Byron Jones makes record-breaking broad jump at NFL combine
Tuesday 24 February 2015 21:27, UK
Byron Jones leaped what could be a historic mark in the standing long jump at the NFL Scouting Combine on Monday.
Jones, a defensive back from the University of Connecticut, made a standing jump of 3.73 metres during a testing session in the discipline at the combine, which allows NFL clubs to test prospects’ speed, strength and fitness in various ways.
Jones is thought to have set a world best in the seldom-contested standing broad jump, his distance surpassing that of Norway's Arne Tvervaag, who leaped 3.71m in 1968.
The long jump by Jones inside the Indianapolis Colts' stadium eclipsed the combine mark of 3.53m set in 2013 by Jamie Collins, a linebacker for the New England Patriots.
Jones was not just a one-event wonder either. His vertical jump of 1.13m also was the best of the day, beating Florida State's Ron Darby.
He did not, however, run the 40-yard dash or participate in the bench press test.
