Off-ball linebackers are getting smaller and faster as NFL offenses push harder and harder each season to challenge these players in pass coverage. That shift at the linebacker position was on clear display at the 2019 NFL Combine on Sunday, when the group took the field at Lucas Oil Stadium for their Combine timing drills.
Two of the top options, Devin White of LSU and Devin Bush from Michigan, both ran exceptional times. White ran a 4.42-second time in the 40 after measuring 6 feet tall and 237 pounds; that came after Bush ran 4.