{"id":230910,"date":"2026-02-28T23:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/taylen-greens-eye-opening-combine-performance-could-cause-quarterback-to-rise-draft-boards\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:43:27","slug":"taylen-greens-eye-opening-combine-performance-could-cause-quarterback-to-rise-draft-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/taylen-greens-eye-opening-combine-performance-could-cause-quarterback-to-rise-draft-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylen Green&#8217;s eye-opening combine performance could cause quarterback to rise draft boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a class with few clear options at quarterback, Taylen Green set himself apart with a historic scouting combine performance.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/colleges\/arkansas_razorbacks\/506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas Razorback<\/a>, who measured six feet, five-and-7\/8 inches and weighed 227 pounds, set quarterback combine records in the broad jump (11&#8217;2&#8243;) and vertical jump (43.5&#8243;), breaking the previous marks set in both categories by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis_colts\/37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> quarterback Anthony Richardson (10&#8217;9&#8243;, 40.5&#8243;), the No. 4 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Green also ran an unofficial 4.37-second 40-yard dash, 0.02 seconds short of the record set by Reggie McNeal, who transitioned to wide receiver at the pro level.<\/p>\n<p>While the results don&#8217;t guarantee he&#8217;ll have a long or successful NFL career, Green&#8217;s performance was the kind that could cause front offices to consider him as a more valuable flier option among the second tier of quarterback prospects.<\/p>\n<h2>Taylen Green wows with historic scouting combine performance<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/articles\/taylen_greens_eye_opening_combine_performance_could_cause_quarterback_to_rise_draft_boards\/s1_13132_43531312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a class with few clear options at quarterback, Taylen Green set himself apart with a historic scouting combine performance. The former Arkansas Razorback, who measured six feet, five-and-7\/8 inches and weighed 227 pounds, set quarterback combine records in the broad jump (11&#8217;2&#8243;) and vertical jump (43.5&#8243;), breaking the previous marks set in both categories [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}