The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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12 THE WOLVERINE MAY 2017 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS BY RYAN TICE Sophomores Chris Evans, a running back, and Rashan Gary, a defensive end, were named the top performers on their respective sides of the ball during the team's spring combine. Jim Harbaugh tweeted out the first- and second- place finishers March 16-17. Although both Evans and Gary still have at least two more years before they'll be in action at the NFL Combine, here's how their and some other notable performances — which it's worth noting were hand-timed (whereas the combine is electronically timed) — would've ranked at this year's combine among their position groups (note: we did not include the 60-yard shuttle because so few prospects do it at the NFL Combine; likewise we did not include special- ists because so few are invited to Indianapolis): 40-Yard Dash Elig. Pos. Name Result *Rank Fr. WR Donovan Peoples-Jones 4.41 t-4th R-So. OL Jon Runyan Jr. 5.12 8th Fr. OL Cesar Ruiz 5.14 8th R-So. TE Zach Gentry 4.70 11th So. TE Nick Eubanks 4.76 11th R-Fr. QB Brandon Peters 4.86 10th So. DL Rashan Gary 4.57 1st (would tie for 9th among DL since 2006) R-Jr. LB Noah Furbush 4.63 t-4th So. LB Josh Uche 4.64 5th Vertical Jump Elig. Pos. Name Result *Rank Fr. WR Donovan Peoples-Jones 39 3rd So. RB Chris Evans 36 t-6th So. TE Sean McKeon 33.5 8th R-Jr. TE Ian Bunting 32 t-11th R-Fr. QB Brandon Peters 32.5 t-5th R-Fr. QB Michael Sessa 31 t-6th So. LB Elysee Mbem-Bosse 36 4th Standing Broad Jump Elig. Pos. Name Result *Rank Fr. WR Donovan Peoples-Jones 132.5 7th So. RB Chris Evans 123 t-7th So. TE Sean McKeon 117.5 10th R-Fr. QB Brandon Peters 115.25 7th 20-Yard Shuttle Elig. Pos. Name Result *Rank Fr. WR Donovan Peoples-Jones 3.91 1st (would rank 4th among WR since 2006) So. WR Nate Schoenle 3.94 1st (would tie for 4th among WR since 2006) Fr. OL Cesar Ruiz 4.60 t-6th 5th-Sr. OL Patrick Kugler 4.69 t-9th R-So. OL Jon Runyan Jr. 4.69 t-9th So. RB Chris Evans 3.97 1st (would rank 3rd among RB since 2006) 5th-Sr. RB Ty Isaac 4.16 1st So. RB Tru Wilson 4.16 1st R-Jr. TE Ian Bunting 4.25 4th So. TE Sean McKeon 4.32 4th R-Fr. QB Brandon Peters 4.20 3rd 5th-Sr. QB John O'Korn 4.34 9th R-Jr. DL Chase Winovich 4.09 1st (would rank 6th among DL since 2006) So. DL Rashan Gary 4.25 3rd 5th-Sr. LB Michael Wroblewski 4.03 1st (would tie for 9th among LB since 2006) R-Jr. LB Noah Furbush 4.15 3rd Fr. DB Benjamin St-Juste 3.90 2nd (would tie for 8th among DB since 2006) So. DB David Long 4.03 5th L-Drill (3-cone drill) Elig. Pos. Name Result *Rank So. WR Nate Schoenle 6.41 1st (would rank 1st among WR since 2006) Fr. WR Donovan Peoples-Jones 6.72 4th R-So. OL Jon Runyan Jr. 7.50 3rd Sr. OL Mason Cole 7.65 10th So. RB Chris Evans 6.88 4th 5th-Sr. RB Ty Isaac 6.90 4th R-So. TE Zach Gentry 6.92 t-2nd So. TE Sean McKeon 7.11 8th R-Fr. QB Brandon Peters 7.22 9th So. DL Rashan Gary 6.70 1st (would rank 3rd among DL since 2006) R-Jr. DL Chase Winovich 6.82 1st (would rank 4th among DL since 2006) R-Jr. LB Noah Furbush 6.89 t-5th 5th-Sr. LB Michael Wroblewski 6.96 8th Fr. DB Benjamin St-Juste 6.79 6th So. DB David Long 6.83 8th Youngsters Shine In Michigan's Spring Combine *Rank among position group at 2017 NFL Combine Sophomore defensive end Rashan Gary won five of the eight events among defensive linemen at Michigan's spring combine and was the runner-up in two others. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN