{"id":4275,"date":"2019-03-06T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2019-03-19T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:24:13","slug":"exos-athletes-shine-at-2019-nfl-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/exos-athletes-shine-at-2019-nfl-combine\/","title":{"rendered":"EXOS Athletes Shine at 2019 NFL Combine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exos-300x74.png\" alt=\"EXOS\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exos-300x74.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exos-200x49.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exos.png 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>EXOS<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS, IN<\/strong> &#8211; EXOS athletes wrapped up another successful NFL combine. After eight weeks of preparation and hard work, they demonstrated their strength, power and speed at this year\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p>Between 103 athletes, they secured 22 position No.1 performances, set five position records (three of them tied) and had four overall No. 1 performances. Juan Thornhill, S, Virginia, dominated the vertical jump and the broad jump while Taylor Rapp, S, Washington, took No. 1 overall in the 60-yard shuttle.<\/p>\n<p>Iosua Opeta, OL, Weber State, had the No.1 overall bench press performance with 39 reps, while Dexter Lawrence, DL, Clemson, finished strong with 36 reps. D.K. Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss, set a position record with 27 reps.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Banogu, EDGE, Texas Christian, jumped 11 feet 2 inches, setting a position record for broad jump. Parris Campbell, Ohio State, turned heads as the fastest wide receiver in the 40-yard dash with a time of 4.31 seconds. Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State, and Devin White, LB, LSU, were also No. 1 performers for their positions with times of 4.41 seconds and 4.42 seconds respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was extremely rewarding to see our clients record several combine records and personal bests at this year\u2019s NFL combine,\u201d says Adam Farrand, vice president of pro\/elite sports at EXOS. \u201cOur fully integrated team put in countless hours to ensure they were ready for the most important job interview of their career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall performances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. 1 overall bench press \u2013 Iosua Opeta, OL, Weber State \u2013 39 reps<br \/>\nNo. 1 overall vertical jump \u2013  Juan Thornhill, S, Virginia \u2013 44\u201d<br \/>\nNo. 1 overall broad jump \u2013 Juan Thornhill, S, Virginia \u2013 11\u20199\u201d<br \/>\nNo. 1 overall 60-yard shuttle \u2013 Taylor Rapp, S, Washington \u2013 11.33 Sec<br \/>\n3 of the top 10 overall 40-yard dash performances<br \/>\n6 of the top 10 overall bench press performances<br \/>\n4 of the top 10 overall vertical jump performances<br \/>\n6 of the top 10 overall broad jump performances<br \/>\n3 of the top 10 overall 20-yard shuttle performances<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position No.1 performances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>40-yard dash<\/em><br \/>\nParris Campbell, WR, Ohio State \u2013 4.31s<br \/>\nMontez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State \u2013 4.41s<br \/>\nDevin White, LB, LSU \u2013 4.42s<\/p>\n<p><em>Bench press<\/em><br \/>\nD.K. Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss \u2013 27 reps (tied position record)<br \/>\nTrevon Wesco, TE, West Virginia \u2013 24 reps<br \/>\nIosua Opeta, OL, Weber State \u2013 39 reps<br \/>\nDexter Lawrence, DL, Clemson \u2013 36 reps<br \/>\nDrue Tranquill, LB, Notre Dame \u2013 31 reps<br \/>\nKhari Willis, S, Michigan State \u2013 22 reps<\/p>\n<p><em>Vertical jump<\/em><br \/>\nBen Banogu, EDGE, Texas Christian \u2013 40\u201d (position record)<br \/>\nDevin Bush, LB, Michigan \u2013 40.5\u201d<br \/>\nKen Webster, CB, Ole Miss \u2013 43\u201d<br \/>\nJuan Thornhill, S, Virginia \u2013 44\u201d (tied position record)<\/p>\n<p><em>Broad jump<\/em><br \/>\nBen Banogu, EDGE, Texas Christian \u2013 11\u20192\u201d (position record)<br \/>\nMaxx Crosby, DL, Eastern Michigan \u2013 10\u20192\u201d<br \/>\nCorey Ballentine, CB, Washburn \u2013 11\u20193\u201d<br \/>\nJuan Thornhill, S, Virginia \u2013 11\u20199\u201d (tied position record)<\/p>\n<p><em>3-cone shuttle<\/em><br \/>\nGarrett Bradbury, OL, NC State \u2013 7.41s<br \/>\nMaxx Crosby, DL, Eastern Michigan \u2013 6.89s<\/p>\n<p><em>20-yard shuttle<\/em><br \/>\nParris Campbell, WR, Ohio State \u2013 4.03s<br \/>\nMaxx Crosby, DL, Eastern Michigan \u2013 4.13s<br \/>\nTaylor Rapp, S, Washington \u2013 3.99s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS, IN<\/strong> &#8211; EXOS athletes wrapped up another successful NFL combine. After eight weeks of preparation and hard work, they demonstrated their strength, power and speed at this year\u2019s events. Between 103 athletes, they secured 22 position No.1 performances, set five position records (three of them tied) and had four overall No. 1 performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[100],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4275\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}