Breaking down Robert Turbin's combine numbers

Sadly, this write-up will only be about one Utah State player at the NFL Combine rather than two. Bobby Wagner came down with pneumonia and wasn't able to participate, which really really sucks for him, but if his stock falls a bit because of it, some team might be getting a great linebacker in the third round rather than the first or second.

Anyway, Robert Turbin impressed a handful of people over the weekend at the combine, and really has probably earned a fairly good reputation among the NFL scouts. His official time in the 40-yard dash was 4.5 seconds, which is neither great, nor terrible. Considering that the best time by a running back at this combine was a 4.4 by Lamar Miller, with the next best checking in at 4.45. So in comparison, Turbin's 4.5 isn't at all bad in comparison.

What really opened some eyes was the 28 bench reps that Turbin busted out, tying Boise State's Doug Martin for the best total by a running back this year. Over the past seven years, there have only been 13 running backs to have reached 28 reps or better, so that's no small feat. He landed in the top 10 among running backs in both the vertical leap and broad jump drills too.