{"id":508917,"date":"2026-02-28T03:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/508917\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:52:15","slug":"ohio-states-lorenzo-styles-wows-nfl-scouts-with-40-yard-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/508917\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State’s Lorenzo Styles wows NFL scouts with 40-yard dash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Ohio State defensive back Lorenzo Styles Jr. has run<\/a> the fastest 40-yard dash by a safety prospect at the NFL combine since at least 2003, according to the NFL, and he has the fastest run through the first two days of drills at the 2026 event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not 48 hours after Lorenzo Styles Jr.’s brother and OSU teammate, Sonny, wowed scouts with his 43\u00bd-inch vertical jump<\/a>, Lorenzo Styles Jr. has turned heads with his 4.27-second sprint.<\/p>\n

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While Sonny Styles’ leap was the best of any player weighing 240 or more pounds at the combine since at least 2003, Lorenzo Styles Jr. posted a 39-inch vertical jump, which made him one of the top safeties in that category this year.<\/p>\n

In 12 appearances with the Bucekyes last season, Lorenzo Styles Jr. had 30 tackles and two pass breakups.<\/p>\n

Ohio State football’s Lorenzo Styles has fastest 40-yard dash time at NFL combine through the second day of drills<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the top five 40-yard dash times among all draft prospects that participated in the NFL combine through the first two days of drills.<\/p>\n

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Lorenzo Styles Jr. (S), Ohio State – 4.29 seconds<\/p>\n

Toriano Pride Jr. (CB), Missouri – 4.32 seconds<\/p>\n

Robert Spears-Jennings (S), Oklahoma – 4.32 seconds<\/p>\n

Treydan Stukes (S), Arizona – 4.33 seconds<\/p>\n

Dillon Thieneman (S), Oregon – 4.35 seconds<\/p>\n

Daylen Everette (CB), Georgia – 4.38 seconds<\/p>\n

Top vertical jumps by safeties at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine<\/p>\n

Genesis Smith, Arizona – 42.50 inches<\/p>\n

Dillon Thieneman, Oregon – 41 inches<\/p>\n

DeShon Singleton, Nebraska – 39.50 inches<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Styles Jr., Ohio State – 39 inches<\/p>\n

Bud Clark, TCU – 38 inches<\/p>\n

Ahmaad Moses, SMU – 38 inches<\/p>\n

Treydan Stukes, Arizona – 38 inches<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: OSU’s Lorenzo Styles runs 4.27 second 40-yard dash at NFL combine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Ohio State defensive back Lorenzo Styles Jr. has run the fastest 40-yard dash by a safety prospect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[246682,5888,64,63,238078,241710,255269,255268,133470,255265,255266,975,51186,593,3373,3371,3369,217220,133467,85,255267,253168],"class_list":["post-508917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-40-yard-dash","tag-arizona","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bud-clark","tag-daylen-everette","tag-deshon-singleton","tag-dillon-thieneman","tag-genesis-smith","tag-lorenzo-styles","tag-lorenzo-styles-jr","tag-missouri","tag-nebraska","tag-nfl","tag-ohio-state","tag-oklahoma","tag-oregon","tag-robert-spears-jennings","tag-sonny-styles","tag-sports","tag-toriano-pride-jr","tag-treydan-stukes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}