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Live Blog: NC State Wolfpack football players at the NFL Combine - Saturday

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Wideout Kelvin Harmon is one of three former Wolfpack players taking part in on-field drills at the NFL Combine today.
Wideout Kelvin Harmon is one of three former Wolfpack players taking part in on-field drills at the NFL Combine today. (USA Today Sports Images)
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Pack players go through drills (7:38 p.m.)

Final results for Pack trio (7:32 p.m.)

Here are the final results for NC State's players at the NFL Combine Saturday:

Receiver Kelvin Harmon

40-yard dash: 4.6 (tied for 32 out of 37)

Bench press: 18 reps (tied 8/42)

Vertical jump: 32.5 inches (tied 36/42)

Broad jump: 117 inches (tied 34/42)

3-cone drill: 7.15 seconds (21/29)

20-yard shuttle: 4.32 seconds (23/33)

Receiver Jakobi Meyers

40-yard dash: 4.63 seconds (tied 34/37)

Bench press: 13 reps (tied 25/42)

Vertical jump: 37.0 inches (tied 16/42)

Broad jump: 118 inches (33/42)

3-cone drill: 7.07 seconds (tied 15/29)

20-yard shuttle: 4.23 seconds (tied 13/33)

Quarterback Ryan Finley

40-yard dash: 4.73 seconds (6/28)

Bench press: NA

Vertical jump: 30.5 inches (tied 10/28)

Broad jump: 116 inches (tied 4/27)

3-cone drill: 7.2 seconds (11/13)

20-yard shuttle: 4.2 seconds (4/13)

More Test Results Finalized, Pratt Goes Big On Bench (4:35 p.m.)

Finley posted a 30.5-inch vertical (10th among QBs so far) and tied for fourth in the broad jump (116 inches).

Meyers has caught every ball shown on NFL Network so far, including one turn through the gauntlet.

Pratt logged 24 reps on the bench press, which tied for sixth among linebackers.

Pratt also met with the media…

Meyers Improves 40 Slightly On Second Try (3:27 p.m.)

Meyers dropped his time to an unofficial 4.64 on his second try.

Meyers Runs First 40 (3:05 p.m.)

Jakobi Meyers ran an unofficial 4.67 in his first attempt.

Finley Impressing (2:06 p.m.) 

Finley completed the majority of passes that were shown on NFL Network.

Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner said of Finley, who he has played pickup basketball with: "He reminds me a lot of me — you see him on the football field and you go 'that guy's not an athlete,' but you get him on a basketball court and he's got some good athleticism to him."

Charles Davis of NFL Network was also impressed by Finley:

More Position Drills (1:55 p.m.)

Finley, Harmon 40 Times Go Official (1:45 p.m.)

Finley officially clocked a 4.73, fifth among the nine quarterbacks who have run so far.

Harmon officially posted a 4.60, 15th of the 16 wideouts who have timed so far.

Finley, Harmon Go Through Position Drills (1:40 p.m.)

NFL Network showed Harmon go through the gauntlet drill (catching seven balls on the move) both times. He caught all of them on his first go, and dropped one the second time through.

QBs are going through some position drills and Jeremiah noted Finley was "throwing a good ball," before breaking down Finley's arm: "Not a ton of pop, but throws it smooth and easy, where it needs to be."

NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner added: "Not a huge arm, so everything is going to be about timing and accuracy for a guy like that."

Harmon's Second Attempt Goes 4.64 (1:02 p.m.)

Harmon's second unofficial time is a 4.64.

Kelvin Harmon Clocks A 4.61 (12:47 p.m.)

The wideout runs an unofficial 4.61 in his first attempt.

Jeremiah noted that "teams are split on him, grades are all over the place," and that speed was the major question mark. "He's physical, fights through press [coverage], can adjust down the field, just doesn't get a lot of separation."

Longtime NFL star wideout Steve Smith added: "I'm also interested to see how his routes are, he didn't get an opportunity to run as many routes at NC State, so let's see how big is his route tree. But I think he'll do good as well."

Meyers is a part of the second group of wideouts running the 40, and will do so after the first group goes through drills.

Finley Runs A 4.75 On Second Try (12:24 p.m.)

Finley with a very consistent timing in his second attempt, clocking an unofficial 4.75. His best unofficial time of 4.74 ranks fifth among the nine quarterbacks who have done the test (there's a second group that will go later).

NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah said when he watched tape of Finley, it reminded him of the Rams' Jared Goff, the No. 1 overall pick in 2016 and a two-time Pro Bowler.

"He's built similarly, same frame," Jeremiah said. "The ball's just always out, he's got good anticipation, he's accurate, he's tough."

Fellow analyst Charles Davis added: "You know what impressed me the most about him down in Mobile [the site of the Senior Bowl]? How he handled coming off the bench in the Senior Bowl. … He came in in the third quarter; I thought he showed a lot of poise, a lot of moxie and the team moved immediately with him on the field."

Ryan Finley Runs His First 40 (12:18 p.m.) 

Finley clocks an unofficial 4.74 in his first attempt.

NFL Network Daniel Jeremiah guessed that Finley would wind up with the New England Patriots.

"I could just see him being that quarterback they try to find in the second or third round to try and be that next one up if Tom Brady ever does decide to retire," he said.

NFL Research Compares Garrett Bradbury To Ryan Kalil (10:15 a.m.)

The Carolina Panthers have been bandied about as a popular landing spot for Bradbury, and he's a near clone to the guy he'd be replacing if that happened, center Ryan Kalil. The USC product just retired, but was a second-round pick (59th overall) in 2007 who went on to earn five Pro Bowl nods and two first-team All-Pro honors.

New Ryan Finley interviews come out (10:06 a.m.)

Recapping Day One, Previewing Day Two (9:45 a.m.)

Once again, The Wolfpacker will be providing live updates on the NFL Combine. Our day one recap can be found here. Versatile blocker Tyler Jones worked out, but center Garrett Bradbury stole the headlines and was one of the big stars nationally, being named a "winner" of the combine by nearly every outlet who did such an article.

NFL.com's Bucky Brooks noted of Bradbury: "The NC State standout cemented his standing as a first-round pick with a spectacular showing on the turf. Bradbury lit up the combine with a 4.92-second 40-yard dash and wowed scouts with his excellent work in drills. From his superb balance and body control to his flawless footwork, Bradbury looks like a Pro Bowl-caliber center."

Longtime draft guru Tony Pauline added on the Philadelphia Eagles' official site: "Bradbury’s draft stock has been on a straight shot north since the start of the 2018 season and he inched even higher today. His testing numbers – which included 4.93 seconds in the 40 (1.74-second 10-yard split), 34 reps on the bench, and a 31-inch vertical jump – were impressive. Bradbury then looked terrific in position drills and was very smooth. Exiting the Senior Bowl scouts said there was a 90 percent chance Bradbury ended up in the first round. That number is moving closer to 100 percent."

Several teammates will try to have similar showings to Bradbury today, starting at 10 a.m. on NFL Network: quarterback Ryan Finley, and wideouts Kelvin Harmon and Jakobi Meyers.

The two pass catchers did bench press yesterday, and all three did media interviews. Harmon tied for eighth at his position with 18 reps of 225, while Meyers notched 13, which tied for 25th out of the 42 receivers who lifted.

Linebacker Germaine Pratt — who measured in yesterday at 6-2.5 and 240 pounds — will also do the bench and media interviews today.

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