Myles Jack not cleared for all combine drills

UCLA linebacker Myles Jack won’t be able to fully participate in workouts at the NFL Scouting Combine. He has to leave many of the drills on the table as he continues to recover from a season-ending knee injury suffered in practice early last season. Jack is considered one of if not the top linebacker prospect available in the 2016 draft.

According to ESPN, Jack has been training for all of the combine drills but hasn’t been medically cleared for some of them. Jack’s participation will be limited to the bench press testing, personal interviews and medical examinations.  There will be no 40-yard dash, vertical jump or any of the agility drills that help NFL scouts measure athleticism.

So we won’t get to see the freakish athleticism that Jack was expected to display just days from now. The date of UCLA’s annual pro day is not yet known but that could be when Jack is able to do a complete workout for NFL coaches and scouts. Last year, UCLA’s pro day was held on March 10, and if it’s held around the same time this year, he would have more than an extra week to prepare.

According to the report, Jack was medically cleared to begin running on Jan. 22 and has made significant progress. It sounds like he’s okay but wants a little extra time to wow the NFL personnel people when they see him. No one wants a run a bad time in a drill because they decided to run a couple of weeks too early.

Jack would tell ESPN in their report, “Personally, I feel great. The knee, I can do whatever I can do with the knee, running, cutting. It feels great. It feels like a new knee.”

Regardless of his combine numbers, when you look at his tape, he’s the best football player in the draft.