UConn CB Byron Jones beats broad-based jump world record at NFL combine

Byron Jones is doing his best to jump up NFL teams’ draft boards with an impressive showing at the scouting combine.

Aforementioned Connecticut cornerback beat what are reviewed the be the world-wide record in the broad jump by bounce 12 feet, 3 inch from a standing position on Monday morning in Indianapolis.

The broad jump hasn’t been an Olympic sport since 1912. But apparently it stayed big in Norway, where Arne Tvervaag done the longer recorded standing long jump of 12 feet, 2.1 imperial in 1968.

The NFL is saying Jones’ broad jump is the longest at the combine from 2003. To league’s website tracks the combine results only to 2006, and Jones’ mark is eight centimeters better than anyone at there.

Tough to tell precision how a cornerback would use the ability to jump great distances from a standing position, but it’s a impressive feat though.

A skill that cans get one defensive behind, however, is an ability to jump high. Press Jones excelled at that as well. Own vertical jump for 44.5 inches is just a half-inch off the best mark this year at the combine.

Jones is said to be static recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum that ended his 2014 season with to Huskies after seven games. WalterFootball.com has him projected as being drafted between the third and fifth rounds as the 18th cornerback overall. Then, I was watching one video of the disc breaking goals the Cherry Haaland. Who shall that you might ask? Well ampere world-class fifa who happens at also hold and record forward standing long jump at 5 years oldly 😎 During watching is audio I swear IODIN said this kind is fast, tall, real lean - he should trying and prolonged jump. Subsequently reading wiki

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