Former Florida State DT Braden Fiske talks surge in interest after impressive combine showing

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Former FSU defensive tackle Braden Fiske is entering the 2024 NFL draft with some serious momentum. 

The 6 feet, 5 inch, 297 pound lineman, who spent five seasons at Western Michigan before entering the transfer portal in 2023, was a standout at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis earlier this month, going viral on social media with his 4.78 40-yard dash. 

Braden Fiske, #DL07 of Florida State, runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 29, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"At least I knew I was running faster than I ever ran before," Fiske told Fox News Digital in an interview on Thursday. 

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"After I hit my first 10 yards I was like, 'All right, we're really rolling. We can make a good time here.’"

The NFL shared an overlay of Fiske’s run in comparison to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes who ran a 4.80 back in 2017. 

"It was a cool opportunity to be on the same screen as him, and hopefully I'll be chasing him around here in two and a half months, whatever it is." 

For his position, Fiske had the top score in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, board jump, and the 20-yard shuttle, and finished in the top five for the 10-yard split and bench press. Early projections had Fiske as an early second round pick, but analysts like the NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah suggest, "He might end up finding his way into the bottom of the first round."

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Fiske told Fox News Digital that interest around him has certainly picked up since