Who is the fastest offensive tackle in the 2022 NFL Draft?
7 offensive tackles ran a sub-5 second 40 yard dash time at the combine, with Dare Rosenthal leading the way at 4.88 seconds.
We have verified 40 yard dash times from 68 offensive tackles in the 2022 class, including linemen from every level of college football.
A couple of notable tackles didn’t run any 40s. These players will not be considered in this article, including Evan Neal, Rasheed Walker, and Luke Goedeke.
This list includes combine results and all pro day results. For offensive tackles in particular, 7 of these results happened to be on the blazing fast combine turf.
The fastest verified times are:
1st – Dare Rosenthal, Kentucky
40 Time: 4.88
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 290 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 29″ Vertical, 105″ Broad Jump, 7.97 cone drill, 5.00 shuttle, 1.73 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: NFL Combine
T-2nd – Trevor Penning, Northern Iowa
40 Time: 4.89
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 325 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 28 bench reps, 28″ Vertical, 111″ Broad Jump, 7.25 cone drill, 4.62 shuttle, 1.70 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FCS
Measured At: NFL Combine
T-2nd – Kellen Diesch, Arizona State
40 Time: 4.89
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 300 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 25 bench reps, 32.5″ Vertical, 110″ Broad Jump, 7.77 cone drill, 4.43 shuttle, 1.70 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: NFL Combine
4th – Abraham Lucas, Washington State
40 Time: 4.92
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 315 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 24 bench reps, 27″ Vertical, 107″ Broad Jump, 7.25 cone drill, 4.40 shuttle, 1.77 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: NFL Combine
5th – Ikem Ekwonu, NC State
40 Time: 4.93
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 310 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 26 bench reps, 29″ Vertical, 108″ Broad Jump, 7.82 cone, 4.73 shuttle, 1.76 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: NFL Combine
6th – Charles Cross, Mississippi State
40 Time: 4.95
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 310 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 20 bench reps, 26″ Vertical, 112″ Broad Jump, 7.88 cone drill, 4.61 shuttle, 1.73 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: NFL Combine
7th – Braxton Jones, Southern Utah
40 Time: 4.97
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 310 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 26 bench reps, 25.5″ Vertical, 108 Broad Jump, 7.59 cone drill, 4.74 shuttle, 1.74 10 yard split
Division of Football: D1 FCS
Measured At: NFL Combine
8th – Kooper Richardson, Sacramento State
40 Time: 4.98
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 300 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 25 bench reps, 27.5″ Vertical, 110″ Broad Jump, 7.82 cone drill, 4.94 shuttle
Division of Football: D1 FCS
Measured At: Pro Day
Additional Note: Might move inside to guard due to length
9th – Tanner Owen, NW Missouri State
40 Time: 5.00
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 310 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 27 bench reps, 34″ Vertical, 113″ Broad Jump, 7.54 cone drill, 4.52 shuttle
Division of Football: D2
Measured At: Pro Day
Additional Note: Might move inside to guard or center due to length
10th – Uzo Osuji, Boise State
40 Time: 5.01
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 300 pounds
Other Athletic Measurables: 26 bench reps, 29.5″ Vertical, 112″ Broad Jump, 7.75 cone drill, 5.02 shuttle
Division of Football: D1 FBS
Measured At: Pro Day
Fastest OTs Visualization
The top tackles in the class are depicted by their school’s logo, including Ikem Ekwonu, Trevor Penning, Charles Cross, Nicholas Petit-Frere, Bernhard Raimann, Daniel Faalele, Tyler Smith, Abraham Lucas, Kellen Diesch, Spencer Burford, Max Mitchell, Braxton Jones, Austin Deculus, Dare Rosenthal, and Matt Waletzko.
Don’t worry about the trendline here, it is heavily skewed by low end prospects who both ran slow and are undersized. The further to the top left, the better. As indicated by the green overlay.
Every red dot is a prospect other than the most recognized prospects.
One major takeaway is how much of an outlier Faalele is, he really messes up the perspective of the scatterplot. Penning is absurdly big and fast, yet he looks tiny on the graph. Keep that in mind.
Click here to check out our official 2022 draft offensive tackle rankings.
