{"id":2698,"date":"2017-03-03T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:55:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:55:21","slug":"alvin-kamara-impresses-nfl-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/2017\/03\/03\/alvin-kamara-impresses-nfl-combine\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Kamara impresses at NFL Combine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tennessee running back and future NFL Draft pick <strong>Alvin Kamara<\/strong> had an impressive day on Friday at the NFL combine. Kamara logged a 39.5-inch vertical jump,\u00a0a 10-foot-11-inch broad jump, and ran a 4.53 40-yard dash [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/combine\/tracker?campaign=tw-nf-sf59960493-sf59960493#day=friday\">officially reported as 4.56<\/a>]. His vertical was the best among running backs, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaseGoodbread\/status\/837727841575927809\">according to Chase Goodbread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ Forum discussion:\u00a0<a id=\"thread_title_272387\" href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-football\/272387-kamara.html\">Kamara Showing Out<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">His name is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_kamara6\">@A_kamara6<\/a>.<br \/>\nHe played for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\">@Vol_Football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And he can FLY.<br \/>\n39.5&#8243; vertical jump! WOW. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLCombine?src=hash\">#NFLCombine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ToVAUqbVa\">https:\/\/t.co\/7ToVAUqbVa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/837723957327323136\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prior to the Combine, said that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\">@Vol_Football<\/a> RB Alvin Kamara would have a first round grade from all 32 teams by draft day. I&#8217;m on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Davis (@CFD22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFD22\/status\/837750966946529280\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alvin Kamara will. E one of the steals of this draft <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football\">@Vol_Football<\/a> very very talented and his game translates right away.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marcus Spears (@mspear96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mspear96\/status\/837748807467216896\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Updated UNOFFICIAL 40s:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Christian McCaffrey, STAN: 4.49<br \/>\n\u2022Dalvin Cook, FSU: 4.50<br \/>\n\u2022Leonard Fournette, LSU: 4.51<br \/>\n\u2022Alvin Kamara, TENN: 4.53<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dion Caputi (@nfldraftupdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nfldraftupdate\/status\/837733329097146368\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Best vertical among RBs: Tennessee&#8217;s Alvin Kamara (39.5 inches).<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLCombine?src=hash\">#NFLCombine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chase Goodbread (@ChaseGoodbread) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaseGoodbread\/status\/837727841575927809\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alvin Kamara with a strong start to his workout:<br \/>\n39.5&#8243; vert<br \/>\n10&#8242; 11&#8243; broad<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 RB on our board. #42 overall.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MB0ksY0MhF\">https:\/\/t.co\/MB0ksY0MhF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JQQU3PwF4x\">pic.twitter.com\/JQQU3PwF4x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PFF College Football (@PFF_College) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_College\/status\/837721133013168128\">March 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tennessee running back and future NFL Draft pick Alvin Kamara had an impressive day on Friday at the NFL combine. Kamara logged a 39.5-inch vertical jump,\u00a0a 10-foot-11-inch broad jump, and ran a 4.53 40-yard dash [officially reported as 4.56]. His vertical was the best among running backs, according to Chase Goodbread. 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