One key test of a prospect's explosiveness is in the vertical leap. There isn't anything complex about it; it's simply a measure of how high a player can jump. But that helps scouts and executives ...
Jackson, who had 6.5 sacks for Arkansas last season, blew the roof off things when he leaped 40.5 inches on the vertical jump test at the combine. Some say it looked like he levitated when he got ...
The current reigning monarch of the air is LeBron James. With his vertical leap reportedly measuring in at somewhere north of 40 inches (the NBA average is in the high 20s), King James is able to ...