Jamon Dumas-Johnson has big performance at Kentucky's pro day

by:Adam Luckett•about 16 hours•

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Kentucky defense celebrates with Jamon Dumas-Johnson, via Dr. Michael Huang, KSR

Jamon Dumas-Johnson was a two-year starter at Georgia who earned first-team All-American honors in 2022. The ballyhooed transfer landed at Kentucky for his final season of college football. Dumas-Johnson was very productive and finished the year with 67 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries while starting all 11 games played.

Dumas-Johnson looked like an NFL player when he committed to Kentucky. Dumas-Johnson was an NFL player when he left Kentucky. That was confirmed at pro day on Tuesday at the Nutter Field House.

The off-ball linebacker was the star of the event.

After skipping out on testing at the NFL Scouting Combine, Jamon Dumas-Johnson posted some big numbers at pro day. The former four-star recruit will go down as one of the best athletes at the position in this draft cycle.

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Jamon Dumas-Johnson posted outstanding explosive numbers in both the broad jump and vertical jump. The forty-yard dash time was also very impressive. The bench press number wasn’t great but the athleticism certainly stood out.

The SEC linebacker had a good performance at the East-West Shrine Bowl and backed it up with strong athletic testing numbers. Dumas-Johnson was seen as a Day 3 pick and that probably hasn’t changed but the pre-draft process has likely carved out a home in the first half of Day 3. Dumas-Johnson could find a home in the fourth or fifth round on draft weekend.

Kentucky’s big transfer addition of last offseason was the big winner at pro day.

Kentucky Pro Day Numbers

Player	Bench (225 lb. reps)	40-yard dash	Vertical	Broad
Zion Childress	16	DNP	DNP	DNP
Eli Cox	25	DNP	DNP	DNP
Marques Cox	25	DNP	DNP	DNP
Jamon Dumas-Johnson	16	4.50	37.5″	10’6″
Maxwell Hairston	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
D’Eryk Jackson	DNP	4.51	32.5″	9’4″
Gerald Mincey	20	5.87	29.5″	8’0″
Ocatvious Oxendine	13	4.89	30.5″	9’5″
Alex Raynor	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Tre’vonn Rybka	20	5.08	28″	8’9″
Kristian Story	8	4.58	33.5″	10’2″
Demie Sumo-Karngbaye	14	4.56	29″	9’9″
Deone Walker	22	5.28	DNP	DNP
J.J. Weave	26	4.81	31″	9’4″