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Healthy Jaydon Blue blazes in Texas football Pro Day

by:EvanVieth•03/27/25
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Former Longhorns Jaydon Blue participate in the 40 yard dash during Texas' Pro Day at the Texas Football Training Facility on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Though not publicized at the time, Texas running back Jaydon Blue didn’t hit the NFL combine at 100%.

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Playing in 15 games and registering over 175 touches likely didn’t help his health, but Blue was originally expected to be one of the fastest running backs in the 2025 NFL Draft Class.

When the combine came around, talks of pushing for Xavier Worthy‘s record were common among Texas players like Blue and Isaiah Bond, but Blue’s numbers were not close to the 4.22 speed Worthy put out a year before. A 4.38 40 isn’t anything to scoff at; it’s in the 97th percentile of running backs historically and second among rushers at the combine, but it still felt like there was something off about the speedster.

Thankfully for Blue and many other players leaving the Longhorns, the Texas Football Pro Day gave him a chance to give scouts a closer look at his speed. And even better for the Klein Cain prospect, he was healthy by the end of March.

After his Pro Day, Blue told the media that he had participated in the combine while nursing a groin injury he had sustained during a training session.

“During training, I was doing good in the first half. I was getting caught at the 4.2 time I wanted to be at. And I kind of felt a little tightness in my groin during training. I didn’t think (anything) of it, because I’ve had groin tightness before,” Blue said. “I had gotten an ultrasound, and they told me it was a grade two strain. So it was like, ‘we’ll just go rehab and see how you feel getting up to the combine’.”

Blue’s discomfort now seemed a bit more reasonable, and his performance at Texas’s Pro Day seemed much more in line with how he had been viewed as a prospect. Though not every time is exact on these college-specific pro days, Blue said he was clocked at 4.25 and 4.28 speed in his two runs, scores that would have put him as the single fastest player in the entire draft.

Are any Texas fans surprised? His blazing speed was on display throughout his whole career, most notably when he ran through and past the Clemson defense on his way to a 77-yard touchdown. Not a single Tiger touched him for the final 62 yards of that outburst.

If NFL teams believe in this game-breaking speed, as well as his ability to contribute in the passing game despite a couple of drops during Tuesday’s drills, his stock is sure to rise after this week. Blue is currently PFF’s No. 126 player on their big board, a projected fourth rounder, but sites like ESPN and the consensus mock draft database have him around player 175, a sixth0round pick.

“For me to come out healthy and be able to showcase what I can really do out here, it was a good feeling,” Blue said.

Blue may be facing a loaded draft class in front of him, but doesn’t it feel likely that some team is going to fall in love with all that he has to offer? The fastest pure runner in the draft, and one of just five players to receive 50 targets out of the backfield last year. Of that group, just ASU’s Cam Skattebo, a more natural bruising back, had a better yards per reception number.

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With the draft just a month away, Blue’s chances of getting drafted in the first four rounds seem to be getting better and better. Texas has already sent the likes of Bijan Robinson, Roschon Johnson, Jonathon Brooks, and Keilan Robinson to the NFL in recent years. It’s not just a question of whether Blue can join them anymore; it’s a question of how high he can go.

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