NFL draft prospects at the NFL combine get to show it off in the rawest form: the bench press. Players who participate in the bench press at the combine are tasked with bench pressing a 225-pound ...

Rules for bench press at the NFL combine The bench press at the NFL scouting combine has strict rules for fairness and is monitored closely. Players have as much time as they need to lift 225 ...

The annual NFL Scouting Combine is no guarantor of pro ... to pretty much anyone who has stepped foot in a weight room; the bench press. Prospects are asked to press 225 pounds as many times ...

Here's what you need to know. In 1999, defensive tackle Justin Ernest from Eastern Kentucky University set the NFL Scouting Combine bench press record by completing 51 reps of 225 pounds.