40-yard dash↓ lower is better
n 16 (34% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 5.01s
- 25th
- 4.83s
- Median
- 4.74s
- 75th
- 4.69s
- Top 5%
- 4.61s
Best: 4.56s — Jake Camarda, 2022
Punter
The bar for an NFL punter
- Athletes
- 47
- Classes
- 2017–2026
- Drafted
- 16 (34%)
Small group: 47 punters since 2017. Read these as reference points, not norms.
Typical NFL P, 2017–2026 — the middle 50% of the group
- Height
- 6'1" – 6'4"
- Weight
- 200 – 222 lb
The benchmark table
Tiers are vs punters 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 47 (100% tested) | 6'1" – 6'4" | 6'2" | n 47 (100%) |
| Weightn 47 (100% tested) | 200 lb – 222 lb | 211 lb | n 47 (100%) |
| PPIpounds carried per inch of framen 47 (100% tested) | 2.74 – 2.94 | 2.82 | n 47 (100%) |
| Performance | NFL medianbeats 50% | Top 25%beats 75% | Top 10%beats 90% | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40-yard dash↓ lower winsn 16 (34% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 4.74s | 4.69s | 4.64s | n 16 (34%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| Vertical jumpn 11 (23% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 32.5" | 34" | 34" | n 11 (23%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| Broad jumpn 9 (19% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 9'6" | too few tested to estimate tiers | too few tested to estimate tiers | n 9 (19%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| Bench press (reps)n 4 (9% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 19 | too few tested to estimate tiers | too few tested to estimate tiers | n 4 (9%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| 3-cone↓ lower winsn 2 (4% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 7.16s | too few tested to estimate tiers | too few tested to estimate tiers | n 2 (4%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| Shuttle↓ lower winsn 3 (6% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 4.41s | too few tested to estimate tiers | too few tested to estimate tiers | n 3 (6%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| Power Index√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body powern 11 (23% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 84.2 | 86.4 | 87.8 | n 11 (23%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
Top 10% = better than 90% of Combine punters who tested. n = athletes with a recorded value.
† Fewer than half tested. Skipping correlates with top prospects — a biased sample.
— means too few tested to estimate tiers; the median is still shown.
Every measurable, in full
Better is always to the right. Drafted vs undrafted comparisons appear when both sides have 30+ athletes — this group doesn’t.
n 11 (23% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 29"
- 25th
- 31.5"
- Median
- 32.5"
- 75th
- 34"
- Top 5%
- 34.5"
Best: 34.5" — Michael Turk, 2020
n 9 (19% tested)small sample
Median 9'6" — only 9 tested, too few for a distribution.
n 4 (9% tested)small sample
Median 19 — only 4 tested, too few for a distribution.
3-cone↓ lower is better
n 2 (4% tested)small sample
Median 7.16s — only 2 tested, too few for a distribution.
Shuttle↓ lower is better
n 3 (6% tested)small sample
Median 4.41s — only 3 tested, too few for a distribution.
Power Index
√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body power
n 11 (23% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 77.4
- 25th
- 79.8
- Median
- 84.2
- 75th
- 86.4
- Top 5%
- 88.1
Best: 88.3 — Michael Turk, 2020
n 47 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 5'11"
- 25th
- 6'1"
- Median
- 6'2"
- 75th
- 6'4"
- 95th
- 6'5.5"
n 47 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 193 lb
- 25th
- 200 lb
- Median
- 211 lb
- 75th
- 222 lb
- 95th
- 235 lb
PPI
pounds carried per inch of frame
n 47 (100% tested)
- 5th
- 2.61
- 25th
- 2.74
- Median
- 2.82
- 75th
- 2.94
- 95th
- 3.15
About this data
- 2021 numbers are pro-day results — no combine was held that year (about 15% of this group).
- Missing values aren’t random: top prospects skip drills. 3-cone: 4% of punters tested.
- Full mapping rules, metric definitions, and provenance: Methodology