Winners and Losers from Day 2 at the combine

Written by Christian Lysek

Yesterday's combine action included people watching lineman and running backs bench press and watching quarterbacks and pass catchers get measured. Was it exciting? Not especially. Was it important? Absolutely. Let's see who won the day and who lost it.

Winners:

Forest Lamp, OG, Western Kentucky:

Forest Lamp is the top guard prospect in this years draft, and he showed why with an impressive bench press showing. 34 reps was tied for 2nd for all offensive lineman and beat out Dan Feeney (2nd best guard) by 9 reps.

Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State:

Dalvin Cook answered questions about his strength yesterday. 22 bench press reps was much more than I expected and was 4th for running backs.

Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma:

Not only did he beat every running back in the bench with 30 reps, he beat all but 4 offensive linemen. That speaks for itself.

Mitch Trubisky, QB, North Carolina:  

Trubisky didn't make money, but he didn't lose any either. He passed the QB measurement threshold with a 6'2'' height and 9.5-inch hands.

Jalen Robinette, WR, Air Force: 

As if being 6'3'' and 220 lbs isn't impressive enough, Robinette measured having 10 7/8 inch hands. Those are some big mitts.

Bug Howard, WR, North Carolina:

Bug Howard is a giant dude and he jumped off of the page looking at the measurements. Having a 6'4'' height, 221-pound weight, 33 1/8 inch arms, and 10 3/8 inch hands is a great way to boost your stock.

Pharoh Brown, TE, Oregon:

Pharoh Brown posted one of the best tight end measurement lines with a 6'5.5'' height, 255-pound weight, 35 5/8 inch arms, and 10 3/8 inch hands, That is a well-rounded measurement line that stands out. 

Michael Roberts, TE, Toledo:

Robert is 6'4'' and 270, but all I care about are his 11.5 inch hands. Thats bigger than a sheet of notebook paper.

Losers: 

Chad Wheeler, OL, USC: I know he is 6'7'', but he is also 306 lbs, dude needs to put up more than 15 reps.

Sam Tevi, OL, Utah: Sam Tevi also benched 15 reps, but he is 2 inches shorter than Wheeler. He had a poor showing.

Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford: I know bench pressing means next to nothing for a running back, but only putting up 10 reps makes me very concerned about McCaffrey's ability to block.

DeDe Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma: Everyone knows DeDe is fast, but everyone also knows he is thin as a rail. He didn't help himself by being the lightest wide receiver at the combine at 178 lbs.

Malachi Dupre, WR, LSU: Dupre's one strength throughout the draft process had been his 6'4'' listed size. Now he doesn't even have that advantage because it turns out he is only 6'2''.