Draftmetrics: Guide to the Combine
This article is intended to help you evaluate what you are seeing or reading about from the Indianapolis Combine testing - By Anthony J Villiotti
This study by Anthony J Villiotti will:
• Put the draft into the proper perspective
• Examine the outcome of drafts from 2012 through 202022
• Review differences among draft years
• Comment on constructing a competitive NFL roster
This article is intended to help you evaluate what you are seeing and reading about from the Indianapolis Combine testing.
With the NFL Combine underway, many of us will be camped out in front of the television watching the players go through their paces. Others of us don’t have the time to do that and will eagerly look forward to reading about the results.
This article is intended to help you evaluate what you are seeing or reading about. We have reviewed the Combine results for all drafted players in 2012 through 2022 events and compiled this guide to help the viewer or reader interpret the results. It should be noted that some players choose not to participate in the Combine either in whole or in part. In addition, we included pro day results, when available, for players who did not participate in the Combine. The 2021 Combine was canceled due toCOVID but a number of pro days went on as scheduled.
The following for each playing position (except fullback) are:
1. Average results for each player at each position for players eventually drafted in rounds 1-3
2. Average results for each player at each position for players eventually drafted in rounds 4-7
3. The minimum required for a result to be considered a top 10% performance. This is intended to help identify superior performance.
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