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Kansas City Chiefs: Top 10 Combine Flops Who Will Prove Worthwhile

March 4, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

As much as fans complain about the "workout warrior" college prospects shooting up the NFL draft boards in late February, there is also a flip side to the combine workouts.
Players like Kendrick Lewis, who are great players, get devalued because of a bad 40-yard dash time or a low number of bench press reps. 
Before the 2010 NFL Combine, safety Kendrick Lewis, out of Mississippi State, was regularly appearing in the top three or four rounds of Mock NFL Draft projections. 
But, due to a bad workout and a 40-yard dash time of 4.77 seconds at the combine, Lewis' stock fell off, and the Kansas City Chiefs ended up drafting Lewis in the middle of the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. 
At the time, Kansas City Chiefs' General Manager Scott Pioli said, "Kendrick Lewis was a guy who was thought pretty highly of up until his workout. At the combine he ran a 4.77 and it killed him. He dropped like a stone."
Pioli also said, "I’m a firm bel...

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