It was well understood that Shemar Stewart is a freak athlete.
But the Aggie had his chance to showcase it at Thursday’s NFL Scouting Combine, and he made history.
It started with Stewart’s historic broad jump of 10’11” that landed him first among all defensive linemen at this year’s showcase in Indianapolis and fifth all-time among defensive ends ever at the NFL Combine.
Stewart followed that up quickly with a vertical leap of 40 inches that landed him second among this year’s defensive linemen and just an inch and a half short of the best vertical leap ever by a defensive lineman.
For reference, Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown had the same vertical at only 223 pounds. That is 44 pounds lighter than what Stewart is testing at.
Just for show, Stewart ran an impressive 4.59 40-yard dash (fastest among prospects over 260 pounds) with an insane 1.58 10-yard split, which was tied for first among all DL.
In a word: Dominant.
Stewart’s draft stock continues to rise.
While he only had 1.5 sacks in 2025, his projected RAS score of 10.00 would make him one of only 18 players to have such a score, and the only Aggie with that score (Dan Campbell had a 10.00 in 1999, but his tests today would give him a 9.83).
This performance should solidify the conjecture that many scouts were proposing.
Stewart is a first-round talent.
Emilio Fantastico said:
First round talent that put up very pedestrian numbers and made very little impact while at A&M.
If we could figure out why that happened and how to fix it so that first round talent puts up first round numbers while at A&M, then we might actually start winning.
JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:Emilio Fantastico said:
First round talent that put up very pedestrian numbers and made very little impact while at A&M.
If we could figure out why that happened and how to fix it so that first round talent puts up first round numbers while at A&M, then we might actually start winning.
I'm generally a very optimistic guy, but this is what crushes my hope as well.
Like seeing our guys have great days, but we took this freak athlete and didn't get more than some flashes here and there out of him. How are we going to do when our best DL aren't putting up historically freakish scores at the combine.
Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:
Suboptimal coaching.
The coach's job is to figure out how to maximize impact of such physical talent on the field. That could come from scheme as much as it could come from figuring out how to motivate someone like Shemar.
Southlake said:
Just because you have the physical numbers doesn't mean you're a great player.
4 said:Southlake said:
Just because you have the physical numbers doesn't mean you're a great player.
I'll bet you he does very well in the NFL.
This school could've f'd up Roger Staubach.
Our coaches, no matter who they are, can inherit generational talent all over the field and lose 5 games, year in and year out.
Yeah it's coaching.4 said:Southlake said:
Just because you have the physical numbers doesn't mean you're a great player.
I'll bet you he does very well in the NFL.
This school could've f'd up Roger Staubach.
Our coaches, no matter who they are, can inherit generational talent all over the field and lose 5 games, year in and year out.
one safe place said:
He must have taken off the majority of plays while here.
How many first rounders have we produced that underperformed at A&M?Emilio Fantastico said:
First round talent that put up very pedestrian numbers and made very little impact while at A&M.
If we could figure out why that happened and how to fix it so that first round talent puts up first round numbers while at A&M, then we might actually start winning.
