Florida Football stock up/stock down coming out of the NFL Combine

Florida sent nine players to the Combine
Mar 1, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Florida wideout Chimere Dike (WO11) during the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Mar 1, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Florida wideout Chimere Dike (WO11) during the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Florida Football sent nine guys to the NFL Combine, the ninth most in the country. Today is the last full day of the Combine, with offensive lineman Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson being the last member of the Gators to perform in front of scouts.

With that in mind here are the Gators who are going to see their stock go up while some others are probably going to see their stock go down after this weekend.

Stock Up

Chimire Dike - There might not be anyone who helped themselves more at the Combine than Dike after his 4.34-second 40-yard dash was the 3rd fastest among wide receivers.

Dike came into this weekend as a fringe Day 3 prospect but will exit on everyone's radar.

Montrell Johnson - If prior to the 2024 season, you had to take a guess who was faster between Johnson and former Gator RB Trevor Etienne, most would have taken the latter.

Johnson stunned everyone by being the 5th fastest RB on the day with a 4.41-second 40-yard dash to beat Etienne's 4.42-second effort.

Stock Neutral

Elijhah Badger - Badger will walk away from Indianapolis feeling like he had a productive enough weekend after running a 4.43 second 40 to go with a 35.5" vertical.

Both of those were in the middle of the pack, so he checked enough boxes so that the teams would not be worried, but he wasn't elite enough to turn any heads.

Jason Marshall - We highlighted earlier in the week Marshall having the third-best vertical leap of the Combine.

The rest of his Combine was mid-pack with a 4.49 second 40. And despite his calling card being physicality, he opted not to participate in the bench press.

Graham Mertz - Still recovering from his torn ACL, Mertz didn't participate in any drills this weekend.

But he did meet with a handful of teams and feels like a candidate to be a sought-after UDFA once the draft ends.

Stock Down

Shemar James - We knew coming into the Combine that James' calling card was his ability to diagnose plays and be a leader and that he probably wasn't going to be among the top prospects in a Combine setting.

His one saving grace was coming in 2nd in the three-cone drill. Beyond that, James ran 4.69 seconds in the 40-yard dash to finish in third to last among linebackers.

Cam Jackson - Things like the 40-yard dash aren't always the best metric by which to judge defensive tackles, but there will be some second-guessing by NFL scouts after the Combine.

Among defensive tackles, beyond being 3rd to last in the 40, Jackson was 5th to last with his 10-yard split, was dead last in the broad jump, and he passed on doing the bench press.

Jeremy Crawshaw - The punters section of the Combine is probably one of the more ignored parts of the weekend, so it seems weird to put Crawshaw in the stock-down category.

But even though he booted some balls 60+ yards and showcased he has a powerful enough leg to make it in the NFL, the knock on Crawshaw coming out of this weekend is concerns over his hang time.

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