Updated at 2:25 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2007
No. 1 receiver impresses at NFL Combine
Advertiser Staff
Georgia Tech's Calvin Johnson, the No. 1 receiver in April's NFL draft, only confirmed those ratings during the NFL Combine this weekend in Indianapolis.Besides being the heaviest receiver at the combine 239 pounds Johnson ran the third fastest 40-yard dash time among the receivers he was grouped with.
Johnson clocked 4.35. No. 1 was Yamon Figurs (4.30) of Kansas State, No. 2 was Jason Hill (4.32) of Washington State.
Figurs is 5-feet-11 1/2 inches and 181 pounds; Hill is 6-1, 208. Johnson is 6-4, 239.