People know that in today’s NFL, if you want to win, you have to get to the quarterback. At the 2014 NFL Combine, the star of the Defensive Line is clearly South Carolina’s Defensive End, Jadeveon Clowney. The man that would have been the obviously pick for the #1 overall spot in last year’s draft, but was ineligible due to not being 3 years out of High School, was broken down and watched under a magnifying glass this past year. Joining Clowney in the DL group will be Dee Ford of Auburn, Kony Ealy and Michael Sam of Missouri, Louis Nix of Notre Dame, and Timmy Jernigan of Florida State.
Clowney came in a little lighter than the originally 275 lbs weight he was thought to be. He measured in at 6’5 and 1/4th 266 lbs with a 34 and half inch hand length. Dee Ford checked in at 6’2 and 1/8th 252 lbs with a 32 and 7/8th inch hand length. Kony Ealy came in at 6’4 273 lbs and a hand length of 34 and 1/4th inches. Michael Sam, the man who will be questioned mostly about his decision to announce that he is openly gay a week before the combine, measured in at 6’2 261 lbs and a 33 and 3/8th inch hand length. Of the 2 main Defensive Tackles in this draft, Nix came in at 6’2 331 lbs with a hand length of 33 inches, while Jernigan checked in at 6’2 299 lbs with a 31 and 5/8th inch hand length.
Below is a list of all the heights, weights, and hand lengths of all the Defensive Lineman from the NFL Combine.
|
Player |
School |
Height |
Weight |
Arm length |
|
Jay Bromley |
Syracuse |
6’3 |
306 |
33 1/2 |
|
Ryan Carrethers |
Arkansas State |
6’1 |
337 |
31 3/4 |
|
William Clarke |
West Virginia |
6’6 |
271 |
34 5/8 |
|
Jadeveon Clowney |
South Carolina |
6’5 1/4 |
266 |
34 1/2 |
|
Deandre Coleman |
California |
6’5 |
314 |
34 3/8 |
|
Scott Crichton |
Oregon State |
6’3 |
273 |
32 3/4 |
|
Aaron Donald |
Pittsburgh |
6’1 |
285 |
32 5/8 |
|
Kony Ealy |
Missouri |
6’4 |
273 |
34 1/4 |
|
Dominique Easley |
Florida |
6’2 |
288 |
32 7/8 |
|
Kasim Edeball |
Boston College |
6’2 |
253 |
32 3/4 |
|
Justin Ellis |
Louisiana Tech |
6’1 |
334 |
33 |
|
I.K. Enemkpall |
Louisiana Tech |
6’1 |
261 |
33 1/8 |
|
Ego Ferguson |
LSU |
6’3 |
315 |
32 1/2 |
|
Dee Ford |
Alabama |
6’2 1/8 |
252 |
32 7/8 |
|
James Gayle |
Virginia Tech |
6’4 |
259 |
32 3/8 |
|
Ra’shede Hageman |
Minnesota |
6’6 |
310 |
34 1/4 |
|
Taylor Hart |
Oregon |
6’6 |
281 |
32 3/4 |
|
Kerry Hyder |
Texas Tech |
6’2 |
290 |
33 1/2 |
|
Jackson Jeffcoat |
Texas |
6’3 |
247 |
33 7/8 |
|
Timmy Jernigan |
Florida State |
6’2 |
299 |
31 5/8 |
|
Anthony Johnson |
LSU |
6’2 |
308 |
33 |
|
Daquan Jones |
Penn State |
6’4 |
322 |
33 1/2 |
|
Howard Jones |
Shepherd |
6’2 |
235 |
34 1/8 |
|
Zach Kerr |
Delaware |
6’1 |
326 |
32 7/8 |
|
Demarcus Lawrence |
Boise State |
6’3 |
251 |
33 3/4 |
|
Aaron Lynch |
South Florida |
6’5 |
249 |
34 |
|
Eathyn Manumaleuna |
BYU |
6’2 |
296 |
32 1/4 |
|
Cassius Marsh |
UCLA |
6’4 |
252 |
32 3/4 |
|
Kareem Martin |
North Carolina |
6’6 |
272 |
35 |
|
Josh Mauro |
Stanford |
6’6 |
271 |
33 |
|
Dan McCullers |
Tennessee |
6’7 |
352 |
36 5/8 |
|
Tevin Mims |
South Florida |
6’4 |
260 |
33 3/4 |
|
Zach Moore |
Concordia |
6’5 |
269 |
33 3/4 |
|
Jonathan Newsome |
Ball State |
6’3 |
247 |
33 1/4 |
|
Louis Nix |
Notre Dame |
6’2 |
331 |
33 |
|
Jeoffrey Pagan |
Alabama |
6’3 |
310 |
33 |
|
Tenny Paleopi |
Utah |
6’1 |
298 |
30 1/2 |
|
Mike Pennel |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
6’4 |
332 |
33 3/8 |
|
Kelcy Quarles |
South Carolina |
6’4 |
297 |
33 1/4 |
|
Kaleb Ramsey |
Boston College |
6’3 |
293 |
32 7/8 |
|
Caraun Reid |
Princeton |
6’2 |
302 |
33 |
|
Michael Sam |
Missouri |
6’2 |
261 |
33 3/8 |
|
Chris Smith |
Arkansas |
6’1 |
266 |
34 1/8 |
|
Marcus Smith |
Louisville |
6’3 |
251 |
34 |
|
Shamar Stephen |
Connecticut |
6’5 |
309 |
33 1/8 |
|
Ed Stinson |
Alabama |
6’3 |
287 |
33 3/4 |
|
Will Sutton |
Arizona State |
6’0 |
303 |
31 1/4 |
|
Robert Thomas |
Arkansas |
6’1 |
327 |
33 7/8 |
|
Khyri Thornton |
Southern Miss |
6’3 |
304 |
32 1/2 |
|
Stephon Tuitt |
Notre Dame |
6’5 |
304 |
34 3/4 |
|
George Uko |
USC |
6’3 |
284 |
33 1/4 |
|
Brent Urban |
Virginia |
6’7 |
295 |
34 1/4 |
|
Larry Webster |
Bloomburg |
6’6 |
252 |
33 1/2 |
|
Ethan Westbrooks |
West Texas A&M |
6’3 |
267 |
33 1/4 |
|
Chris Whaley |
Texas |
6’3 |
269 |
32 1/8 |
|
Kerry Wynn |
Richmond |
6’5 |
266 |
31 3/4 |
