Every year there's a highly rated cornerback prospect who slips down NFL draft boards after his postseason workouts simply because his lack of 40-yard dash speed. Typically, once a cornerback's lack ...

At the annual NFL Scouting Combine, athletes perform a number of workouts and exercises to showcase their athleticism to NFL scouts, coaches and general managers. Among the exercises is the three-cone ...

The three-cone drill takes just a few seconds to complete, but it says a lot about a player’s shiftiness, ability to change direction and ability to bend around a corner with ankle flexibility. A ...

Players start in a three-point stance in front of three cones that are set up in a triangle or L shape, with each cone five yards apart. They then sprint five yards to one cone, sprint back to the ...

Matt Williamson is co-host of "SNR Drive" on Steelers Nation Radio. He contributed to SNR's coverage of the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine and the following are some of his personal perspectives of what he ...

Professional football players shape their workout plans based on the muscles most important to what they do on the field. For example, quarterbacks need arm strength to throw effective passes. For ...

This edge rusher class is stacked. Loaded up. Filled with talent. However you want to describe the group, it's good. Really good. From Aidan Hutchinson to Kayvon Thibodeaux to David Ojabo to Jermaine ...

While all of the vertical jump, broad jump, 40-yard dash and shuttle run drills can be used to measure explosiveness as well as other traits, the three-cone drill is the one that focuses primarily on ...