Measuring first-step explosion of fastest, and slowest, draft prospects. Wes Bunting
After posting the 10-yard splits of some of the draft’s top potential pass rushers on Monday, I got a ton of emails, comments and requests for a look at the rest of the top 10-yard splits at positions across the board. Here’s a breakdown of the top five and bottom five split times at each position that I deemed relevant.
The 10-yard split is a great indicator of a prospect’s initial burst and explosion out of his stance, and in my opinion it does a much better job measuring overall football speed than the 40-yard dash since most NFL players are asked to play in 10-yard increments.
Remember, measuring a prospect’s 10-yard split does not guarantee success at the next level. It’s just another tool used to evaluate the first-step explosion a player is capable of producing.
Note: All times where recorded at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
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So does that mean that Terrance Cody had a faster 10 yard split than those DE's, or are the DT's in another category.
If Cody's 10 yard split was faster than those guys, then thats impressive.
Do you have his 10 yard split?
Wes,
Where can one find all the 10 yard split results? A guy I am very interested in is Daniel Teo-Nesheim. His drill results were similar to Clay Matthews and I think Matthews and his drill results are the measureables for a successful 3-4 linebacker. I realize character and intangiables have a lot to do with it and Teo-Nesheim seems to have what can not be measured.
Minnesota ILB Lee Campbell's 10 yard split at the Combine was 1.60. Not sure where you got the 1.74. That 14/100ths of a second makes a big difference.
Wes, can you do the same for the 3 cone drill?
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Nice to watching the rest of the top 10-yard splits at positions across the board. I like your update here.
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Thanks for the explained process. I am very familiar with the entire set-up, and have done work almost identical to the ones shown.
sometimes its a game of yards..others inches and sometimes a bust
Regardless of how fast they are, you still need instinct and str to get at the quarterback
We know many busts are going to happen out of this years draft
The quality score seems to me like it would be pretty straightforward but I’ve seen a few sites get their QS knocked down for unknown reasons...
As fast as spiller obviously is, his low speed shake and bakes that leave grown men collapsed on the ground are hard to put a number on.
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Mar 19, 2010
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As fast as spiller obviously is, his low speed shake and bakes that leave grown men collapsed on the ground are hard to put a number on.