Michigan football at the NFL Combine: Sunday live blog — tracking Daxton Hill, Vincent Gray
The final two Michigan football players at the NFL Combine will be going through drill work Sunday afternoon, with safety Daxton Hill and cornerback Vincent Gray set to compete.
Sunday’s on-field coverage of the NFL Draft Scouting Combine is televised live on NFL Network from 2 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET. Measurements and bench press will occur prior to the on-field work.
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This live blog will have the latest on how all Michigan prospects do in their on-field drills, what’s being said about them by analysts and more. Follow along below for real-time updates on Michigan players at the combine.
Live Updates: Michigan At NFL Draft Scouting Combine
• 7:31 p.m. — Hill’s times for the three-cone drill and 20-yard shuttle are in, and he was the fastest among his position at both, with a 6.57-second time in the former event and a 4.06-second mark in the latter.
• 6:11 p.m. — Hill’s official 40-yard dash time is 4.38, which ranks sixth among safeties at the combine.
• 5:48 p.m. — With highlights from his Michigan career, Daniel Jeremiah broke down Hill’s game as the safety went through drills.
“He’s my 19th overall player, so I’ve got a huge grade on him,” Jeremiah said. “Let’s start with the instincts and the eyes, being able to get your eyes on the quarterback. He’s outstanding, too, being able to float underneath. Here he is in man coverage, lining up in the slot and coming all the way across the field … the ball skills are outstanding — he can locate it and he can finish. And then as a blitzer, watch out. He is explosive.
“When we look at the way he’s moving out here on the field, it’s a really, really solid day for him on the field.”
Jeremiah compared Hill to Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, calling it “darn good company.”
• 5:47 p.m. — NFL Network’s Stacy Dales checked in from the field with a report on Hill.
“I talked to Dax Hill this week, and the player comparison or someone that he studies [is] Devin McCourty — a nice one there. He describes this play style as ‘aggressive, yet with finesse.’ And his goal at the next level, he wants to be a starter next year in the NFL.”
• 5:25 p.m. — Hill clocks a 4.41-second 40-yard dash on his second attempt.
“He is rolling,” NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said of Hill on the broadcast.
• 5:13 p.m. — Hill runs a 4.43-second 40-yard dash on his first attempt.
• 5:02 p.m. — Safeties have started to run their 40-yard dashes.
• 4:39 — The cornerbacks are going through their last drill of the afternoon, which is the most famous — ‘The Gauntlet.’ Here’s the video of Gray running and catching.
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• 4:02 p.m. — Gray’s official 40-yard dash time is in, and is actually faster at 4.54 seconds.
• 3:29 p.m. — Hill’s vertical jump and broad jump marks have been posted. He had a 33.50″ vertical (second to last among safeties) and 10’1″ broad jump (third to last).
• 3:10 p.m. — Gray and the cornerbacks begin to go through on-field drill work.
• 2:59 p.m. — Gray improves on his time from his first 40-yard dash time, running a 4.57.
• 2:30 p.m. — Gray runs a 4.61 unofficial 40-yard dash time on his first attempt. That was the second-slowest mark at the time.
• 10:59 a.m. — Measurements have been posted for both of Michigan’s players participating in the combine Sunday. Hill also recorded a 79 1/4″ wing span.
| Prospect | Height | Weight | Arm Length | Hand Size |
| Daxton Hill | 6-2 | 199 pounds | 32 1/4″ | 9 1/2″ |
| Vincent Gray | 6-2 | 192 pounds | 32 3/8″ | 9 1/4″ |
More On Michigan’s Daxton Hill, Vincent Gray
There’s buzz growing when it comes to Hill’s potential 40-yard dash time. Some analysts and scouts believe he can break 4.3 seconds, and Hill is a believer himself, hinting that fans and media will have to wait and see what he clocks in at.
“In the history of the combine we’ve had 13 players break 4.3 and there’s a chance it happens again this week,” CBS Sports analyst Ryan Wilson wrote. “In addition to [UTSA cornerback Tariq] Woolen, Calvin Austin out of Memphis will also be in the conversation. And so too will LSU cornerback Derek Stingley, who ran in the 4.3 range in high school. We’ve also heard that Michigan’s Dax Hill could time well.”
Hill believes he could even run in the 4.2s, which would be extremely rare. The record is 4.22, set by New York Giants wide receiver John Ross III in 2017.
Gray, meanwhile, is a relatively unknown prospect to those outside of the Michigan football community. It was quite surprising that he made the leap and didn’t return for a fifth season, but a combine invite gives him a great chance to become more of a known commodity and boost his stock.
