NFL Combine Numbers | Analysis of the Top Performers in 2025

The NFL Combine has come and gone as we get some clarity on these college prospects. NFL Combine numbers offer the NFL teams some insight into these prospects, but they also have potential implications for fantasy football. Read my pre-Combine article and the history of Combine testing as it affects fantasy football. Here is a breakdown of the top-skilled players at each position for 2025.

If you didn’t read the history of the NFL Combine numbers, I strongly encourage you to do so before reading the 2025 results:

Post-NFL Combine Numbers

Tight Ends

During Day 2 of the NFL Combine, we had a disappointing showing from the tight end prospects. The chart below has the top 8 performers who did the best out of a mediocre testing group. If you read our pre-NFL Combine article on testing, you know that the broad jump could be a significant indicator of TE fantasy production.

Broad Jump | Risers

• Of the top 8 tight ends who tested the best, 6 of them would end up having a great broad jump score of 120 or better.
• Prospects Jalin Conyer and Joshua Simon showed off well at the NFL Combine with a great broad jump among other testing. They are two sleepers to keep your eye on.

40-Yard Dash | Best of the Worst

• Terrace Ferguson would lead all tight ends with a 4.63-second 40 time.
• Two tight ends had high prospect grades coming into the Combine: Gunner Helm & Mitchell Evans.

Fallers | High Ranked Prospects

• Gunnar Helm’s outlook doesn’t seem promising. As previously mentioned, a tight end who finishes with a 4.8 or worse 40 time doesn’t offer much fantasy success.
• Mitchell Evans had a poor vertical jump and 3-cone and a borderline-average broad jump grade.

Top Ranked | Taking it Easy

• The top three prospect graded tight ends (Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland & Mason Taylor) did not test at the Combine.
• Based on their projected draft capital; they can all still have high fantasy success.

Wide Receivers

Day 3 of the NFL Combine brought us the quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers. We will start with the receivers, who were pretty average at best with their testing.

Shuttle | Risers

As I mentioned in my previous article, shuttle testing has been the best indicator of fantasy success at receiver.

• From the top 10 performers, 6 receivers participated in the shuttle, and 5 finished with elite scores.
• Jaylin Lane & Isaac TeSalaa were two deep sleeper receivers who should be risers after excellent testing at the NFL combine.
• Jaylin Noel was 1 of 2 receivers to finish with a great result in 4 of the top 5 tests. He should be rising up boards as a Day 2 selection during the NFL draft.

40-Yard Dash | Don’t Chase the Outliers

• One faller in the 40 times was Pat Bryant, who finished with a 4.61.
  • History has not been good for receivers who finish outside of a 4.6-second 40 time.
• There were 13 receivers to finish with a 4.4-second 40 time or better this year.
  • 7 of those receivers had a prospect grade of 20 or worse.
  • Players like Arian Smith, KeAndre Lambert–Smith & Isaiah Neyor may be the fastest, but that doesn’t mean they will automatically succeed at the next level.
• Speaking of keeping your comments to yourself—Texas receiver Isaiah Bond claimed he could beat his former teammate, Xavier Worthy, in the 40-yard dash, but finished with a 4.39.
  • While that’s still a great time, it was far off from Worthy’s 4.21-second record.

Broad Jump | Stay in the Middle

As I mentioned in my previous article, having an excellent broad jump does not have a high outcome for future fantasy success.

• 2 players come in with a top-12 prospect score, Jaylin Noel and Jayden Higgins.
  • Noel would have the best broad jump in the class with 134 inches, and Higgins would finish with a score of 128 inches.
  • There has only been one receiver in the last 10 years to see WR1 numbers with a high broad jump score, so they will have some odds to overcome.
• That sweet spot range of 125 to 120 is where receivers have had the best odds to have fantasy success.
  • Tre Harris, Jack Bech, and Nick Nash gave themselves a solid chance at fantasy success stories with their broad jump results.

Top Ranked | Taking it Easy

• The top 4 prospect-graded receivers didn’t partake in all or most of the Combine testing.
  • Tetaiora McMillan and Emeke Egbuka both choose to wait to test at their respective Pro Days—if at all.
  • Luther Burden (4.41) and Matthew Golden (4.29) only ran the 40-yard dash, but both had great scores for their size at the position.

Running Backs

On Day 3, the running backs were the first to go and did well. This is a hyped-up running back class, and they showed why in their testing.

Broad Jump | Risers

• If you look at this group’s top 10 performers, they all had good-to-great broad jump scores.
• 23 running backs tested for the broad jump, and none of them posted a poor score—which shows the depth and talent of this class.
• Two sleepers rising up boards are Tahj Brooks and DJ Giddens.
  • Brooks posted solid numbers across the board, with the only elite shuttle score (4.06).
  • Giddens had a broad jump score of 130 while getting a vertical jump score of 39.5.

As previously mentioned in my pre-Combine article, the broad jump was one test that stood out when looking at Combine testing and future fantasy success.

40-Yard Dash | Speed is the Game

The broad jump was one of three tests that stuck out for future fantasy running back success, but so was the 40-yard dash.

• If we look at the top 10 performers, every one of them finished with a 4.54-second time or faster.
• Bhayshul Tuten, who dominated the NFL Combine testing, had the fastest score of 4.39 on the day.
• Some of the top talents in this class finished with 40 times under 4.5 in Omarion Hampton, Quinshon Judkins, and TreVeyon Henderson.
• One disappointment was Ollie Gordon II, who finished over 4.6 seconds, which we know has a low chance of fantasy production after that range

Top Prospects | Disappointment

• While Omarion Hampton & Bhayshul Tuten performed great on most of their drills, they finished with 4.4 and 4.41 on their shuttle times.
  • History has shown us that testing poorly has small chances of top 24 fantasy success.
  • Don’t get overly discouraged, as they still hit big marks in many of the other tests.
• Everyone was disappointed that Cam Skattebo did not run his 40-yard dash, but he did well in the vertical jump (39.5) and solid in the broad jump (123).
• Trevor Etienne did well in the tests, but came in at 5’8″, which is seen as undersized.

Others NFL Combine Numbers

• Ja’Quinden Jackson is a late-round player not worth considering at all in fantasy drafts, as he performed poorly all around.
• Kyle Monanagi and Ulysses Bently are also late rounders who struggled with testing.
• Montrell Johnson Jr. was also solid overall in his combined numbers while posting a great speed score of 112.1—he is a name to remember.

Quarterbacks

This year’s quarterbacks only had 4 participate during the testing, which was not an impressive showing.

Combine Testing | Disappointment

• Brady Cook was the best of the 4 quarterbacks, with good tests in the 40-yard dash, broad jump, and shuttle.
• Will Howard was below average in his testing with a 7.13-second 3 cone.
  • Howard was higher in some analysts’ rankings, so his overall value may have been hurt.

Non-Participants | High Draft Capital

• The top 3 quarterbacks, Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, and Jaxson Dart, did not test at the NFL Combine.
• While they aren’t highly ranked quarterback prospects, history has shown good fantasy success for non-participants testing at the NFL Combine as long as draft capital is good.
  • Draft capital will be the next important step for these quarterbacks.

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