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Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey.
There was 1 player who stole the show on the 1st day players were on the field at the NFL scouting combine, and that was Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey.
All of the buzz at the combine was around Bailey, a projected 1st round pick, after he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds. He also wowed in the broad jump with a leap of 10 feet, 9 inches and a 35-inch vertical leap.
Bailey’s 40-yard dash time was tops among all interior defensive linemen and edge rushers at the combine.
“I though he kind of stumbled a bit at the start,” NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah said. “I think he can run faster.”
“Texas Tech DL David Bailey, a likely Top 5 pick, runs a 4.51 40,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on Thursday.
Bailey, 6-foot-4 and 251 pounds, led the FBS with 14.5 sacks in 2025 on the way to the Red Raiders playing in the College Football Playoff for the 1st time.
“The most dominant edge rusher in the nation wasn’t built by accident… it was constructed with precision!” Linebackers University wrote on its official X account.