S Earl Thomas posted 21 reps of 225 pounds on the Combine bench press Monday

[cowboyjoe]

Earl Thomas-DB- Player Mar. 1 - 3:27 pm et


Texas S Earl Thomas posted 21 reps of 225 pounds on the Combine bench press Monday.

Other totals of note: Boise State CB Kyle Wilson (25), Michigan CB Donovan Warren (12), USC S Taylor Mays (24) and Florida State S Myron Rolle (21). Amid question marks about his strength and size, Thomas showed up to Indianapolis much bigger than expected and outdid both Eric Berry and Joe Haden on the bench. Thomas is also likely to tear up the forty on Tuesday.
Source: Shawn Zobel on Twitter
Related: Myron Rolle, Donovan Warren, Taylor Mays, Kyle Wilson

 

[cowboyjoe]

Joe Haden-DB- Player Mar. 1 - 2:37 pm et


Florida CB Joe Haden had 18 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press at the Scouting Combine Monday.

Tennessee S Eric Berry, competing with Haden and possibly Texas S Earl Thomas to be the first defensive back off the board, had 19 reps of 225. Haden's bench press was impressive, but his forty time is more crucial. The DBs run on Tuesday, and there is speculation that Haden may not best 4.5.
Source: Shawn Zobel on Twitter
Related: Eric Berry

 

[AustnIsMySaviour]

wilson had more then Mays? LOL thats humiliating man.

 

[TheCount]

wilson had more then Mays? LOL thats humiliating man.

Not really, Mays is 5 inches taller, bet his arms are quite a bit longer.

 

[AustnIsMySaviour]

Not really, Mays is 5 inches taller, bet his arms are quite a bit longer.

please, he has 40 pounds on Wilson and hes been dubbed the workout warrior by many. 24 reps is brutal for him. You can't say that your not surprised.

 

[rkell87]

please, he has 40 pounds on Wilson and hes been dubbed the workout warrior by many. 24 reps is brutal for him. You can't say that your not surprised.

:fact:

 

[dmoore]

please, he has 40 pounds on Wilson and hes been dubbed the workout warrior by many. 24 reps is brutal for him. You can't say that your not surprised.

24 doesn't sound too bad. I'm interested in seeing what he runs. I'm not going to doubt his strength. I think it's just a good performance by Wilson, who's one of my favorite CBs in this draft.

I'd take Berry and Haden over Thomas still.

 

[JonCJG]

please, he has 40 pounds on Wilson and hes been dubbed the workout warrior by many. 24 reps is brutal for him. You can't say that your not surprised.

Mike Iupati had just 27 reps and I don't think anyone is questioning his strength. And he has around 100lbs on Mays.

The fact is both of them have some of the longer arm lengths at their positions.

Mays arm length 34 inches (longest)
Iupati 34 3/4 (longest for OG)

Fact is the bench favors players with shorter arms because they don't have to push the bar as far.

 

[VACowboy]

I like Wilson at #27 more and more.

 

[8FOR!3]

Techinically seeing how many times you can rep 225 isn't even muscle strength for these guys, it's muscle endurance. It is pretty funny though to look at, Stephen McGee having the same amount of reps last year as Taylor Mays.

 

[AustnIsMySaviour]

Mike Iupati had just 27 reps and I don't think anyone is questioning his strength. And he has around 100lbs on Mays.

The fact is both of them have some of the longer arm lengths at their positions.

Mays arm length 34 inches (longest)
Iupati 34 3/4 (3rd longest)

Fact is the bench favors players with shorter arms because they don't have to push the bar as far.

I could say the same thing.. mccluster posted 20 reps. So are you telling me its normal for Mays, the man that everyone is boosting about in terms of strength, workout warrior etc to have 24 reps at 230 pounds which is only 4 more then a 170 pound man?

 

[RamziD]

24 doesn't sound too bad. I'm interested in seeing what he runs. I'm not going to doubt his strength. I think it's just a good performance by Wilson, who's one of my favorite CBs in this draft.

I'd take Berry and Haden over Thomas still.

I don't think anyone will argue with you on that one. Both those guys are Top 10 locks.

 

[dmoore]

I could say the same thing.. mccluster posted 20 reps. So are you telling me its normal for Mays, the man that everyone is boosting about in terms of strength, workout warrior etc to have 24 reps at 230 pounds which is only 4 more then a 170 pound man?

What are you arguing? Yes, it's normal for Mays to put up 24 reps. He certainly didn't hurt everyone's opinion of him. Bench press isn't the sole indicator of strength.

Also, you haven't addressed the arm length comment. Long arms do hurt you on the bench press. I've lifted for a long time and I can bench more than a lot of guys that I know are stronger than me because I have short arms that were made for the bench.

 

[JonCJG]

I could say the same thing.. mccluster posted 20 reps. So are you telling me its normal for Mays, the man that everyone is boosting about in terms of strength, workout warrior etc to have 24 reps at 230 pounds which is only 4 more then a 170 pound man?

Please show me someone claiming Mays is one of the strongest players in college football. Just one please. Shouldn't be hard because "everyone" is "boasting about his strength".

Again, 330lb Iupati had only a few reps more than Mays despite being 100lbs more than him. Are you questioning his strength too?

For comparison's sake, Roy Willy who most people would agree was a pretty stong S coming out of college, benched 225 just 13 times. Mays putting up 24 reps with 36 (edit 34) inch long arms is not "brutal" period. Saying so is dumb.

And I am not a fan of Mays at all. I wouldn't draft him. He seems like Roy Willy 2.0.

 

[JonCJG]

What are you arguing? Yes, it's normal for Mays to put up 24 reps. He certainly didn't hurt everyone's opinion of him. Bench press isn't the sole indicator of strength.

Also, you haven't addressed the arm length comment. Long arms do hurt you on the bench press. I've lifted for a long time and I can bench more than a lot of guys that I know are stronger than me because I have short arms that were made for the bench.

Agree 100 percent with this.

Roy Willy had an extremely strong lower body and it's the reason why when he hit someone, he lowered the boom on their ***.

 

[rkell87]

Mike Iupati had just 27 reps and I don't think anyone is questioning his strength. And he has around 100lbs on Mays.

The fact is both of them have some of the longer arm lengths at their positions.

Mays arm length 34 inches (longest)
Iupati 34 3/4 (longest for OG)

Fact is the bench favors players with shorter arms because they don't have to push the bar as far.

Please show me someone claiming Mays is one of the strongest players in college football. Just one please. Shouldn't be hard because "everyone" is "boasting about his strength".

Again, 330lb Iupati had only a few reps more than Mays despite being 100lbs more than him. Are you questioning his strength too?

For comparison's sake, Roy Willy who most people would agree was a pretty stong S coming out of college, benched 225 just 13 times. Mays putting up 24 reps with 36 inch long arms is not "brutal" period. Saying so is dumb.

And I am not a fan of Mays at all. I wouldn't draft him. He seems like Roy Willy 2.0.

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[BigWillie]

please, he has 40 pounds on Wilson and hes been dubbed the workout warrior by many. 24 reps is brutal for him. You can't say that your not surprised.

Dexter McCluster - 172lbs - 20 reps

LeGarrette Blount - 241lbs - 19 reps
Chris Brown - 210lbs - 17 reps
Anthony Dixon - 233lbs - 15 reps
Ryan Matthews - 218lbs - 19 reps
James Starks - 218lbs - 15 reps

Only 3 WR's were able to manage 20 reps. None were able to get more than 20 reps. And only 3 of these WR's weighed less than 186lbs.

As someone else stated, bench is more about muscle endurance more than raw strength.

 

[JonCJG]

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Yeah, my mistake. 34 is the number, tops for both S's and CB's.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I know it looks like I'm defending my boy.. but Mays knocking out 24 reps and Wilson knocking out 25 isn't a negative on Mays. It is incredibly positive on Wilson though.

For those who don't understand arm length's effect on this particular test, you simply aren't paying attention. If you watch the combine or even the combine highlights, the analysts talk about it the whole time.

Also impressive was Russell Okung, who knocked out 38 reps with very long arms. The question marks on him were his strength and his weight and he put an end to those with that performance.

 

[AustnIsMySaviour]

Please show me someone claiming Mays is one of the strongest players in college football. Just one please. Shouldn't be hard because "everyone" is "boasting about his strength".

Again, 330lb Iupati had only a few reps more than Mays despite being 100lbs more than him. Are you questioning his strength too?

For comparison's sake, Roy Willy who most people would agree was a pretty stong S coming out of college, benched 225 just 13 times. Mays putting up 24 reps with 36 (edit 34) inch long arms is not "brutal" period. Saying so is dumb.

And I am not a fan of Mays at all. I wouldn't draft him. He seems like Roy Willy 2.0.

why the **** would I find a link that says that? where did I say he's the strongest player in college football? *** are you talking about. My point is everyone is putting this guy on a pedestal, in terms of his workouts, physique. In case you didn't know there a huge difference between people boasting about his strength and being the strongest player in college football. Quote me where I said that please. Mccluster has 31 inch arms, so its not the greatest difference in the world btw.