2015 NFL Combine: Running backs bench press results

Joey Iosefa out of Hawaii led the way for running backs in the bench press, putting up 30 reps of 225 pounds on Friday.

The top running back prospects around the nation arrived in Indianapolis with the wide receivers and quarterbacks on Wednesday and hit the weight room for the bench press on Friday. They'll find their way onto the field for drills and workouts on Saturday, but first we've got the bench press results.

Last year, Jerick McKinnon led all running backs by a wide margin with 32 reps. The next-highest was Bishop Sankey with 26 reps, while De'Anthony Thomas came in last with just eight reps. This year, the top player was Joey Iosefa out of Hawaii, who put up 30 reps. Like last year, the next-highest player had 26 teps (Michael Dyer of Louisville). The lower any player who participated put up was 11 reps (Javorius Allen of USC, Marcus Murray of Missouri).

Putting up 225 pounds as many times as possible is the setup for the bench press at the NFL Combine. It's an exercise that means an awful lot for offensive and defensive linemen, but isn't necessarily the most important measure of ability for other positions. That said, scouts like having the information and most of the running backs took part this year.

Below, we've got full results for the running backs that took part on Friday:

Player	School	Height	Weight	Bench Press reps (225 lbs.)
Ameer Abdullah	Nebraska	5'9	205	24
Jay Ajayi	Boise State	6'0	221	19
Javorius Allen	USC	6'0	221	11
Cameron Artis-Payne	Auburn	5'10	212
Dominique Brown	Louisville	6'2	234	17
Malcolm Brown	Texas	5'11	224	19
Michael Burton	Rutgers	5'11	242	25
B.J. Catalon	TCU	5'7	186
David Cobb	Minnesota	5'11	229	17
Tevin Coleman	Indiana	5'11	206	22
John Crockett	North Dakota State	6'0	217	15
Mike Davis	South Carolina	5'9	217	17
Michael Dyer	Louisville	5'8	218	26
Jahwan Edwards	Ball State	5'9	220	16
Jalston Fowler	Alabama	5'11	254	23
Melvin Gordon	Wisconsin	6'1	215	19
Todd Gurley	Georgia	6'1	222	17
Dee Hart	Colorado State	5'7	199
Braylon Heard	Kentucky	5'10	198	19
Kenny Hilliard	LSU	6'0	226
Joey Iosefa	Hawaii	6'0	247	30
David Johnson	Northern Iowa	6'1	224	25
Duke Johnson	Miami (Fla.)	5'9	207
Gus Johnson	Stephen F. Austin	5'10	215	26
Matt Jones	Florida	6'2	231	20
Jeremy Langford	Michigan State	6'0	208
Terrence Magee	LSU	5'8	213	22
Marcus Murphy	Missouri	5'8	193	11
Thomas Rawls	Central Michigan	5'9	215	15
Josh Robinson	Mississippi State	5'8	217	21
Ross Scheuerman	Lafayette	6'0	204	15
Tyler Varga	Yale	5'11	222	23
Karlos Williams	Florida State	6'1	230	16
Trey Williams	Texas A&M	5'7	195	18
T.J. Yeldon	Alabama	6'1	226	22
Zach Zenner	South Dakota State	5'11	223	25

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