Michael Beasley measured at 6-7 without shoes, and 6-8 ¼ with. His wingspan in 7-0 ¼ and his standing reach is 8-11. He did fairly well in the combine, lifting the 185 bar 19 times, jumping 35 inches on the max vert, but measuring a slightly high body fat at 7.7%

Yea you're probably not that good of an athlete

35 is pretty low for a running start I'd think.

Yeah, I thought it was just standing and then jumping.

Posted by the 6'4" dude who can't dunk.

If you stand flat-footed and reach as high as possible, what's the measurement from the ground to the tip of your finger? Subtract that from however far up you touched, and there's your vertical jump measurement

I can touch an 8' ceiling while flat-footed, but I haven't tried dunking lately, which means my vertical jump is probably like 16"

good info biged, but I'd prefer to do a running start. same formula though? I'll give them both a shot tomorrow. it was a very haphazard attempt and the measurements weren't exact. I stopped at our shop today, had a quick minute where this popped into my head, and just went for it.

ReadingPhilly wrote:35 is pretty low for a running start I'd think.

whats the gauge here, in comparison to real athletes or amateur weekend superstars?

Here are the vertical jump (standing) measurements at this year's combine for some of the notable rookies, for comparison:

Mack = 40.0"
Beckham Jr. = 38.5"
Kyle Fuller = 38.5"
Clowney = 37.5"
Mike Evans = 37.0"
Logan Thomas = 35.5"
Mosley = 35.0"
Derek Carr = 34.5"
Bortles = 32.5"
Manziel = 31.5"
Taylor Lewan = 30.5"
Jake Matthews = 30.5"
Bridgewater = 30.0"
Zack Martin = 28.0"

Other notable players:

Eric Berry = 43"
BARWIN = 40.5"
KENDRICKS = 39.5"
Orakpo = 39.5"
WOLFF = 39.0"
RGIII = 39.0"
Julio Jones = 38.5"
Jimmy Graham = 38.5"
Tebow = 38.5"
FLETCHER = 38.5"
Kuechly = 38.0"
Sherman = 38.0"
Patrick Peterson = 38.0"
Watt = 37.0"
Von Miller = 37.0"
Cordarrelle Patterson = 37.0"
Justin Houston = 36.5"
Luck = 36.0"
CASEY = 36.0"
BARNER/TUCKER/ACHO/GOODE = 35.5"
Julius Thomas = 35.5"
Clay Matthews = 35.5"
Newton = 35.0"
Brian Cushing = 35.0"
DeMarco Murray = 34.5"
EJ Manuel = 34.5"
Ansah = 34.5"
LANE JOHNSON = 34.0"
Russell Wilson = 34.0"
Robert Quinn = 34.0"
Aldon Smith = 34.0"
Gio Bernard = 33.5"
Te'o = 33.0"
Kaepernick = 32.5"
SANCHEZ = 32.5"
VANDERVELDE = 31.0"
FOLES/ERTZ/KELCE = 30.5"
Stafford = 30.5"
Dalton = 29.5"
Eric Fisher = 28.5"
Luke Joeckel = 28.5"
Flacco = 28.5"
Kirk Cousins = 28.5"
Mike Glennon = 26.5"

alright i gotta at least outjump mike freakin glennon tomorrow. max vert I believe is what refers to a running start.

Why does it matter?

calvin shut the fuck up. because i want to push myself athletically. dork

Hey DiM, when did you start working for Play-Doh?

"icing dispenser"

i've been kinda sad lately and all i wanna do is jump and calvin won't let me

nape did you jump off one leg or two

two.

Napalm wrote:alright i gotta at least outjump mike freakin glennon tomorrow. max vert I believe is what refers to a running start.

yeah, combine is definitely standing. 40" is insane.

Napalm wrote:i've been kinda sad lately and all i wanna do is jump and calvin won't let me

You keep jumping for the stars, pal!

If you do it from a running start, you're not doing it right. It's like using claiming a 30 yd dash time for a 40 yd dash.

I fell asleep on the couch watching tv last night for a few hours. I'm turning into my father.

The last nearly two weeks off have seriously effed with my sleep schedule. So tired and can't concentrate. All I wanna do is sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep.