Defensive ends Emmanuel Ogbah and Charles Tapper paced the field of defensive linemen at the 2016 NFL Combine, with a pair of stellar times in the 40-yard dash for a pair of players who both weighed in at over 270 pounds.
NFL Combine 2016 results: Emmanuel Ogbah stands out among defensive linemen in 40-yard dash
Ogbah’s time of 4.63 seconds in the 40-yard dash made him one of the standouts on Sunday.
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For the players at the very top of the field like Joey Bosa, DeForest Buckner and Noah Spence, it was a drill that didn’t do much to make them stand out or drop their lofty draft hype. Bosa’s 4.86 seconds is far from a bad time, as was the case for Buckner’s 5.05 and Spence’s 4.80, but none stood out as particularly elite.
Spence is considered by many to be the most talented pure edge rusher in the 2016 NFL Draft, but NFL Network pointed out on multiple occasions how much his 40 time pales in comparison to the marks set by dominant players like Von Miller and Khalil Mack in recent years.
Instead it was Ogbah, a possible first-round pick, who showed off elite athleticism for a 273-pound defensive end by setting down a time of 4.63 seconds, just a few hundredths of a second behind the 4.59 finish by Tapper, which was the best of all defensive linemen.
| Name | School | Height | Weight | 40 time (official) |
| Mehdi Abdesmad | Boston College | 6'6 | 284 | 5.10 |
| Sterling Bailey | Georgia | 6'4 | 285 | 5.23 |
| Jimmy Bean | Oklahoma State | 6'5 | 264 | -- |
| Andrew Billings | Baylor | 6'1 | 311 | 5.05 |
| Ronald Blair | Appalachian State | 6'2 | 284 | 5.15 |
| Joey Bosa | Ohio State | 6'5 | 269 | 4.86 |
| DeForest Buckner | Oregon | 6'7 | 291 | 5.05 |
| Jonathan Bullard | Florida | 6'3 | 285 | 4.93 |
| Vernon Butler | Louisiana Tech | 6'4 | 323 | 5.33 |
| Shilique Calhoun | Michigan State | 6'4 | 251 | 4.82 |
| Kenny Clark | UCLA | 6'3 | 314 | 5.06 |
| Maliek Collins | Nebraska | 6'2 | 311 | 5.03 |
| Kamalei Correa | Boise State | 6'3 | 243 | 4.69 |
| James Cowser | Southern Utah | 6'3 | 248 | 4.82 |
| Sheldon Day | Notre Dame | 6'1 | 293 | 5.07 |
| Kevin Dodd | Clemson | 6'5 | 277 | 4.86 |
| Jason Fanaika | Utah | 6'2 | 271 | 4.92 |
| Adam Gotsis | Georgia Tech | 6'4 | 287 | -- |
| Javon Hargrave | South Carolina State | 6'1 | 309 | 4.93 |
| Joel Heath | Michigan State | 6'5 | 293 | 5.02 |
| Willie Henry | Michigan | 6'3 | 303 | 5.00 |
| Matt Ioannidis | Temple | 6'3 | 299 | 5.03 |
| Branden Jackson | Texas Tech | 6'4 | 273 | 5.06 |
| Quinton Jefferson | Maryland | 6'4 | 291 | 4.95 |
| Austin Johnson | Penn State | 6'4 | 314 | 5.32 |
| Chris Jones | Mississippi State | 6'6 | 310 | 5.03 |
| Matt Judon | Grand Valley State | 6'3 | 275 | 4.73 |
| Ufomba Kamalu | Miami(FL) | 6'5 | 295 | 5.01 |
| Bronson Kaufusi | BYU | 6'6 | 285 | 4.87 |
| Darius Latham | Indiana | 6'4 | 311 | 5.32 |
| Nile Lawrence-Stample | Florida State | 6'1 | 320 | -- |
| Shaq Lawson | Clemson | 6'3 | 269 | 4.70 |
| Dean Lowry | Northwestern | 6'6 | 296 | 4.87 |
| Luther Maddy | Virginia Tech | 6'0 | 287 | -- |
| Chris Mayes | Georgia | 6'3 | 338 | 5.34 |
| Alex McCalister | Florida | 6'6 | 239 | 4.80 |
| Carl Nassib | Penn State | 6'7 | 277 | 4.84 |
| Giorgio Newberry | Florida State | 6'5 | 285 | 4.94 |
| Yannick Ngakoue | Maryland | 6'2 | 252 | 4.75 |
| Dadi Nicolas | Virginia Tech | 6'3 | 235 | 4.74 |
| Robert Nkemdiche | Ole Miss | 6'3 | 294 | 4.87 |
| Shawn Oakman | Baylor | 6'8 | 287 | 4.96 |
| Victor Ochi | Stony Brook | 6'1 | 246 | 4.86 |
| Emmanuel Ogbah | Oklahoma State | 6'4 | 273 | 4.63 |
| Romeo Okwara | Notre Dame | 6'5 | 265 | 4.90 |
| Drew Ott | Iowa | -- | ||
| DJ Pettway | Alabama | 6'2 | 265 | 4.99 |
| Sheldon Rankins | Louisville | 6'1 | 299 | 5.03 |
| DJ Reader | Clemson | 6'3 | 327 | 5.33 |
| Jarran Reed | Alabama | 6'3 | 307 | 5.21 |
| Hassan Ridgeway | Texas | 6'3 | 303 | 5.02 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | Alabama | 6'4 | 307 | 5.20 |
| DeVaunte Sigler | Jacksonville St. (AL) | 6'3 | 298 | 5.15 |
| Noah Spence | Eastern Kentucky | 6'2 | 251 | 4.80 |
| Charles Tapper | Oklahoma | 6'3 | 271 | 4.59 |
| Lawrence Thomas | Michigan State | 6'3 | 286 | 4.98 |
| Ron Thompson | Syracuse | 6'3 | 253 | 4.92 |
| Vincent Valentine | Nebraska | 6'4 | 329 | 5.19 |
| Jihad Ward | Illinois | 6'5 | 297 | 5.11 |
| Adolphus Washington | Ohio State | 6'3 | 301 | 5.17 |
| Antwaun Woods | Southern Cal | 6'0 | 318 | -- |
| Connor Wujciak | Boston College | 6'2 | 291 | 4.91 |
| Anthony Zettel | Penn State | 6'4 | 277 | 4.81 |
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