Clowney had to push for 19. They actually gave him 21 because he only got the bar half way up before they helped him. I was expecting no less than 27 reps.
I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but if you go back and look just at linebackers, 21 doesn't even get in the top ten most years. The "great" Brooks Reed managed 30 reps. I will say that if you look at top performers at linebacker for the last decade, topping the 40 or topping the bench press at the combine appears completely unrelated to success. The leader boards are lists of people you've never heard of.
Doesn't necessarily equate strength. If anything, it could be looked at as a positive, as the right training will make him an even better football player than he already is. I have done 32 reps at 225 and could only max around 400 pounds. I had friends in the low 20's around 500. Take it for what its worth, but I don't see this as a big deal
No, that's tomorrow, but he's been rumored to be running them in the mid 4.4's all week. He cut weight to work on his speed and agility to market himself as an OLB as well as a potential DE
http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2014/story/_/id/10507312/dee-ford-says-better-jadeveon-clowney Dee Ford, In an interview with SiriusXM radio on Sunday, Ford said that he is better than Clowney, comparing the former South Carolina star to a "blind dog in a meat market."
I would also say that benching doesn't really translate into how good of a linebacker you're going to be.
Well yeah, a lot of their power comes from their legs and back, also long arms make it difficult to do well in the bench press.
