2017 NFL Combine: Best Overall Performance by Position

All the talk entering the NFL Combine this year was about how a deep class of running backs would perform. Everyone came in talking about players like Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey, but after the dust settled in Indianapolis we will likely see more people trumpeting Christopher Carson’s name.

Carson was hardly on anyone’s radar after rushing for just 559 yards during his senior year for Oklahoma State. After he posted a 4.58 time in the 40-yard dash, good for just 16th among running backs, he remained a relative afterthought. But Carson stepped up his performance in a major way as players headed toward the other NFL Combine drills.

The Cowboy back lifted the bar 17 times during the bench press, finishing third at his position. He followed that up with a 33.5-inch vertical jump, putting him fourth in that category. Then Carson closed out his Combine performance with a 121-inch broad jump, placing him behind only Tennessee’s Alvin Kamara in the category. Look for Carson to rise on draft boards as a result of his Combine efforts.