GM Rick Spielman, coach Mike Zimmer and lots of Vikings coaches, scouts and personnel employees will be in Indianapolis for this year's scouting combine. The drills start Friday, so they have a couple of days to recalibrate their stopwatches.
Which of the current Vikings wowed scouts at past combines? Let's dig through the semi-reliable combine records on NFL.com to see who was the best of the bunch.
• 40-yard dash: Cornerback Trae Waynes, the team's first-round pick last spring, ran the fastest among his Vikings teammates in Indianapolis. He was clocked at 4.31 seconds in the drill, tops among all players in 2015 and the 10th-best all-time.
• Bench press: Nose tackle Linval Joseph, who signed as a free agent two years ago, did 39 reps on the bench in 2010, 10th-most since 2003.
• Vertical jump: Jerick McKinnon leapt 40.5 inches in 2014, tying him with cornerback Xavier Rhodes, who hit that mark in 2013.
• Broad jump: Cornerback Terence Newman, who is set to become a free agent, traveled 11 feet, 4 inches in the broad jump in 2003.
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