2024 NFL Draft Combine Betting Odds, Props: Predictions for 40-Yard Dash, Bench Press & More

We're making our best 2024 NFL Draft Combine prop predictions based on the best NFL odds, including picks for the 40-yard dash, bench press, and more.

It's barely been two weeks since the Super Bowl, but the entire football world has already fixed its attention on this week's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, where some of the top collegiate prospects make their case to be selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Every year, we see a handful of players threaten to break the long-standing records at the NFL combine. That'll be no different this year with an elite group of offensive skill position players headlining what should be one of the stronger draft classes in recent memory.

To accompany our thorough dive into the NFL draft odds, here's a look at the latest NFL Draft Combine betting odds, along with our best NFL picks for the 40-yard dash, bench press, and more (odds via our best NFL betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

2024 NFL Draft Combine props, picks

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2024 NFL Draft Combine predictions

40-yard dash prediction

Some years, the fastest players at the combine seem destined to make history in the 40-yard dash. This doesn't appear to be one of those years.

That doesn't mean there won't be elite straight-line speed on display, especially among the wide receivers. Many have their eyes on Michigan wideout Roman Wilson, who ran a 4.37 before he even stepped foot in Ann Arbor and could dramatically boost his stock with a blazing performance on Saturday.

That said, he wasn't even considered the fastest player on his team for much of his time at Michigan. That honor belonged to former teammate D.J. Wilson, who ran a 4.26 at last year's combine. He became one of just seven players to ever clock a 40-yard dash below 4.27 seconds at the combine, which is what it'll take to cash the "Under" in this market.

There's no John Ross in this year's class, and even speedsters like receivers Xavier Worthy (Texas) and Anthony Gould (Oregon State) and safety Tyler Owens (Texas Tech) are expected to top out at 4.27 seconds, at best. Don't expect any of them to make history this week.

Prediction: Slower than 4.265 seconds (-115 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐

Bench press prediction

Nobody is going to threaten Justin Ernest's record of 51 reps in 1999 or even Stephen Paea's modern-day mark of 49 reps in 2011. Fortunately, we don't need anywhere close to that to cash the Over for this prop bet.

Last year, USC lineman Andrew Vorhees led the way with 38 reps on the bench press, and two players - Tommy Togiai and Jaylen Twyman - posted 40 reps at their pro days in 2021, when the official combine was canceled. That bodes well for at least one player to approach that territory this week in Indianapolis.

That's especially true with a strong crop of interior linemen this year on both sides of the ball, many of whom have shorter arms and incredible upper-body strength. That's a great combination when trying to max out the bench press, and it has me siding with the Over at a compelling even-money price.

Prediction: Over 38.5 reps (+100 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐

Vertical jump prediction

Much like the 40-yard dash, the benchmark for this year's vertical jump is set just below the all-time record of 46 inches set almost two decades ago. And I'd be surprised if that mark is threatened this year.

Only eight players have ever recorded a vertical jump of 44.5 inches or more at the combine, and seven of those were before 2016. The lone outlier was Donovan Peoples-Jones, who leaped 44.5 inches into the air at the 2020 combine.

Last year, Illinois safety Jartavius Martin led the field with a 44-inch vertical jump, and none of the biggest athletic marvels in this year's class have approached that mark in previous testing. I don't love laying the juice here, but if I'm betting a side, it's the Under.

Prediction: Lower than 44.25 inches (-120 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐

Broad jump prediction

This event doesn't get the same attention as the others on this list, but it can still be just as exciting to bet - especially with the record performances we've seen in recent years.

In 2015, former Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones set a record with a broad jump of 147 inches (12 feet, 3 inches), which not only shattered the previous record at the NFL combine but set a new mark for the longest broad jump ever in any sporting event.

We won't see anyone threaten that this week, but could we see someone post a broad jump of at least 139 inches (11 feet, 7 inches)? Former Kansas State cornerback Julius Brents came close last year with a jump of 138 inches, though just five players have bested that mark since Jones' record-setting jump in 2015.

Make no mistake, there are some uber-athletic players in this year's class, though none of them have posted previous testing numbers to suggest they can reach 139 inches this week. This is another fade for me at a number that feels a tick too high.

Prediction: Shorter than 138.5 inches (-115 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐

2024 NFL Combine predictions made Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. ET.

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