{"id":24222,"date":"2025-02-28T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=24222"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:24:01","slug":"james-pearce-jr-impressive-numbers-on-nfl-scouting-combine-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/james-pearce-jr-impressive-numbers-on-nfl-scouting-combine-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"James Pearce Jr.&#8217;s Impressive Numbers On NFL Scouting Combine Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Pearce Jr. didn&rsquo;t just show up to the 2025 NFL Combine&mdash;he took over. The Tennessee edge rusher clocked a <strong>4.47-second 40-yard dash<\/strong>, the fastest among defensive linemen this year. And just to make things even wilder? He ran in a hoodie because he forgot his T-shirt at the hotel.<\/p><p>At <strong>6-foot-5, 245 pounds<\/strong>, Pearce isn&rsquo;t just fast. He&rsquo;s the kind of fast that makes front offices scramble. Scouts already knew about his <strong>19.5 sacks and 29.5 tackles for loss<\/strong> at Tennessee, but now? His speed officially puts him in elite company. Only a handful of edge rushers in Combine history have ever run <strong>under 4.50 seconds<\/strong>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Pearce Jr.&rsquo;s 4.47-second 40-yard dash was the fastest among defensive linemen at the NFL Combine<\/h2><p>Pearce&rsquo;s <strong>first attempt came in at 4.50 seconds<\/strong>, already the fastest time among defensive linemen. Then he one-upped himself with a <strong>4.47-second<\/strong> run.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tennessee's James Pearce Jr. runs the first sub-4.5 40 with a 4.47u &#128293;<br><br>&#128250;: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLCombine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#NFLCombine<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@NFLNetwork<\/a><br>&#128241;: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b11jEyxYBi\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/b11jEyxYBi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1895247768806912444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>For context? The next-fastest defensive lineman, <strong>Fadil Diggs from Syracuse, ran a 4.57<\/strong>. That&rsquo;s a full tenth of a second slower. In a league where fractions of a second dictate contracts, that&rsquo;s a huge gap.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Pearce Jr. entered the 2025 NFL Combine as a late first-rounder&mdash;he might have just sprinted into the top 20<\/h2><p>Before the Combine, Pearce was projected at the end of the first round in most mock drafts. USA TODAY Sports&rsquo; Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz had him going with the final pick in Round 1. That might not be the case anymore.<\/p><p>NFL scouts already knew Pearce had the production&mdash;first-team All-SEC, nearly 20 career sacks, pure dominance off the edge. But now? He has the measurables to match.<\/p><p>Yes, there are things to refine&mdash;strength, hand technique, overall polish&mdash;but speed like this? You can&rsquo;t teach that. And NFL teams know it.<\/p><p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nfl-salary-cap-reaches-record-279-million-in-2025-but-not-every-team-can-spend-freely\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NFL Salary Cap Reaches Record $279.2 Million in 2025, but Not Every Team Can Spend Freely!<\/a><\/p><p>Image: Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Pearce Jr. dominates with 4.47s 40-yard dash at Combine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4001],"class_list":["post-24222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-james-pearce-jr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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