LB Alex “Sonny” Styles, Block 'O' (All B1G, All American, National Champion)

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Combine results are unreal. And he is definitely not a player who just tests well. The young man delivered on the field for OSU season after season.

 

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Is that good?

 

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Is that good?

VERY

 

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Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles solidified their stock as the NFL draft’s top two linebackers at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.

Both former Ohio State linebackers ran the 40-yard dash in official times of 4.46 seconds, tying for the fastest time among all linebackers at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine.

 

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NFL Combine Risers and Fallers: Sonny Styles Steals the Show

INDIANAPOLIS — Music played, drills progressed and a general sense of mundane overtook the air Thursday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. Until Sonny Styles bent his

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NFL Combine Risers and Fallers: Sonny Styles Steals the Show​

The Ohio State star turned heads with his standout performance on Thursday, improving his draft stock in the process.

Music played, drills progressed and a general sense of mundane overtook the air Thursday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Until Sonny Styles bent his knees, dropped his hips and leapt toward the rafters—and 43 ½ inches later, sent his onlooking peers into an eruption so loud, so unmistakable, it turned heads from the field to the sideline.

Styles delivered the best vertical jump of any player 6' 4" or taller and 240 pounds or heavier since 2003, his finest achievement on a day full of them. The Ohio State linebacker won the weigh-in, measuring 6' 5" at 244 pounds, and notched an 11’ 2” broad jump to pair with a 4.46 40-yard dash, tied with teammate Arvell Reese for the fastest of the day.

Thursday belonged to Styles, who’s in position to be a mid-first round pick in April. But several additional linebackers and defensive linemen impressed alongside him, while a few others did little to help their stock in Indianapolis.

Styles aside, here’s who’s rising and falling from the front seven after the NFL scouting combine’s opening night.

 

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Combine results are unreal. And he is definitely not a player who just tests well. The young man delivered on the field for OSU season after season.

I disagree. We all knew that he was physically gifted but what I saw was a player out of position more often than not and bad leverage. I really don't think he's that good of a player.