40-yard dash↓ lower is better
n 158 (75% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 5.45s
- 25th
- 5.31s
- Median
- 5.21s
- 75th
- 5.09s
- Top 5%
- 4.94s
Drafted 5.18sUndrafted 5.24s
Best: 4.81s — Aviante Collins, 2017
Interior Offensive Line
The bar for an NFL interior offensive line
- Athletes
- 212
- Classes
- 2017–2026
- Drafted
- 128 (60%)
Typical NFL IOL, 2017–2026 — the middle 50% of the group
- Height
- 6'3" – 6'5"
- Weight
- 305 – 318 lb
- 40-yard dash
- 5.09 – 5.31s
Drafted interior offensive linemen vs undrafted (medians)
- 0.12s faster 3-cone
- 0.07s faster shuttle
- 0.06s faster forty
The benchmark table
Tiers are vs interior offensive linemen at the NFL Combine, 2017–2026, who tested that drill. Timed drills are already flipped: a faster time is a higher tier.
| Build | Typical range (mid 50%) | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heightn 212 (100% tested) | 6'3" – 6'5" | 6'4" | n 212 (100%) |
| Weightn 212 (100% tested) | 305 lb – 318 lb | 311 lb | n 212 (100%) |
| PPIpounds carried per inch of framen 212 (100% tested) | 4.00 – 4.17 | 4.06 | n 212 (100%) |
| Performance | NFL medianbeats 50% | Top 25%beats 75% | Top 10%beats 90% | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40-yard dash↓ lower winsn 158 (75% tested) | 5.21s | 5.09s | 5.00s | n 158 (75%) |
| Vertical jumpn 163 (77% tested) | 28.5" | 31" | 32.5" | n 163 (77%) |
| Broad jumpn 162 (76% tested) | 8'10" | 9'2" | 9'4" | n 162 (76%) |
| Bench press (reps)n 59 (28% tested) — fewer than half tested | 25 | 28 | 34 | n 59 (28%) — fewer than half tested |
| 3-cone↓ lower winsn 116 (55% tested) | 7.75s | 7.55s | 7.42s | n 116 (55%) |
| Shuttle↓ lower winsn 124 (58% tested) | 4.73s | 4.61s | 4.49s | n 124 (58%) |
| Power Index√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body powern 163 (77% tested) | 94.2 | 98.2 | 100.4 | n 163 (77%) |
Top 10% = better than 90% of Combine interior offensive linemen who tested. n = athletes with a recorded value.
† Fewer than half tested. Skipping correlates with top prospects — a biased sample.
Every measurable, in full
Better is always to the right. ▌ drafted median ┊ undrafted median
n 163 (77% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 23.5"
- 25th
- 26.5"
- Median
- 28.5"
- 75th
- 31"
- Top 5%
- 33.5"
Drafted 28.5"Undrafted 28.5"
Best: 36.5" — Beaux Limmer, 2024
n 162 (76% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 8'0"
- 25th
- 8'6"
- Median
- 8'10"
- 75th
- 9'2"
- Top 5%
- 9'6"
Drafted 8'10"Undrafted 8'9"
Best: 10'0" — Cole Strange, 2022
n 59 (28% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 18
- 25th
- 23
- Median
- 25
- 75th
- 28
- Top 5%
- 35
Best: 37 — Will Hernandez, 2018
3-cone↓ lower is better
n 116 (55% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 8.27s
- 25th
- 7.90s
- Median
- 7.75s
- 75th
- 7.55s
- Top 5%
- 7.33s
Drafted 7.72sUndrafted 7.84s
Best: 7.16s — Tanor Bortolini, 2024
Shuttle↓ lower is better
n 124 (58% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 4.97s
- 25th
- 4.84s
- Median
- 4.73s
- 75th
- 4.61s
- Top 5%
- 4.46s
Drafted 4.73sUndrafted 4.80s
Best: 4.28s — Tanor Bortolini, 2024
Power Index
√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body power
n 163 (77% tested)
- Bot 5%
- 85.9
- 25th
- 90.8
- Median
- 94.2
- 75th
- 98.2
- Top 5%
- 102.2
Drafted 94.1Undrafted 94.4
Best: 105.0 — Beaux Limmer, 2024
n 212 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 6'3"
- 25th
- 6'3"
- Median
- 6'4"
- 75th
- 6'5"
- 95th
- 6'6"
Drafted 6'4"Undrafted 6'4"
n 212 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 298 lb
- 25th
- 305 lb
- Median
- 311 lb
- 75th
- 318 lb
- 95th
- 329 lb
Drafted 311 lbUndrafted 311 lb
PPI
pounds carried per inch of frame
n 212 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 3.92
- 25th
- 4.00
- Median
- 4.06
- 75th
- 4.17
- 95th
- 4.33
Drafted 4.07Undrafted 4.05
About this data
- 2021 numbers are pro-day results — no combine was held that year (about 1% of this group).
- Missing values aren’t random: top prospects skip drills. Bench press (reps): 28% of interior offensive linemen tested.
- 128 athletes listed only as “OL” (mostly 2019–2021) could not be split into OT vs IOL and are excluded from this group.
- Full mapping rules, metric definitions, and provenance: Methodology