IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Simon Stepaniak flexed his muscles and the NFL Combine noticed.
Specifically, coaches and scouts paid close attention when the 6-4, 321-pound Stepaniak, a co-captain offensive lineman on last season's Indiana football team, became a bench-pressing machine.
Stepaniak benched 225 pounds 37 times during February's annual showcase for NFL Draft hopefuls. Only one other player benched more. Fresno State's Netane Muti did 44 reps.
A knee injury kept Stepaniak out of other drills, but he hopes it was enough to help earn a selection in this month's NFL Draft
"It was a blessing to get there and to get to know the coaches and have them check out my body," Stepaniak says.