Ohio State Running Backs TreVeyon Henderson, Quinshon Judkins Will Run 40-Yard Dash, Look to Showcase Speed at NFL Scouting Combine

 

Unlike most of Ohio State’s other draft prospects, TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins will run the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine

While none of Ohio State’s defensive linemen and linebackers ran the 40 during the first day of workouts on Thursday and defensive backs Jordan Hancock and Lathan Ransom indicated Thursday that they would also wait to run the 40 until pro day, Ohio State’s pair of running backs in Indianapolis will both put their speed to the test on Saturday.

Many of Ohio State’s other draft prospects felt they needed more time to train and for their bodies to heal because the Buckeyes played a 16-game season that ended on Jan. 20 with Ohio State’s national championship game win. Judkins and Henderson, however, said they both feel ready to run now because of the training they’ve done over the past month.

“I just felt with the training that I had and the people I trained with, they prepared me the best, so why not?” Judkins said Friday.

Henderson said he took only “a couple days off” after the national championship game before starting his training for the combine. Henderson trained at House of Athlete, a facility in Tampa, Florida, led by former NFL wide receiver Yo Murphy, and felt they did a great job of getting him ready to put his best foot forward this weekend.

“They did a good job, man, of just bringing us in and the way they went about training us, man, they did a really good job,” Henderson said.

Henderson said he will also test in the broad and vertical jumps on Saturday while Judkins said he plans to do everything.

They’ll be the second and third Buckeyes to run the 40 at the combine after Denzel Burke, who ran the 40 on Friday, clocking an unofficial time of 4.48 seconds on both of his attempts

Neither Henderson nor Judkins wanted to predict how fast they’ll run Saturday, but Henderson is a strong candidate to be one of the combine’s fastest running backs with the home-run speed he showed throughout his four years at Ohio State. He said Friday that he believes his breakaway speed is the best part of his game.

Judkins’ speed is more of a question mark entering the combine, but he expects to answer those questions on Saturday.

“Most definitely,” Judkins replied when asked if he wanted to make a point about his speed on Saturday.

With less time to train for combine-specific drills than prospects from just about every other school except Notre Dame, it wouldn’t have come as a surprise if Henderson and/or Judkins chose to wait until Ohio State’s March 26 pro day to run their 40s. But there’s a couple of reasons why they may have been better prepared than their fellow Buckeyes to feel like they could run their fastest at the combine.