UCLA Center Jake Brendel Had The Top Short Shuttle At The 2016 Combine

by Chase Stuart on March 16, 2016

The 20-yard shuttle is the Combine’s approach to measure an athlete’s agility, short-range explosiveness, and lateral quickness. Here’s the description from NFL.com:

The athlete starts in the three-point stance, explodes out 5 yards to his right, touches the line, goes back 10 yards to his left, left hand touches the line, pivot, and he turns 5 more yards and finishes.

As you can imagine, heavier players fare much worse in this metric, and shorter players have a slight advantage, too. The best-fit formula from the 2016 Combine using height and weight as inputs is: 4.00 -0.012 * Height (Inches) + 0.005 * Weight (Pounds). In other words, for every 20 pounds a player weighs, he would be expected to take an extra tenth of a second to complete the drill. UCLA center Jake Brendel is 6’4 and weighs 303 pounds; that’s not exactly the formula for dominating this drill. But he wound up completing the workout in just 4.27 seconds, the exact same time it took Notre Dame wideout Will Fuller (6’0, 186 pounds). Based on Brendel’s profile, we would have projected him to take an extra 0.40 seconds to finish, which means he is your 2016 Short Shuttle champion.

Rk	Name	College	POS	Height (in)	Weight (lbs)	Exp. Shuttle	Shuttle	Shuttle Diff
1	Jake Brendel	UCLA	C	76	303	4.67	4.27	-0.40
2	Nick Vigil	Utah State	ILB	74	239	4.37	4.00	-0.37
3	Connor Wujciak	Boston College	DT	74	291	4.63	4.27	-0.36
4	Justin Simmons	Boston College	FS	74	202	4.18	3.85	-0.33
5	Alex McCalister	Florida	DL	78	239	4.32	4.00	-0.32
6	Kentrell Brothers	Missouri	ILB	72	245	4.42	4.11	-0.31
7	Shaq Lawson	Clemson	DE	74	269	4.52	4.21	-0.31
8	Bronson Kaufusi	Brigham Young	DE	78	285	4.55	4.25	-0.30
9	Cody Kessler	Southern California	QB	73	220	4.28	4.00	-0.28
10	Joey Bosa	Ohio State	DE	77	269	4.48	4.21	-0.27
11	David Morgan	Texas-San Antonio	TE	76	262	4.46	4.19	-0.27
12	Dan Vitale	Northwestern	RB	72	239	4.39	4.12	-0.27
13	Vernon Hargreaves	Florida	CB	70	204	4.23	3.98	-0.25
14	Quinton Jefferson	Maryland	DT	75	291	4.62	4.37	-0.25
15	Dean Lowry	Northwestern	DE	77	296	4.62	4.38	-0.24
16	Maliek Collins	Nebraska	DT	73	311	4.75	4.52	-0.23
17	Vincent Valentine	Nebraska	DT	75	329	4.82	4.59	-0.23
18	Nick Vannett	Ohio State	TE	77	257	4.42	4.20	-0.22
19	Sean Davis	Maryland	FS	73	201	4.18	3.97	-0.21
20	Ben Braunecker	Harvard	TE	75	250	4.41	4.20	-0.21
21	Jason Spriggs	Indiana	OT	77	301	4.65	4.44	-0.21
22	Tavon Young	Temple	CB	69	183	4.14	3.93	-0.21
23	DeAndre Elliott	Colorado State	CB	72	188	4.13	3.94	-0.19
24	Joe Haeg	North Dakota State	OT	78	304	4.65	4.47	-0.18
25	Carson Wentz	North Dakota State	QB	77	237	4.32	4.15	-0.17
26	Blake Martinez	Stanford	ILB	73	237	4.37	4.20	-0.17
27	Sheldon Day	Notre Dame	DT	72	293	4.67	4.50	-0.17
28	Nick Kwiatkoski	West Virginia	ILB	74	243	4.39	4.22	-0.17
29	Willie Henry	Michigan	DT	74	303	4.69	4.53	-0.16
30	Isaac Seumalo	Oregon State	G	75	303	4.68	4.52	-0.16
31	Anthony Zettel	Penn State	DE	75	277	4.55	4.39	-0.16
32	Eric Murray	Minnesota	CB	70	199	4.21	4.05	-0.16
33	Shilique Calhoun	Michigan State	DE	76	251	4.40	4.25	-0.15
34	Marquez North	Tennessee	WR	74	223	4.28	4.13	-0.15
35	Darron Lee	Ohio State	OLB	72	232	4.35	4.20	-0.15
36	Jason Fanaika	Utah	DE	73	271	4.54	4.39	-0.15
37	Peyton Barber	Auburn	RB	70	228	4.36	4.21	-0.15
38	Carl Nassib	Penn State	DE	78	277	4.51	4.37	-0.14
39	Jalen Mills	LSU	FS	72	191	4.14	4.00	-0.14
40	Austin Blythe	Iowa	C	74	298	4.67	4.53	-0.14
41	Reggie Ragland	Alabama	ILB	73	247	4.42	4.28	-0.14
42	Joe Thuney	North Carolina State	G	76	304	4.68	4.54	-0.14
43	Kenny Clark	UCLA	DT	74	314	4.75	4.62	-0.13
44	Devon Cajuste	Stanford	WR	75	234	4.33	4.20	-0.13
45	Ryan Kelly	Alabama	C	76	311	4.71	4.59	-0.12
46	Jack Conklin	Michigan State	OT	77	308	4.68	4.57	-0.11
47	Braxton Miller	Ohio State	WR	73	201	4.18	4.07	-0.11
48	Deiondre Hall	Northern Iowa	CB	73	199	4.17	4.06	-0.11
49	Austin Hooper	Stanford	TE	75	254	4.43	4.32	-0.11
50	D.J. Reader	Clemson	DT	74	327	4.82	4.71	-0.11
51	D.J. Foster	Arizona State	WR	70	193	4.18	4.07	-0.11
52	DeForest Buckner	Oregon	DE	79	291	4.57	4.47	-0.10
53	Joe Schobert	Wisconsin	OLB	73	244	4.40	4.30	-0.10
54	Michael Thomas	Ohio State	WR	74	212	4.23	4.13	-0.10
55	Sheldon Rankins	Louisville	DT	73	299	4.69	4.59	-0.10
56	Josh Doctson	Texas Christian	WR	74	202	4.18	4.08	-0.10
57	Cody Whitehair	Kansas State	G	75	301	4.67	4.58	-0.09
58	James Cowser	Southern Utah	DE	75	248	4.40	4.31	-0.09
59	Joel Heath	Michigan State	DT	77	293	4.61	4.52	-0.09
60	Cole Toner	Harvard	OT	77	306	4.67	4.59	-0.08
61	Paxton Lynch	Memphis	QB	78	244	4.34	4.26	-0.08
62	Thomas Duarte	UCLA	TE	74	231	4.32	4.24	-0.08
63	Miles Killebrew	Southern Utah	SS	73	217	4.26	4.18	-0.08
64	Beau Sandland	Montana State	TE	76	253	4.41	4.33	-0.08
65	Jordan Lomax	Iowa	FS	69	202	4.23	4.15	-0.08
66	Darius Latham	Indiana	DT	76	311	4.71	4.63	-0.08
67	Jalin Marshall	Ohio State	WR	70	200	4.21	4.13	-0.08
68	Shadrach Thornton	North Carolina State	RB	71	217	4.29	4.21	-0.08
69	Noah Spence	Eastern Kentucky	DE	74	251	4.43	4.35	-0.08
70	Joshua Garnett	Stanford	G	76	312	4.72	4.64	-0.08
71	Chris Jones	Mississippi State	DT	77	310	4.70	4.62	-0.08
72	Cayleb Jones	Arizona	WR	74	209	4.21	4.14	-0.07
73	Bralon Addison	Oregon	WR	69	197	4.21	4.14	-0.07
74	Ronald Blair	Appalachian State	DE	74	284	4.60	4.53	-0.07
75	Jeff Driskel	Louisiana Tech	QB	76	234	4.32	4.25	-0.07
76	Jerell Adams	South Carolina	TE	77	247	4.37	4.31	-0.06
77	Spencer Drango	Baylor	G	77	315	4.72	4.66	-0.06
78	Daryl Worley	West Virginia	CB	72	204	4.21	4.15	-0.06
79	Temarrick Hemingway	South Carolina State	TE	76	244	4.37	4.31	-0.06
80	Beniquez Brown	Mississippi State	OLB	72	229	4.34	4.28	-0.06
81	DeAndre Washington	Texas Tech	RB	68	204	4.26	4.20	-0.06
82	Ryan Smith	North Carolina Central	CB	71	189	4.14	4.09	-0.05
83	Willie Beavers	Western Michigan	OT	76	321	4.76	4.71	-0.05
84	Ryan Malleck	Virginia Tech	TE	76	247	4.38	4.33	-0.05
85	Andy Janovich	Nebraska	RB	73	238	4.37	4.32	-0.05
86	Maurice Canady	Virginia	CB	73	193	4.14	4.09	-0.05
87	Graham Glasgow	Michigan	G	77	307	4.68	4.63	-0.05
88	Tyler Johnstone	Oregon	OT	77	301	4.65	4.60	-0.05
89	Xavien Howard	Baylor	CB	72	201	4.19	4.15	-0.04
90	Jalen Ramsey	Florida State	FS	73	209	4.22	4.18	-0.04
91	Ufomba Kamalu	Miami (FL)	DT	77	295	4.62	4.58	-0.04
92	Javon Hargrave	South Carolina State	DT	73	309	4.74	4.70	-0.04
93	Connor McGovern	Missouri	G	76	306	4.69	4.65	-0.04
94	James Bradberry	Samford	CB	72	211	4.24	4.21	-0.03
95	Jonathan Bullard	Florida	DE	75	285	4.59	4.56	-0.03
96	Kenyan Drake	Alabama	RB	72	210	4.24	4.21	-0.03
97	Cory Littleton	Washington	OLB	75	238	4.35	4.32	-0.03
98	DeVante Harris	Texas AM	CB	70	176	4.09	4.06	-0.03
99	Derrick Henry	Alabama	RB	74	247	4.41	4.38	-0.03
100	Vernon Butler	Louisiana Tech	DT	75	323	4.79	4.76	-0.03
101	Matt Judon	Grand Valley State	DE	75	275	4.54	4.52	-0.02
102	Germain Ifedi	Texas AM	OT	77	324	4.77	4.75	-0.02
103	Emmanuel Ogbah	Oklahoma State	DE	76	273	4.52	4.50	-0.02
104	Josh Woodrum	Liberty	QB	74	231	4.32	4.31	-0.01
105	LeShaun Sims	Southern Utah	CB	72	203	4.20	4.19	-0.01
106	Victor Ochi	Stony Brook	DE	73	246	4.41	4.40	-0.01
107	Vernon Adams	Oregon	QB	70	200	4.21	4.20	-0.01
108	Kenneth Dixon	Louisiana Tech	RB	70	215	4.29	4.28	-0.01
109	Chris Moore	Cincinnati	WR	73	206	4.21	4.20	-0.01
110	Nelson Spruce	Colorado	WR	73	206	4.21	4.20	-0.01
111	Demarcus Robinson	Florida	WR	73	203	4.19	4.19	0.00
112	Hunter Sharp	Utah State	WR	71	198	4.19	4.19	0.00
113	Evan Boehm	Missouri	C	74	302	4.69	4.69	0.00
114	Jihad Ward	Illinois	DE	77	297	4.63	4.63	0.00
115	Cyrus Jones	Alabama	CB	69	197	4.21	4.21	0.00
116	Devante Bond	Oklahoma	OLB	73	235	4.36	4.36	0.00
117	Brandon Williams	Texas AM	FS	71	197	4.18	4.19	0.01
118	Shawn Oakman	Baylor	DE	79	287	4.55	4.56	0.01
119	Joel Stave	Wisconsin	QB	77	236	4.31	4.33	0.02
120	Kenny Lawler	California	WR	74	203	4.18	4.20	0.02
121	Dak Prescott	Mississippi State	QB	74	226	4.30	4.32	0.02
122	Austin Johnson	Penn State	DT	76	314	4.73	4.75	0.02
123	Daniel Lasco	California	RB	72	209	4.23	4.26	0.03
124	Alex Lewis	Nebraska	OT	78	312	4.69	4.72	0.03
125	Wendell Smallwood	West Virginia	RB	70	208	4.25	4.28	0.03
126	Tyvis Powell	Ohio State	FS	74	211	4.22	4.25	0.03
127	Anthony Brown	Purdue	CB	71	192	4.16	4.19	0.03
128	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	Minnesota	CB	69	193	4.19	4.22	0.03
129	Dadi Nicolas	Virginia Tech	DE	74	235	4.34	4.38	0.04
130	Jarran Reed	Alabama	DT	74	307	4.71	4.75	0.04
131	AShawn Robinson	Alabama	DT	75	307	4.70	4.74	0.04
132	Brandon Wilds	South Carolina	RB	72	220	4.29	4.33	0.04
133	Derrick Kindred	Texas Christian	SS	70	207	4.25	4.29	0.04
134	Matt Ioannidis	Temple	DT	75	299	4.66	4.71	0.05
135	Connor Cook	Michigan State	QB	76	217	4.23	4.28	0.05
136	Dominique Robertson	West Georgia	OT	76	324	4.78	4.83	0.05
137	Kevon Seymour	Southern California	CB	71	186	4.13	4.18	0.05
138	Christian Westerman	Arizona State	G	75	298	4.66	4.71	0.05
139	Romeo Okwara	Notre Dame	DE	76	265	4.48	4.53	0.05
140	Andrew Billings	Baylor	DT	72	311	4.76	4.82	0.06
141	Kevin Hogan	Stanford	QB	75	218	4.25	4.31	0.06
142	Brandon Allen	Arkansas	QB	73	217	4.26	4.33	0.07
143	Matt Skura	Duke	C	75	305	4.69	4.76	0.07
144	Yannick Ngakoue	Maryland	DE	74	252	4.43	4.50	0.07
145	Scooby Wright	Arizona	ILB	71	239	4.40	4.47	0.07
146	Nick Martin	Notre Dame	C	76	299	4.65	4.72	0.07
147	Christian Hackenberg	Penn State	QB	76	223	4.26	4.33	0.07
148	Mehdi Abdesmad	Boston College	DT	78	284	4.55	4.62	0.07
149	Jack Allen	Michigan State	C	73	294	4.66	4.73	0.07
150	Keyarris Garrett	Tulsa	WR	75	220	4.26	4.33	0.07
151	A.J. Stamps	Kentucky	FS	70	193	4.18	4.25	0.07
152	Ron Thompson	Syracuse	DE	75	253	4.43	4.50	0.07
153	Nila Kasitati	Oklahoma	G	75	317	4.75	4.83	0.08
154	John Theus	Georgia	OT	78	313	4.70	4.78	0.08
155	Glenn Gronkowski	Kansas State	RB	74	239	4.37	4.45	0.08
156	DeAndre Houston-Carson	William & Mary	FS	72	201	4.19	4.28	0.09
157	Taylor Decker	Ohio State	OT	79	310	4.67	4.76	0.09
158	Aaron Burbridge	Michigan State	WR	72	206	4.22	4.31	0.09
159	Joe Dahl	Washington State	G	76	304	4.68	4.77	0.09
160	Jonathan Jones	Auburn	CB	69	186	4.15	4.25	0.10
161	Lamarcus Brutus	Florida State	FS	71	206	4.23	4.33	0.10
162	Trevor Davis	California	WR	73	188	4.12	4.22	0.10
163	B.J. Goodson	Clemson	ILB	72	242	4.40	4.51	0.11
164	Bryce Williams	East Carolina	TE	77	257	4.42	4.53	0.11
165	Avery Young	Auburn	OT	76	328	4.80	4.91	0.11
166	Darian Thompson	Boise State	FS	73	208	4.22	4.33	0.11
167	Travis Feeney	Washington	OLB	75	230	4.31	4.42	0.11
168	Tyler Matakevich	Temple	ILB	72	238	4.38	4.50	0.12
169	Jordan Payton	UCLA	WR	73	207	4.21	4.33	0.12
170	Adolphus Washington	Ohio State	DT	75	301	4.67	4.79	0.12
171	Steven Daniels	Boston College	ILB	71	243	4.42	4.54	0.12
172	Eric Striker	Oklahoma	OLB	71	227	4.34	4.46	0.12
173	Vadal Alexander	LSU	G	77	326	4.78	4.90	0.12
174	Jared Norris	Utah	ILB	73	241	4.39	4.52	0.13
175	Keanu Neal	Florida	FS	72	211	4.24	4.38	0.14
176	Hassan Ridgeway	Texas	DT	75	303	4.68	4.82	0.14
177	Alonzo Russell	Toledo	WR	75	206	4.18	4.33	0.15
178	Geronimo Allison	Illinois	WR	75	196	4.13	4.28	0.15
179	Juston Burris	North Carolina State	CB	72	212	4.25	4.40	0.15
180	Trevone Boykin	Texas Christian	QB	72	212	4.25	4.40	0.15
181	Malcolm Mitchell	Georgia	WR	71	198	4.19	4.34	0.15
182	Sterling Bailey	Georgia	DE	76	285	4.58	4.73	0.15
183	Will Fuller	Notre Dame	WR	72	186	4.12	4.27	0.15
184	D.J. White	Georgia Tech	CB	70	193	4.18	4.33	0.15
185	Duke Williams	Auburn	WR	74	229	4.31	4.47	0.16
186	Steve Longa	Rutgers	OLB	72	241	4.40	4.56	0.16
187	C.J. Johnson	Mississippi	ILB	73	234	4.35	4.52	0.17
188	Sterling Shepard	Oklahoma	WR	70	194	4.18	4.35	0.17
189	Montese Overton	East Carolina	OLB	73	223	4.29	4.47	0.18
190	Tyler Boyd	Pittsburgh	WR	73	197	4.16	4.35	0.19
191	D.J. Pettway	Alabama	DE	74	265	4.50	4.69	0.19
192	Darrell Greene	San Diego State	G	74	321	4.79	4.98	0.19
193	Ronnie Stanley	Notre Dame	OT	77	312	4.71	4.90	0.19
194	Kevin Peterson	Oklahoma State	CB	70	181	4.11	4.31	0.20
195	Giorgio Newberry	Florida State	DE	77	285	4.57	4.78	0.21
196	Jacoby Brissett	North Carolina State	QB	75	231	4.31	4.53	0.22
197	Fahn Cooper	Mississippi	OT	76	303	4.67	4.89	0.22
198	Jerald Hawkins	LSU	OT	77	305	4.67	4.89	0.22
199	Denver Kirkland	Arkansas	G	76	335	4.84	5.06	0.22
200	Elijah Shumate	Notre Dame	SS	71	216	4.28	4.51	0.23
201	Branden Jackson	Texas Tech	DE	75	273	4.53	4.77	0.24
202	Charone Peake	Clemson	WR	74	209	4.21	4.46	0.25
203	Jared Goff	California	QB	76	215	4.22	4.47	0.25
204	Tyler Marz	Wisconsin	OT	78	316	4.71	4.97	0.26
205	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	Texas Christian	OT	78	320	4.73	5.00	0.27
206	Chris Mayes	Georgia	DT	75	338	4.86	5.13	0.27
207	Alex Redmond	UCLA	G	76	294	4.62	4.90	0.28
208	Brandon Doughty	Western Kentucky	QB	74	213	4.23	4.52	0.29
209	Sebastian Tretola	Arkansas	G	76	314	4.73	5.02	0.29
210	Marshaun Coprich	Illinois State	RB	68	207	4.27	4.58	0.31
211	Devaunte Sigler	Jacksonville State	DT	75	298	4.66	4.97	0.31
212	Harlan Miller	Southeastern Louisiana	CB	71	182	4.11	4.43	0.32
213	Pearce Slater	San Diego State	OT	78	329	4.78	5.12	0.34
214	Stephane Nembot	Colorado	OT	78	322	4.75	5.15	0.40
215	Caleb Benenoch	UCLA	OT	77	311	4.70	5.11	0.41
216	Mekale McKay	Cincinnati	WR	75	207	4.19	4.63	0.44

Super athletic defensive ends/projected top-10 picks Joey Bosa and Shaq Lawson both ranked in the top 10 in this height/weight-adjusted metric. But, to put Brendel’s performance in perspective, he finished just 0.06 hundredths of a second behind both players, despite carrying an extra 34 pounds. Brendel is projected to be drafted, although likely on day three, but this gives us an extra reason to see how his career unfolds.

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