NFL Scouting Combine Results for 9 Penn State Players

Nine Nittany Lions participated in the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this week hoping to boost their draft stock.

Of the group, several opted out of testing, while those who participated produced a mixed bag of results. Here’s how they performed.

QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR

Height: 6-foot-5

Weight: 228 pounds

Arm length: 32.75 inches

Hand length: 9.875 inches

Allar didn’t partake in any testing but went through throwing drills, earning an athleticism score of 75 by NFL Next Gen Stats.

Some nice deep balls from Drew Allar at the NFL combine
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— Joel Haas (@Joel_Haas1) February 28, 2026

GUARD VEGA IOANE

Height: 6-foot-4

Weight: 320 pounds

Arm length: 32.75 inches

Hand length: 10.5 inches

Vertical jump: 31.5 inches

Broad jump: 8 feet, 8 inches

Ioane chose only to participate in the jumping tests, ranking No. 19 among offensive linemen in the vertical jump and outside the top 25 in the broad jump.

RUNNING BACK KAYTRON ALLEN

Height: 5-foot-11

Weight: 216 pounds

Arm length: 29.5 inches

Hand length: 9.5 inches

Allen opted out of testing, finishing with an athleticism score of 70, which ranks No. 15 among running backs.

RUNNING BACK NICK SINGLETON

Height: 6-foot

Weight: 219 pounds

Arm length: 31 inches

Hand length: 9.375 inches

Singleton, still recovering from a broken foot sustained at the Panini Senior Bowl, did not participate in testing but was given an athleticism score of 76, which ranked No. 5 at the position.

DEFENSIVE END DANI DENNIS-SUTTON

Height: 6-foot-6

Weight: 256 pounds

Arm length: 33.5 inches

Hand length: 10.125 inches

40-yard dash: 4.63 seconds

Vertical jump: 39.5 inches

Broad jump: 10 feet,11 inches

Three-cone drill: 6.9 seconds

Former Penn State DE Dani Dennis-Sutton runs a 4.64 40-yard dash:
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— Joel Haas (@Joel_Haas1) February 26, 2026

Dennis-Sutton ranked No. 1 among defensive ends in the broad jump and three-cone drill, No. 4 in the vertical jump and No. 6 in the 40-yard dash. He finished with an athleticism score of 85, second-best at the position.

SAFETY ZAKEE WHEATLEY

Height: 6-foot-3

Weight: 203 pounds

Arm length: 31 inches

Hand length: 9.5 inches

Vertical jump: 32.5 inches

Broad jump: 10 feet, 2 inches

Wheatley finished last out of 16 participants in the vertical jump and tied for No. 9 out of 12 in the broad jump among safeties. His athleticism score was 70, good for 19th at the position.

OFFENSIVE TACKLE DREW SHELTON

Height: 6-foot-5

Weight: 313 pounds

Arm length: 33.375 inches

Hand length: 9.625 inches

40-yard dash: 5.16 seconds

Vertical jump: 31 inches

Broad jump: 9 feet, 4 inches

Shelton ranked outside the top 25 in the 40-yard dash, tied for No. 20 in the vertical jump and tied for No. 8 in the broad jump.

DEFENSIVE TACKLE ZANE DURANT

Height: 6-foot-1

Weight: 290 pounds

Arm length: 31.875 inches

Hand length: 10.625 inches

40-yard dash: 4.75 seconds

Vertical jump: 33.5 inches

Broad jump: 9 feet, 4 inches

Durant finished with the fastest 40-yard dash among defensive tackles, as well as tying for the third-best vertical jump and fifth-best broad jump. He earned an athleticism score of 89, good for No. 2 at the position.

TIGHT END KHALIL DINKINS

Height: 6-foot-4

Weight: 251 pounds

Arm length: 33.25 inches

Hand length: 9.5 inches

40-yard dash: 4.72 seconds

Vertical jump: 32.5 inches

Broad jump: 9 feet, 11 inches

Three-cone drill: 7.28 seconds

20-yard shuttle: 4.33 seconds

Bench press: 25 reps

Dinkins recorded the second-best three-cone drill among four tight ends, as well as the second-best shuttle time among six athletes and tied for the No. 3 bench performance among a group of nine.