Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles, a projected top-10 pick in this year’s NFL draft, had one of the best vertical jumps for a player at his position in more than two decades Thursday, the first night of on-field workouts at the NFL combine in Lucas Oil Stadium.
Styles’s 43½-inch vertical jump was the highest by an off-ball linebacker at the combine since 2003 and the second highest by any linebacker in that span behind Cameron Wake’s 45½-inch jump in 2005.
At 6-foot-5, 244 pounds, Styles, rated No. 7 on ESPN insider Mel Kiper Jr.’s big board, also had a 4.46 clocking in the 40-yard dash to go with an 11-foot-2-inch broad jump and a standout performance in position drills. His Buckeyes teammate Arvell Reese, the No. 3 player on Kiper’s big board, also ran a 4.46 in the 40, tying them for the best times among all players who ran Thursday night.
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