Alex Barnes Was The 2019 Combine Bench Press Champion

by Chase Stuart on March 17, 2019

Last year, Georgia running back Nick Chubb was the leader in the bench press. This year, Kansas State running back Alex Barnes — who led the Big 12 in rushing — was your top muscle man. The bench press is an exercise that measures upper body strength, but it is biased in favor of heavier players and shorter players.

The best-fit formula to project bench press reps for the 2019 Combine was:

Expected BP reps = 45.00 -0.7513 * Height (Inches) + 0.1240 * Weight (Pounds)

For example, here are the projected reps for a player at the 2019 Combine with each of the following heights (in inches) and weights (in pounds):

I used that formula to run through the 2019 combine numbers. Let’s use Barnes as an example. Standing 6’0 and weighing 226 pounds, Barnes would be expected to have 18.9 reps on the bench press; in reality, he had 34, giving him 15.1 more reps than expected. The actual leader in bench press reps was Weber State offensive lineman Iosua Opeta who had 39 reps at 6’4, 301 pounds. That was 13.8 more than expected, though, so he is the runner up once you adjust for height and weight.

Rk	Player	Pos	School	Height	Wt	Exp BP	BenchReps	Diff
1	Alex Barnes	RB	Kansas St.	72	226	18.9	34	15.1
2	Iosua Opeta	OL	Weber St.	76	301	25.2	39	13.8
3	Drue Tranquill	LB	Notre Dame	74	234	18.4	31	12.6
4	Porter Gustin	EDGE	USC	76	255	19.5	31	11.5
5	Cody Barton	LB	Utah	74	237	18.8	30	11.2
6	D.K. Metcalf	WR	Mississippi	75	228	16.9	27	10.1
7	Nkeal Harry	WR	Arizona State	74	228	17.7	27	9.3
8	Albert Huggins	DL	Clemson	75	305	26.5	35	8.5
9	Josh Allen	EDGE	Kentucky	77	262	19.6	28	8.4
10	Jalin Moore	RB	Appalachian St.	70	212	18.7	27	8.3
11	Nick Bosa	DL	Ohio St.	76	266	20.9	29	8.1
12	Jalen Hurd	WR	Baylor	77	226	15.2	23	7.8
13	Garrett Bradbury	OL	North Carolina St.	75	306	26.6	34	7.4
14	Justin Hollins	EDGE	Oregon	77	248	17.9	25	7.1
15	Ed Oliver	DL	Houston	74	287	25	32	7
16	Ty Summers	LB	TCU	73	241	20	27	7
17	Elijah Holyfield	RB	Georgia	70	217	19.3	26	6.7
18	Kevin Givens	DL	Penn St.	73	285	25.5	32	6.5
19	Rodney Anderson	RB	Oklahoma	72	224	18.7	25	6.3
20	Felton Davis	WR	Michigan St.	75	211	14.8	21	6.2
21	Yodny Cajuste	OT	West Virginia	77	312	25.8	32	6.2
22	Hjalte Froholdt	OL	Arkansas	77	306	25.1	31	5.9
23	Dexter Lawrence	DL	Clemson	76	342	30.3	36	5.7
24	Myles Gaskin	RB	Washington	69	205	18.6	24	5.4
25	Sutton Smith	EDGE	Northern Illinois	72	233	19.8	25	5.2
26	Kendall Joseph	LB	Clemson	72	233	19.8	25	5.2
27	Phil Haynes	OL	Wake Forest	76	322	27.8	33	5.2
28	Gerri Green	EDGE	Mississippi St.	76	252	19.2	24	4.8
29	Germaine Pratt	LB	North Carolina St.	74	240	19.2	24	4.8
30	Juan Thornhill	S	Virginia	72	205	16.3	21	4.7
31	Jordan Jones	LB	Kentucky	74	234	18.4	23	4.6
32	Wyatt Ray	EDGE	Boston College	75	257	20.5	25	4.5
33	Malik Carney	EDGE	North Carolina	74	251	20.5	25	4.5
34	Clelin Ferrell	EDGE	Clemson	76	264	20.6	25	4.4
35	Sione Takitaki	LB	BYU	73	238	19.7	24	4.3
36	Deshaun Davis	LB	Auburn	71	234	20.7	25	4.3
37	Will Harris	S	Boston College	73	207	15.8	20	4.2
38	Dakota Allen	LB	Texas Tech	73	232	18.9	23	4.1
39	Justice Hill	RB	Oklahoma St.	70	198	17	21	4
40	Oshane Ximines	EDGE	Old Dominion	75	253	20	24	4
41	Josh Oliver	TE	San Jose St.	77	249	18	22	4
42	Khari Willis	S	Michigan St.	71	213	18.1	22	3.9
43	Rashan Gary	DL	Michigan	76	277	22.3	26	3.7
44	Tyrel Dodson	LB	Texas A&M	72	237	20.3	24	3.7
45	Jordan Scarlett	RB	Florida	71	208	17.5	21	3.5
46	Erik McCoy	OL	Texas A&M	76	303	25.5	29	3.5
47	Mike Weber	RB	Ohio St.	70	211	18.6	22	3.4
48	Cody Thompson	WR	Toledo	73	205	15.6	19	3.4
49	Renell Wren	DL	Arizona State	77	318	26.6	30	3.4
50	Terry Beckner	DL	Missouri	76	296	24.6	28	3.4
51	Ben Banogu	EDGE	TCU	75	250	19.7	23	3.3
52	Gary Jennings	WR	West Virginia	73	214	16.7	20	3.3
53	Rock Ya-Sin	CB	Temple	72	192	14.7	18	3.3
54	Mitch Hyatt	OT	Clemson	77	303	24.7	28	3.3
55	Alize Mack	TE	Notre Dame	76	249	18.8	22	3.2
56	Kendall Blanton	TE	Missouri	78	262	18.9	22	3.1
57	Ryquell Armstead	RB	Temple	71	220	18.9	22	3.1
58	Dru Samia	OT	Oklahoma	77	305	25	28	3
59	Dre Greenlaw	LB	Arkansas	71	237	21.1	24	2.9
60	Alexander Mattison	RB	Boise St.	71	221	19.1	22	2.9
61	Joejuan Williams	CB	Vanderbilt	76	211	14.1	17	2.9
62	Foster Moreau	TE	LSU	76	253	19.3	22	2.7
63	Hakeem Butler	WR	Iowa St.	77	227	15.3	18	2.7
64	Anthony Johnson	WR	Buffalo	74	209	15.3	18	2.7
65	Elgton Jenkins	OL	Mississippi St.	76	310	26.3	29	2.7
66	Connor McGovern	OL	Penn St.	77	308	25.3	28	2.7
67	Kris Boyd	CB	Texas	71	201	16.6	19	2.4
68	Donovan Wilson	S	Texas A&M	72	199	15.6	18	2.4
69	Montez Sweat	EDGE	Mississippi St.	78	260	18.6	21	2.4
70	Darrell Henderson	RB	Memphis	68	208	19.7	22	2.3
71	Karan Higdon	RB	Michigan	69	206	18.7	21	2.3
72	D'Cota Dixon	S	Wisconsin	70	204	17.7	20	2.3
73	Trevon Wesco	TE	West Virginia	75	267	21.8	24	2.2
74	Darryl Johnson	EDGE	North Carolina A&T	78	253	17.8	20	2.2
75	Miles Sanders	RB	Penn St.	71	211	17.8	20	2.2
76	Amani Oruwariye	CB	Penn St.	74	205	14.8	17	2.2
77	Ryan Bates	OL	Penn St.	76	306	25.9	28	2.1
78	Jordan Brailford	EDGE	Oklahoma St.	75	252	19.9	22	2.1
79	Chris Slayton	DL	Syracuse	76	307	26	28	2
80	Lj Scott	RB	Michigan St.	72	227	19.1	21	1.9
81	Zedrick Woods	S	Mississippi	71	205	17.1	19	1.9
82	Jaquan Johnson	S	Miami	70	191	16.1	18	1.9
83	Mark Fields	CB	Clemson	70	192	16.2	18	1.8
84	Otaro Alaka	LB	Texas A&M	75	239	18.3	20	1.7
85	Devin White	LB	LSU	72	237	20.3	22	1.7
86	Terrill Hanks	LB	New Mexico St.	74	242	19.4	21	1.6
87	Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Washington	72	230	19.4	21	1.6
88	Darius West	S	Kentucky	71	208	17.5	19	1.5
89	Mecole Hardman	WR	Georgia	70	187	15.6	17	1.4
90	Terez Hall	LB	Missouri	73	230	18.7	20	1.3
91	Evan Worthington	S	Colorado	74	212	15.7	17	1.3
92	Terry McLaurin	WR	Ohio St.	72	208	16.7	18	1.3
93	Zach Allen	DL	Boston College	76	281	22.8	24	1.2
94	Noah Fant	TE	Iowa	76	249	18.8	20	1.2
95	Kelvin Harmon	WR	North Carolina St.	74	221	16.8	18	1.2
96	Yosh Nijman	OT	Virginia Tech	79	324	25.8	27	1.2
97	Ken Webster	CB	Mississippi	71	203	16.8	18	1.2
98	Greg Gaines	DL	Washington	73	312	28.9	30	1.1
99	Trysten Hill	DL	Central Florida	75	308	26.9	28	1.1
100	Jackson Barton	OT	Utah	79	310	24.1	25	0.9
101	Lukas Denis	S	Boston College	71	190	15.2	16	0.8
102	Jamarius Way	WR	South Alabama	75	215	15.3	16	0.7
103	Emanuel Hall	WR	Missouri	74	201	14.3	15	0.7
104	Kahale Warring	TE	San Diego St.	77	252	18.4	19	0.6
105	Qadree Ollison	RB	Pittsburgh	73	228	18.4	19	0.6
106	L.J. Collier	DL	TCU	74	283	24.5	25	0.5
107	Jonathan Crawford	S	Indiana	73	205	15.6	16	0.4
108	Byron Cowart	DL	Maryland	75	298	25.6	26	0.4
109	Devin Bush	LB	Michigan	71	234	20.7	21	0.3
110	Taylor Rapp	S	Washington	72	208	16.7	17	0.3
111	Jamel Dean	CB	Auburn	73	206	15.7	16	0.3
112	Blessuan Austin	CB	Rutgers	73	198	14.7	15	0.3
113	Christian Wilkins	DL	Clemson	75	315	27.7	28	0.3
114	Javon Patterson	OL	Mississippi	75	307	26.7	27	0.3
115	Emeke Egbule	LB	Houston	74	245	19.8	20	0.2
116	Jamal Davis	EDGE	Akron	75	243	18.8	19	0.2
117	Malik Gant	S	Marshall	72	209	16.8	17	0.2
118	Iman Lewis-Marshall	CB	USC	73	207	15.8	16	0.2
119	Ugo Amadi	S	Oregon	69	199	17.8	18	0.2
120	Jalen Jelks	EDGE	Oregon	77	256	18.9	19	0.1
121	Isaac Nauta	TE	Georgia	75	244	18.9	19	0.1
122	A.J. Brown	WR	Mississippi	72	226	18.9	19	0.1
123	Max Scharping	OT	Northern Illinois	78	327	27	27	0
124	Bryce Love	RB	Stanford	69	200	18	18	0
125	Jerry Tillery	DL	Notre Dame	78	295	23	23	0
126	Joe Jackson	DL	Miami	76	275	22	22	0
127	Diontae Johnson	WR	Toledo	70	183	15.1	15	-0.1
128	Zack Bailey	OL	South Carolina	77	299	24.2	24	-0.2
129	Ryan Pope	OT	San Diego St.	79	320	25.3	25	-0.3
130	Travis Homer	RB	Miami	70	201	17.3	17	-0.3
131	Irv Smith	TE	Alabama	74	242	19.4	19	-0.4
132	Davante Davis	CB	Texas	74	202	14.5	14	-0.5
133	Trayveon Williams	RB	Texas A&M	68	206	19.5	19	-0.5
134	John Cominsky	DL	Charleston	77	286	22.6	22	-0.6
135	Jonathan Ledbetter	DL	Georgia	76	280	22.6	22	-0.6
136	Chauncey Gardner-Johnson	S	Florida	71	210	17.7	17	-0.7
137	Lonnie Johnson	CB	Kentucky	74	213	15.8	15	-0.8
138	David Sills	WR	West Virginia	75	211	14.8	14	-0.8
139	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR	Texas	76	210	13.9	13	-0.9
140	Dexter Williams	RB	Notre Dame	71	212	18	17	-1
141	David Long	CB	Michigan	71	196	16	15	-1
142	Corey Ballentine	CB	Washburn	71	196	16	15	-1
143	Blace Brown	CB	Troy	72	194	15	14	-1
144	Travis Fulgham	WR	Old Dominion	74	215	16.1	15	-1.1
145	Keesean Johnson	WR	Fresno St.	73	201	15.1	14	-1.1
146	Sean Bunting	CB	Central Michigan	72	195	15.1	14	-1.1
147	Chris Lindstrom	OL	Boston College	76	308	26.1	25	-1.1
148	Nate Herbig	OL	Stanford	75	335	30.2	29	-1.2
149	Oli Udoh	OT	Elon	77	323	27.2	26	-1.2
150	Byron Murphy	CB	Washington	71	190	15.2	14	-1.2
151	Isaiah Prince	OT	Ohio St.	78	305	24.2	23	-1.2
152	Anthony Nelson	DL	Iowa	79	271	19.3	18	-1.3
153	T.J. Hockenson	TE	Iowa	77	251	18.3	17	-1.3
154	Johnnie Dixon	WR	Ohio St.	70	201	17.3	16	-1.3
155	Joe Giles-Harris	LB	Duke	74	234	18.4	17	-1.4
156	Alex Wesley	WR	Northern Colorado	72	190	14.5	13	-1.5
157	Andy Isabella	WR	Massachusetts	69	188	16.5	15	-1.5
158	Daniel Wise	DL	Kansas	75	281	23.5	22	-1.5
159	Andrew Van ginkel	LB	Wisconsin	75	241	18.5	17	-1.5
160	Blake Cashman	LB	Minnesota	73	237	19.5	18	-1.5
161	Devon Johnson	OT	Ferris St.	79	338	27.6	26	-1.6
162	Jakobi Meyers	WR	North Carolina St.	74	203	14.6	13	-1.6
163	Derwin Gray	OT	Maryland	76	320	27.6	26	-1.6
164	Deandre Baker	CB	Georgia	71	193	15.6	14	-1.6
165	Saquan Hampton	S	Rutgers	73	206	15.7	14	-1.7
166	Dan Godsil	LS	Indiana	76	241	17.8	16	-1.8
167	Daylon Mack	DL	Texas A&M	73	336	31.8	30	-1.8
168	Riley Ridley	WR	Georgia	73	199	14.8	13	-1.8
169	Julian Love	CB	Notre Dame	71	195	15.8	14	-1.8
170	Jawaan Taylor	OT	Florida	77	312	25.8	24	-1.8
171	Deion Calhoun	OL	Mississippi St.	74	310	27.9	26	-1.9
172	Stanley Morgan	WR	Nebraska	72	202	16	14	-2
173	Kaleb McGary	OT	Washington	79	317	25	23	-2
174	Jace Sternberger	TE	Texas A&M	76	251	19	17	-2
175	Tommy Sweeney	TE	Boston College	76	251	19	17	-2
176	Bisi Johnson	WR	Colorado St.	72	204	16.2	14	-2.2
177	Andre Dillard	OT	Washington St.	77	315	26.2	24	-2.2
178	William Sweet	OT	North Carolina	78	313	25.2	23	-2.2
179	Jonah Williams	OT	Alabama	76	302	25.4	23	-2.4
180	Chase Winovich	EDGE	Michigan	75	256	20.4	18	-2.4
181	Jaylen Smith	WR	Louisville	74	219	16.6	14	-2.6
182	Nick Brossette	RB	LSU	71	209	17.6	15	-2.6
183	Dillon Mitchell	WR	Oregon	73	197	14.6	12	-2.6
184	Darius Slayton	WR	Auburn	73	190	13.7	11	-2.7
185	Tyre Brady	WR	Marshall	75	211	14.8	12	-2.8
186	Jordan Brown	CB	South Dakota St.	72	201	15.8	13	-2.8
187	Dalton Risner	OT	Kansas St.	77	312	25.8	23	-2.8
188	Gary Johnson	LB	Texas	72	226	18.9	16	-2.9
189	Demarcus Christmas	DL	Florida St.	75	294	25.1	22	-3.1
190	Azeez Al-Shaair	LB	Florida Atlantic	73	234	19.2	16	-3.2
191	Miles Boykin	WR	Notre Dame	76	220	15.2	12	-3.2
192	Damien Harris	RB	Alabama	70	216	19.2	16	-3.2
193	Deebo Samuel	WR	South Carolina	71	214	18.2	15	-3.2
194	Mike Jackson	CB	Miami	73	210	16.2	13	-3.2
195	Shareef Miller	EDGE	Penn St.	76	254	19.4	16	-3.4
196	Dawson Knox	TE	Mississippi	76	254	19.4	16	-3.4
197	Keenen Brown	TE	Texas St.	74	250	20.4	17	-3.4
198	T.J. Edwards	LB	Wisconsin	72	230	19.4	16	-3.4
199	Damarkus Lodge	WR	Mississippi	74	202	14.5	11	-3.5
200	Rashad Fenton	CB	South Carolina	71	193	15.6	12	-3.6
201	Tyler Jones	OT	North Carolina St.	75	306	26.6	23	-3.6
202	Amani Hooker	S	Iowa	71	210	17.7	14	-3.7
203	Trevon Tate	OL	Memphis	74	293	25.7	22	-3.7
204	Dax Raymond	TE	Utah St.	77	255	18.8	15	-3.8
205	Kaden Smith	TE	Stanford	77	255	18.8	15	-3.8
206	Ashton Dulin	WR	Malone University (Ohio)	73	215	16.8	13	-3.8
207	Saivion Smith	CB	Alabama	73	199	14.8	11	-3.8
208	Derrick Baity	CB	Kentucky	74	197	13.8	10	-3.8
209	Ryan Davis	WR	Auburn	70	189	15.8	12	-3.8
210	Xavier Crawford	CB	Central Michigan	71	187	14.9	11	-3.9
211	Cameron Smith	LB	USC	74	238	18.9	15	-3.9
212	Tony Pollard	RB	Memphis	72	210	17	13	-4
213	Andre James	OT	UCLA	76	299	25	21	-4
214	Khalen Saunders	DL	Western Illinois	72	324	31.1	27	-4.1
215	Derrek Thomas	CB	Baylor	75	189	12.1	8	-4.1
216	Alec Ingold	FB	Wisconsin	73	242	20.2	16	-4.2
217	Benny Snell	RB	Kentucky	70	224	20.2	16	-4.2
218	Dontavius Russell	DL	Auburn	75	319	28.2	24	-4.2
219	Mark McLaurin	S	Mississippi St.	73	212	16.4	12	-4.4
220	Michael Deiter	OL	Wisconsin	77	309	25.5	21	-4.5
221	Emmanuel Butler	WR	Northern Arizona	75	217	15.6	11	-4.6
222	Bobby Evans	OT	Oklahoma	76	312	26.6	22	-4.6
223	Mike Bell	S	Fresno St.	75	210	14.7	10	-4.7
224	Beau Benzschawel	OL	Wisconsin	78	309	24.7	20	-4.7
225	Daniel Helm	TE	Duke	76	249	18.8	14	-4.8
226	David Long	LB	West Virginia	71	227	19.8	15	-4.8
227	Devin Singletary	RB	Florida Atlantic	67	203	19.8	15	-4.8
228	Alijah Holder	CB	Stanford	73	191	13.8	9	-4.8
229	Nate Davis	OL	Charlotte	75	316	27.8	23	-4.8
230	David Montgomery	RB	Iowa St.	70	222	19.9	15	-4.9
231	Ben Powers	OL	Oklahoma	76	307	26	21	-5
232	Darnell Savage	S	Maryland	71	198	16.2	11	-5.2
233	Parris Campbell	WR	Ohio St.	72	205	16.3	11	-5.3
234	Bryson Allen-Williams	LB	South Carolina	73	236	19.4	14	-5.4
235	Zach Gentry	TE	Michigan	80	265	17.8	12	-5.8
236	Chuma Edoga	OT	USC	75	308	26.9	21	-5.9
237	Ross Pierschbacher	OT	Alabama	76	307	26	20	-6
238	Tytus Howard	OT	Alabama St.	77	322	27.1	21	-6.1
239	Michael Jordan	OT	Ohio St.	78	312	25.1	19	-6.1
240	Hamp Cheevers	CB	Boston College	69	169	14.1	8	-6.1
241	Cece Jefferson	EDGE	Florida	73	266	23.1	17	-6.1
242	Montre Hartage	CB	Northwestern	71	190	15.2	9	-6.2
243	Dennis Daley	OT	South Carolina	77	317	26.5	20	-6.5
244	Ryan Pulley	CB	Arkansas	71	209	17.6	11	-6.6
245	Isaiah Buggs	DL	Alabama	75	306	26.6	20	-6.6
246	Tyler Roemer	OT	San Diego St.	78	312	25.1	18	-7.1
247	Jordan Miller	CB	Washington	73	186	13.2	6	-7.2
248	Jazz Ferguson	WR	Northwestern St. (LA)	77	227	15.3	8	-7.3
249	Antoine Wesley	WR	Texas Tech	76	206	13.4	6	-7.4
250	Keelan Doss	WR	UC Davis	74	211	15.6	8	-7.6
251	Andrew Wingard	S	Wyoming	72	209	16.8	9	-7.8
252	Jeff Allison	LB	Fresno St.	71	228	19.9	12	-7.9
253	Nyqwan Murray	WR	Florida St.	70	191	16.1	8	-8.1
254	Hunter Renfrow	WR	Clemson	70	184	15.2	7	-8.2
255	Trey Pipkins	OT	Sioux Falls	78	309	24.7	16	-8.7
256	Cody Ford	OT	Oklahoma	76	329	28.7	19	-9.7
257	Paul Adams	OT	Missouri	78	317	25.7	16	-9.7

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