Brady, Brown Prove Combine Flops Can Become NFL Stars

Brady, Brown Prove Combine Flops Can Become NFL Stars
Oklahoma offensive lineman Orlando Brown participates in the 40-yard dash at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on March 2, 2018. Gregory Payan/AP Photo
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Long before the NFL’s annual scouting combine became a prime-time football fix for fans ahead of free agency and the draft, Mike Mamula absolutely killed it as a combine trailblazer in 1995.

He was among the first players to train specifically for the staple of tests he'd face at the combine: the 40-yard dash that measures speed, the three-cone drill that calculates agility and the 225-pound bench press that gauges strength and stamina.