*Justice Hill – Noteworthy
Oklahoma State running back Justice Hill made quite a splash on the first full day of workouts at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in Indianapolis. He posted the fastest 40-yard dash in his position group (4.40 seconds), the top vertical jump (40 inches) and tied Travis Homer of Miami for the best broad jump (130 inches). Nobody came close to the eye-popping combine record of 4.22 seconds in the 40, set by Bengals receiver John Ross two years ago. – AP Football
*Justice Hill – Noteworthy
Friday at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine produced predictable results, at least when it came to the running back position. Consecutive remarkable running back classes the past two years had left the cupboard relatively bare and with Alabama’s Josh Jacobs – the only back I see as worthy of top 50 consideration – opting not to work out in Indianapolis due to a groin strain, there were not many eye-popping results to spark scouts’ optimism. One back who did turn heads Friday was Oklahoma State’s Justice Hill, who led the position group with an electronically-timed 4.40 second time in his first attempt at the 40-yard dash as well as in the vertical jump (40″) and broad jump (10’8″), tying with Miami’s Travis Homer in the final category. Hill even posted impressive numbers in the bench press (21).
Unfortunately, his workout was cut short when he pulled up with hamstring strain during his second attempt at the forty. The 5-10, 198 pound Hill checks in 10th on NFLDraftScout.com’s rankings of the top running backs in the 2019 NFL draft after rushing for 3,539 yards over three seasons in Stillwater. He enjoyed his best season in 2017 alongside future Pittsburgh Steelers Mason Rudolph and James Washington, whose production in the passing game helped create gaping holes in the notoriously leaky Big 12 defenses. Hill ran for 1,467 yards as a sophomore while catching a career-high 31 passes for 190 yards and the only receiving touchdown with the Cowboys but saw his numbers slip to 930 rushing yards and 13 catches for 68 yards in 10 games as a junior. – Rob Rang, NFLDraftScout.com