{"id":782159,"date":"2026-02-28T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782159\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:50:10","slug":"best-performers-at-tight-end-including-40-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782159\/","title":{"rendered":"Best performers at tight end, including 40 times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 NFL combine results: Best performers at tight end, including 40 times<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb. 28, 2026, 7:33 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Friday of the NFL combine, the tight ends were one of the position groups to go through the on-field testing portion of the event. Will we see the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> add to the tight end position in this year&#8217;s NFL draft?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Colts<\/a> are positioned well here with Tyler Warren, but adding a blocking presence to pair with him could be on Chris Ballard&#8217;s radar. Mo Alie-Cox and\/or Drew Ogltree could be brought back to fill that role again, or the Colts could look for a younger, higher upside prospect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Below are the top performers at tight ends from each\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fcombine%2Ftracker%2Flive-results%2Fbench-press%2Flb%2Fall-colleges%2F&amp;xcust=SC1-SCLT_u5iBJB3NJ6bUrNOzg_u5pMFozgY2b7xbOxoJersBF&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcoltswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcolts%2F2026%2F02%2F27%2Fcolts-nfl-draft-linebacker-results-2026-nfl-combine%2F88896088007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL combine event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 NFL combine tight ends in 40-yard dashKenyon Sadiq, Oregon: 4.39RJ Maryland, SMU: 4.51Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt: 4.51Jaren Kanak, Oklahoma: 4.52Matthew Hibner, SMU: 4.57Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Top 5 NFL combine tight ends in vertcial jumpEli Stowers, Vanderbilt: 45.50&#8243;Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon: 43.50&#8243;Sam Roush, Stanford: 38.50&#8243;Matthew Hibner, SMU: 37.00&#8243;Tanner Koziol, Houston: 36.50&#8243;Top 5 NFL combine tight ends in broad jumpEli Stowers, Vanderbilt: 11&#8217;3&#8243;Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon: 11&#8217;1&#8243;John Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming: 10&#8217;8&#8243;Sam Roush, Stanford: 10&#8217;6&#8243;Eli Raridon, Notre Dame: 10&#8217;3&#8243;Top 5 NFL combine tight ends in 3-coneSam Roush, Stanford: 7.08Khalil Dinkins, Penn State: 7.28Josh Cuevas, Alabama: 7.37Marlin Klein, Michigan: 7.42Top 5 NFL combine tight ends in shuttleJohn Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming: 4.22Khalil Dinkins, Penn State: 4.33Sam Roush, Stanford: 4.37Josh Cuevas, Alabama: 4.38Nate Boerkircher, Texas A&amp;M: 4.40<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 coltswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 NFL combine results: Best performers at tight end, including 40 times Feb. 28, 2026, 7:33 a.m. ET&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,49915,95900,95882,95930,96027,95903,105661,95896,95888,95895,95906,96948,96099,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-782159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","12":"tag-sstsncolts","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","15":"tag-tagcollege-sports","16":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","17":"tag-tagmo-alie-cox","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagpenn-state-nittany-lions","23":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","24":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116148346904833920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}