2013 NFL Combine: Times and performances for the linebackers [Graph]
Florida Gators linebacker Jelani Jenkins (3) runs the ball after an interception against the Florida State Seminoles during the first half at Doak Campbell Stadium. (Kevin Liles-USA TODAY Sports)
The linebackers were put to the test on Monday at Indianapolis for the 2013 NFL Combine. As expected, all eyes were on the one and only Manti Te’o, the Heisman Trophy runner-up out of Notre Dame. Te’o has spent the last two months struggling at both football and in life, as the dude got pummeled in the national title game and then he had his dead girlfriend exposed as a hoax.
However, and with a chance to make all the crazy talk go away, Te’o disappointed mightily. The native Hawaiian came in a good 14 pounds under his listed playing weight (241 compared to 255) and running slower than anticipated in the 40-yard dash (4.82 compared to a goal of breaking 4.8).
But where the star of the group struggled, several starred, and in the process very much helping their causes. Two Florida ‘backers, Jon Bostic and Jelani Jenkins, impressed with far better-than-expected runs and lifts.
Georgia’s Cornelius Washington, who spent the entire 2012 season in the shadow of superstar linebackers Alec Ogletree and Jarvis Jones, ran the fastest 40-yard dash of the day at 4.55 seconds.
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