{"id":917527,"date":"2026-06-13T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/917527\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:19:01","slug":"5-things-to-know-offensive-lineman-enrique-cruz-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/917527\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Know: Offensive Lineman Enrique Cruz Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing at 6-foot-5 and 313 pounds, scouts at the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/prospects\/enrique-cruz-jr.\/32004352-5584-0186-3098-c873145ae2c7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Combine<\/a> noted Cruz Jr.&#8217;s explosive power, controlled footwork, and core strength to control against the rush. Cruz Jr. emerged as one of the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Among offensive tackles, he ranked third in athleticism with a score of 91, second in both the broad and vertical jump, as well as recording the top 40-yard dash speed of 20.69 mph after running a 4.94.<\/p>\n<p>Those athletic traits were part of what caught the 49ers attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cruz is a guy that throughout the process we became very intrigued with,&#8221; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yk5710SypCE&amp;list=PLBB205pkCsyulnyukj3a6cIGSq4hLMnnn&amp;index=12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lynch said<\/a>. &#8220;Amongst all the offensive linemen, he had the fastest 40 time, [one of the] highest vertical jumps, and the highest speed&#8230; it speaks to the type of athlete he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing at 6-foot-5 and 313 pounds, scouts at the NFL Combine noted Cruz Jr.&#8217;s explosive power, controlled footwork,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[34345,115868,220,10288,89420,103814,353,354,7,107603,352,88,270,6,94591,1161,252,2624,2623,2983],"class_list":["post-917527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-49ers","tag-2026-draft","tag-2026-draft-news","tag-49ers","tag-5-things-to-know","tag-brooke-evans","tag-carver-willis","tag-english","tag-english-articles","tag-football","tag-free-agency-2026","tag-latest-app","tag-news","tag-news-draft","tag-nfl","tag-novartis","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfrancisco49ers","tag-trent-williams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116741351882996369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917527","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=917527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}