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Amani Hooker has great showing at NFL Combine
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Despite being named the B1G Defensive Back of the Year, there were concerns regarding Iowa’s Amani Hooker entering the NFL Draft. Most notably, some wondered if he was athletic enough to make it at the professional level.
He quieted some of those critics while in Indianapolis at the NFL Combine.
Hooker ranked in the top five among safeties in three different drills. He posted the second-best time in the three-cone drill (6.81), fourth in the short shuttle (4.10), and fifth in the vertical jump (37).
Top official 3-cone drills for safeties at #NFLCombine:
1. Marvell Tell, @USC_Athletics, 6.63
2. Amani Hooker, @HawkeyeFootball, 6.81
3. Taylor Rapp, @UW_Football, 6.82
4. Lukas Denis, @BCFootball, 6.89
5. Will Harris, @BCFootball, 6.91— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) March 4, 2019
Top official short shuttles for safeties at #NFLCombine:
1. Taylor Rapp, @UW_Football, 3.99
2. Marvell Tell, @USC_Athletics, 4.01
3. Lukas Denis, @BCFootball, 4.09
4. Amani Hooker, @HawkeyeFootball, 4.10
5. Will Harris, @BCFootball, 4.12— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) March 4, 2019
Top official vertical jumps for safeties at #NFLCombine:
1. Juan Thornhill, @UVAFootball, 44
2. Marvell Tell, @USC_Athletics, 42
3. Darnell Savage, @TerpsFootball, 39.5
4. Sheldrick Redwine, @CanesFootball, 39
5. Amani Hooker, @HawkeyeFootball, 37— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) March 4, 2019
Not too shabby for an unathletic defensive back, right? And just for good measure, here are the rest of Hooker’s numbers from the NFL Combine.
He certainly took advantage of the opportunity while in Indianapolis:
Dang imagination if I was athletic!!😳
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God is good blessed and highly favored🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/kJcQnhgUZT— Amani Hooker (@amanihooker37) March 4, 2019
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB