. But add this fact: Emmanwori is 6-foot-3⅛ and 220 pounds. It cannot be overstated how unusual it is for someone that size (the height in particular) to run and jump that fast. It's just not something many humans can do. Klingons, yes. Humans, not a lot.
ESPN had two pieces of data that show the uniqueness of the moment. Emmanwori is just one of four players 6-3 or taller who have surpassed 40 inches in the vertical jump and also to run a sub-4.4 time in the 40 since 2003. ESPN says Bryce Ford-Wheaton (2023), Tariq Woolen (2022) and DK Metcalf (2019) are the others.
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What Emmanwori did is far from a guarantee of NFL success. We've seen combine stars before who became NFL busts. But this seems different for reasons I'll get into.
Emmanwori ran a 4.38 40, had a staggering 43-inch vertical jump and 11-foot-6 standing broad jump.
Those numbers alone are incredible. But add this fact: Emmanwori is 6-foot-3⅛ and 220 pounds. It cannot be overstated how unusual it is for someone that size (the height in particular) to run and jump that fast. It's just not something many humans can do. Klingons, yes. Humans, not a lot.
ESPN had two pieces of data that show the uniqueness of the moment. Emmanwori is just one of four players 6-3 or taller who have surpassed 40 inches in the vertical jump and also to run a sub-4.4 time in the 40 since 2003. ESPN says Bryce Ford-Wheaton (2023), Tariq Woolen (2022) and DK Metcalf (2019) are the others.
He ran like the Flash and jumped like an Olympian. A combine performance for the ages.
What South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori did this week at the NFL Scouting Combine was historic. We may not see anything like it for years.
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