Maybe it didn’t come with the buzz that Justice Hill’s NFL Combine performance carried, but Jordan Brailford’s results from Sunday in Indianapolis were equally valuable to his professional future.
Brailford, who measured in a 6-foot-2 5/8 and 252 pounds, ran the 10th-best 40-yard dash time among defensive linemen at 4.65 seconds. His 22 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press was eighth among players in the edge rusher category of hybrid defensive end/linebacker prospects.
Brailford’s vertical leap of 37.5 inches was the fifth-best among defensive ends and his broad jump of 10-6 was third-best.
Though he came into the offseason viewed as a mid- to late-round pick, Brailford has improved his stock with his play at the East-West Shrine Game in January, and this weekend’s showing at the Combine.