Pro Day TODAY Good Luck Boys!

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[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Something about Cooper just screams “NFL” to me. I will be surprised if he doesn’t have a decent ~5-year pro career.

 

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[HoleInTheRoof]

I feel like if Dylan ran a good 40 the team would’ve posted it.

Kind of surprised no real info about the pro day has come out yet.

 

[WillisWG]

Here’s a look at Tennessee’s 40-yard dash runners on Tuesday with timecodes for each player below:

0:04- John Campbell Jr.
0:27- Dayne Davis
0:56- Andrej Karic
1:32- Omarr Norman-Lott
2:09- Eli Purcell
2:30- Matthew Salansky
2:54- Dylan Sampson
4:12- Javontez Spraggins
4:48- Omari Thomas
5:13- Will Brooks

WATCH: Tennessee's NFL Hopefuls Run the 40-Yard-Dash at UT Pro Day on Tuesday | Rocky Top Insider

Watch as 10 of Tennessee Football's NFL hopefuls participate in the 40-yard dash event during UT Pro Day on Tuesday in Knoxville.

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[WillisWG]

https://utsports.com/news/2025/3/1

WR Dont'e Thornton Jr.

On hitting a 4.30 in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine...
"Oh yeah, the whole training period that definitely was my goal to hit 4.3. At first, I didn't know what I ran because they do not show the first time at the Combine. So after I ran, I didn't think I ran a good time, but then I started hearing people say what I ran and I got really excited. I called my uncle. Everybody was happy for me. I surprised myself when I ran it."

 

[eman17]

I feel like if Dylan ran a good 40 the team would’ve posted it.

Kind of surprised no real info about the pro day has come out yet.

247 says he ran in the 4.46-4.49 range.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Here’s a look at Tennessee’s 40-yard dash runners on Tuesday with timecodes for each player below:

0:04- John Campbell Jr.
0:27- Dayne Davis
0:56- Andrej Karic
1:32- Omarr Norman-Lott
2:09- Eli Purcell
2:30- Matthew Salansky
2:54- Dylan Sampson
4:12- Javontez Spraggins
4:48- Omari Thomas
5:13- Will Brooks

WATCH: Tennessee's NFL Hopefuls Run the 40-Yard-Dash at UT Pro Day on Tuesday | Rocky Top Insider

Watch as 10 of Tennessee Football's NFL hopefuls participate in the 40-yard dash event during UT Pro Day on Tuesday in Knoxville.

www.rockytopinsider.com

they had to use the most annoying music

 

[hndog609]

247 says he ran in the 4.46-4.49 range.

If true that's not "bad" but it's not the kind of time that's going "help" much either.

 

[WillisWG]

they had to use the most annoying music

Yep. New season need set of tunes or at let one new one.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

If true that's not "bad" but it's not the kind of time that's going "help" much either.

It would help some at the Combine, but Pro Day times seem to always be inflated.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Yep. New season need set of tunes or at let one new one.

I thought we were done with that one but apparently not

 

[Grudenator]

247 says he ran in the 4.46-4.49 range.

Not a great speed at his size

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Not a great speed at his size

Not the quickest 40 time of anyone in the NFL...sure. Sampson literally never got caught from beside or behind this entire season though in which he led the SEC in rushing. Outran every DB in the SEC once he saw daylight. Running track sprints are one thing...running in pads with a ball in your hand is another. In pads, Dylan was as fast as anybody in the SEC. We all saw what happens when he gets a crease to green grass. Give. Him. Six. Theres a reason that Sampson is the all-time single season record holder now at UT. He had it all in 2024...speed, vision, lateral quickness, and power. Thankful that he is a VOL. Hope he has a great career in the NFL.

 

[HooahVol]

I feel like Sampson’s real magic was getting yards after being hit. He would spin, find holes. He kind of reminded me of Barry Sanders.

 

[hndog609]

Not the quickest 40 time of anyone in the NFL...sure. Sampson literally never got caught from beside or behind this entire season though in which he led the SEC in rushing. Outran every DB in the SEC once he saw daylight. Running track sprints are one thing...running in pads with a ball in your hand is another. In pads, Dylan was as fast as anybody in the SEC. We all saw what happens when he gets a crease to green grass. Give. Him. Six. Theres a reason that Sampson is the all-time single season record holder now at UT. He had it all in 2024...speed, vision, lateral quickness, and power. Thankful that he is a VOL. Hope he has a great career in the NFL.

I can recall at least one time he was run down in the AR game because 1) it surprised me and 2) it was was our own former DB Doneiko Slaughter that caught him.

Still Sampson seems pretty well vetted and if he lands in the right place I can see him succeeding.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

How does Sampson's time compare to Jaylen Wright last year?

 

[hndog609]

How does Sampson's time compare to Jaylen Wright last year?

Wright ran a 4.38

 

[UTFanForLife]

4.46 - 4.49 is not bad for someone coming off a hamstring injury which would limit training.

Running a straight line 40 from a sprinters position is an odd way to measure speed for a football player who doesn’t start with a hand in the dirt anyways.

Running backs should be measured exactly how they would be running in a game. Small jog up to a “line of scrimmage”, one cut and then 40 yards from that spot.

 

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