Florida's Anthony Richardson sets QB mark for vertical, broad jump

INDIANAPOLIS — Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson said he has referred to himself as «Cam Jackson» because he liked Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson so much.

During the quarterback workouts at the NFL's scouting combine on Saturday, Richardson looked every bit as physically imposing as Newton and ran almost like Jackson.

At 6-foot-4, 244 pounds, Richardson set combine records for a quarterback with a vertical jump of 40.5 inches and a broad jump of 10 feet, 9 inches. Richardson, in his only attempt, then uncorked an official clocking of 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash in Lucas Oil Field.

To put that into perspective, Newton, at the 2011 combine, was 6-foot-5, 248 pounds and ran a 4.60 40-yard dash. Newton, a future league MVP, also had a 35-inch vertical to go with a broad jump of 10 feet, 6 inches at that combine. Jackson, who is considered one of the fastest players in the league, did not run a 40-yard dash for scouts at any point before the 2018 draft, and Kyler Murray did not run a 40 before the 2019 draft.

According to ESPN's Stats & Information research, Richardson's time is tied for fourth fastest among quarterbacks since 2006. But Richardson is by far the heaviest player in the group.

Texas A&M's Reggie McNeal ran a 4.35 in 2006 at 198 pounds, Robert Griffin III ran a 4.41 in 2012 at 223 pounds and Marcus Vick ran a 4.42 at 200 pounds. Denard Robinson had the other 4.43 among the quarterbacks, at 199 pounds.

Anthony Richardson is significantly heavier than his peers when it comes to the fastest 40-yard dash time by a QB since 2006.

Richardson is one of the top quarterback prospects on the draft board and has met with multiple teams with a top-10 pick in his time in Indianapolis this week. Richardson is