Nfl Combine 3 Cone Drill Times
These are the top 10 results for each of the NFL Combine fitness tests, for combines from 1999 up to and including 2015. Lists of the top 10 performers from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are also available, and the best for each year and best ever is listed on the Best Combine Results table. For a description of each of these tests, see the page about the NFL Combine.
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The NFL Combine measures players using both 20-yard and 60-yard shuttle drills. The shuttles, much like the 3-cone drill, test speed and acceleration. With two of the players being too old to have their drill times registered by the NFL, only Vernon was above the 7.3 mark. The 3-cone, like all other drills, is not without its hiccups. These are the top 10 results for each of the NFL Combine fitness tests, for combines from 1999 up to and including 2015. Top 10 Fastest 3-Cone Drill Times.
The NFL do not keep official records for combine results, so these are unofficial, and are not all verified. These lists are based on results only starting from 1999. The data was initially based on a results table from 1999 up to 2007 as was published on NFLDraftScout.com, and has since been updated each year. There are results from prior to 1999 that would also make these lists, but as not we do not have complete datasets from this period they have not been included.
Top 10 Fastest 40 Yard Times
Bo Jackson reportedly has a hand-timed 4.12 second 40 yard dash time performed in 1986. Also hand timed, Deion Sanders recorded a 4.19 sec in 1989, though another source has it that he was 'officially' recorded as 4.28 secs on this day.
| rank | time (seconds) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.22 | John Ross | 2017 | WR, Washington |
| 2 | 4.24 | Chris Johnson | 2008 | RB, East Carolina |
| 4.24 | Rondel Melendez | 1999 | (WR), Eastern Kentucky | |
| 4.24 | Marquise Goodwin | 2013 | ||
| 5 | 4.26 | Dri Archer | 2014 | RB (Kent State) |
| 6 | 4.27 | Henry Ruggs III | 2020 | WR from ALABAMA |
| 7 | 4.28 | Jalen Myrick | 2017 | DB, Minnesota |
| 4.28 | J.J. Nelson | 2015 | UAB WO | |
| 4.28 | DeMarcus Van Dyke | 2011 | DB, Miami | |
| 4.28 | Jacoby Ford | 2010 | WR, Clemson | |
| 4.28 | Jerome Mathis | 2005 | (WR), Hampton | |
| 4.28 | Champ Bailey | 1999 | (CB), Georgia |
Top 10 Most 225 Pound Bench Press Reps
| rank | reps | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51 | Justin Ernest | 1999 | (DT), Eastern Kentucky |
| 2 | 49 | Stephen Paea | 2011 | DT, Oregon State |
| =3 | 45 | Petrus, Mitch | 2010 | G, Arkansas |
| =3 | 45 | Mike Kudla | 2006 | (DE), Ohio State |
| =3 | 45 | Leif Larsen | 2000 | (DT), Texas-El Paso |
| =6 | 44 | Netane Muti | 2020 | OL from FRESNO ST. |
| =6 | 44 | Dontari Poe | 2012 | Memphis |
| =6 | 44 | Owens, Jeff | 2010 | |
| =6 | 44 | Brodrick Bunkley | 2006 | (DT), Florida State |
| 10 | 43 | Scott Young | 2005 | (OG), BYU |
Top 10 Best Vertical Jump
| rank | height (inches) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Gerald Sensabaugh | 2005 | (FS), North Carolina |
| 2 | 45 ½ | Derek Wake | 2005 | (OLB), Penn State |
| 3 | 45 | Conley, Chris | 2015 | WO |
| 45 | Donald Washington | 2009 | CB, Ohio St | |
| 45 | Chris McKenzie | 2005 | (CB), Arizona State | |
| 45 | Chris Chambers | 2001 | (WR), Wisconsin | |
| 7 | 44 ½ | Peoples-Jones, Donovan | 2020 | WO, Michigan |
| 44 ½ | Jones, Byron | 2015 | DB | |
| 9 | 44 | Juan Thornhill | 2019 | S, Virginia |
| 44 | Obi Melifonwu | 2017 | DB, Connecticut | |
| 44 | A.J. Jefferson | 2010 |
Top 10 Best Broad Jump Results
Nfl Combine 3 Cone Drill Times
| rank | distance (ft/in) | distance (inches) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12' 3' (3.73 m) | 147 | Jones, Byron | 2015 | DB |
| 2 | 11' 9' (3.58 m) | 141 | Obi Melifonwu | 2017 | DB, Connecticut |
| 11' 9' (3.58 m) | 141 | Emanuel Hall | 2019 | WO, Missouri | |
| 11' 9' (3.58 m) | 141 | Juan Thornhill | 2019 | S, Virginia | |
| 5 | 11' 8' (3.56 m) | 140 | Miles Boykin | 2019 | WO, Notre Dame |
| 6 | 11' 7' (3.53 m) | 139 | Peoples-Jones, Donovan | 2020 | WO, Michigan |
| 11' 7' (3.53 m) | 139 | Conley, Chris | 2015 | WO | |
| 11' 7' (3.53 m) | 139 | Jamie Collins | 2013 | Southern Miss | |
| 9 | 11' 6' | 138 | Chinn, Jeremy | 2020 | S, Southern Illinois |
| 11' 6' | 138 | Reagor, Jalen | 2020 | WO, TCU | |
| 11' 6' | 138 | Dupree, Bud | 2015 | LB |
Top 10 Fastest 3-Cone Drill Times
Best 3 Cone Drill Nfl Combine 2020
| rank | time (seconds) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.28 | Jordan Thomas | 2018 | DB from Oklahoma |
| 2 | 6.42 | Jeff Maehl | 2011 | WR, Oregon |
| 3 | 6.44 | Buster Skrine | 2011 | DB, Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| =4 | 6.45 | David Long | 2019 | DB, Michigan |
| =4 | 6.45 | Scott Long | 2010 | |
| =4 | 6.45 | Sedrick Curry | 2000 | (CB), Texas A&M |
| 7 | 6.46 | D. Sanzenbacher | 2011 | |
| 8 | 6.47 | Daniel Sorensen | 2014 | BYU |
| =9 | 6.48 | T. Toliver | 2011 | |
| =9 | 6.48 | Rogers Beckett | 2000 | (FS), Marshall |
Top 10 Fastest 20-Yard Shuttle Times
| rank | time (seconds) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.73 | Kevin Kasper | 2001 | (WR), Iowa |
| 2 | 3.76 | Deion Branch | 2002 | (WR), Louisville |
| 3 | 3.78 | Dunta Robinson | 2004 | (CB), South Carolina |
| 4 | 3.79 | *Champ Bailey | 1999 | (CB), Georgia |
| 5 | 3.81 | Cooks, Brandin | 2014 | Oregon St. |
| 6 | 3.82 | McCain, Bobby | 2015 | DB |
| 3.82 | Dante' Hall | 2000 | (RB), Texas A&M | |
| 8 | 3.83 | Jason Allen | 2006 | (FS), Tennessee |
| 3.83 | Kevin Bentley | 2002 | (OLB), NorthWestern | |
| 3.83 | Terence Newman | 2003 | (CB), Kansas State |
Top 10 Fastest 60-Yard Shuttle Times
(only data from 2006+, also 2020 NA)
| rank | time (seconds) | name | year | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.71 | Shelton Gibson | 2017 | WR, West Virginia |
| 2 | 10.72 | Avonte Maddox | 2018 | DB from Pittsburgh |
| 10.72 | Cooks, Brandin | 2014 | WR (Oregon State) | |
| 4 | 10.75 | Jamell Fleming | 2012 | |
| 10.75 | Buster Skrine | 2011 | ||
| 6 | 10.80 | Sorensen, Daniel | 2014 | S (BYU) |
| 7 | 10.81 | IGWEBUIKE, GODWIN | 2018 | S from Northwestern |
| 8 | 10.84 | Copeland, Damian | 2014 | WR (Louisville) |
| 10.84 | Braxton Miller | 2016 | ||
| 10.84 | Justin Simmons | 2016 |
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This test is part of the fitness testing battery for the NFL Combine replacing the “4 Cone” or “Box” drill. It is also sometimes called the 'L-Drill'.
purpose: this is a test of agility, including speed, quickness, flexibility, change of direction, body control.
equipment required: stopwatch, measuring tape or marked football field, marker cones, a flat non-slip surface.
pre-test: Explain the test procedures to the subject. Perform screening of health risks and obtain informed consent. Prepare forms and record basic information such as age, height, body weight, gender, test conditions. Measure and mark out the course. Ensure that the subjects are adequately warmed-up. See more details of pre-test procedures.
test layout: Three marker cones are placed to form an 'L.' with cones at the corner and at each end, 5 yards apart (see diagram).
procedure: The player starts by getting down in a three-point stance next to Cone 1. On the command 'Go', he runs to Cone 2, bends down and touches a line with his right hand. Then he turns and runs back to Cone 1, bends down and touches that line with his right hand. Then he runs back to Cone 2 and around the outside of it, weaves inside Cone 3, then around the outside of Cones 3 and 2 before finishing at Cone 1. The player must run forward while altering his running direction, as opposed to strictly stopping and starting in opposite directions. Each time they perform the 3-cone drill for a different side (e.g. first time they curve to the left, second time they curve to the right). See 3-cone shuttle drill video.
scoring: The time to complete the test in seconds is recorded. The score is the best time of two trials.
results: US Decathlete Bryan Clay reached 7.85 seconds in this test during a SPARQ testing exercise (published in SPARQ Magazine, Summer 2008). See also some results from the NFL Combine.
target population: This test is part of the NFL testing combine, though it would be suitable for athletes involved in many team sports where agility is important such basketball, hockey, rugby, soccer.
comments:
- The 3-Cone Drill is the newest addition to the NFL scouting combine, replacing the “4 Cone” or “Box” drill.
- This test is also sometimes called the L-Drill due to the shape of the cone layout.
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Similar Tests
- Read the description of the similar “4 Cone” or “Box” drill
Related Pages
What Is The 3 Cone Drill Nfl Combine
- See video examples of the 3-cone agility test in action.
- About other agility tests
- This test is part of the NFL Combine Testing
- This test was once part of the Football Pro Rating SPARQ