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WATCH: Penn State safety Jaquan Brisker runs impressive 40 time at NFL Scouting Combine

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•03/06/22
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The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine is wrapping up on Sunday in Indianapolis, Indiana and the nation’s top defensive backs and safeties were running through drills. Former Penn State star, safety Jaquan Brisker is expected to be one of the top safeties selected in the 2022 NFL Draft and today he showed why.

The former Penn State star ran an unofficial 40-yard dash of 4.53. Check it out below.

Later, his official 40-time was released and it ended up being a 4.49, a little bit faster.

Earlier in the drills on Sunday, he also impressed on the bench press, putting up 22 reps of 225 lbs. That number ranked second amongst the safeties at the combine, right behind Kentucky’s Yusuf Corker, who put up 23 reps of 225 lbs. Brisker also did well in the broad jump (10-feet, 4-inches), tying him for sixth among all the safeties at the event.

Brisker’s strength was highlighted by an impressive set of details from his college days. According to Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus, he set a school record for defensive backs with six reps of 355 on the bench press.

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In the 2021-2022 season for the Nittany Lions, he racked up 64 tackles, six tackles for loss, two interceptions, five pass breakups, and one fumble recovery. Brisker was named a first team All-American after the season by PFF. In 2020, he was named third team All-Big Ten by the league’s coaches.

During three seasons at Penn State, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound defensive back registered 152 tackles and 19 pass deflections. He also added five interceptions and seven tackles for loss during his career. He established himself as one of the game’s elite prospects with his stellar play over the years and the film backs that up.

Per PFF, Brisker’s 92.2 coverage grade since 2019 is the highest number for any safety from a Power Five conference.

The former Penn State star comes from a family of great athletes. As NFL Network’s Charles Davis noted on Sunday’s NFL Scouting Combine coverage, Brisker’s grandfather, John Brisker, was a two-time ABA All-Star for the Seattle Supersonics.

On3’s James Fletcher III also contributed to this story.