Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles solidified their stock as the NFL draft’s top two linebackers at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.
Both former Ohio State linebackers ran the 40-yard dash in official times of 4.46 seconds, tying for the fastest time among all linebackers at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine.
Sheeeeeesh.@OhioStateFB LB Arvell Reese with a 4.47u
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SONNY. STYLES.
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The @OhioStateFB answers back with a 4.47u for himself.
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Making matters even more impressive, both linebackers weighed in above 240 pounds on Thursday. Styles measured in at 6-foot-5 and 244 pounds and Reese measured in at 6-foot-4 and 241 pounds, giving both of them rare combinations of size and speed. Their 4.46-second 40 times are tied for the 11th-fastest among all linebackers weighing in at 240 or more pounds at the NFL Combine since 2000.
Styles also posted a 43.5-inch vertical jump and an 11-foot-2 broad jump, both of which ranked as the best mark among all linebackers at this year’s NFL Scouting Combine. His vertical jump was the second-best ever for a linebacker at the combine while his broad jump was the fourth-best among all linebackers at the combine, putting him in the conversation for the best combine performance ever for a linebacker.
Sonny Styles is a LB prospect in the 2026 draft class. He scored an unofficial 10.00 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 1 out of 3215 LB from 1987 to 2026.
— RAS.football (@MathBomb) February 27, 2026
Splits projected, all times unofficial, agilities left, bench tmrw, but 10.00 RAS watch is officially on! pic.twitter.com/f2JFhymsXH
Reese didn’t do the broad and vertical jumps at the combine, choosing to save those drills for Ohio State’s March 25 pro day, but both linebackers also went through a full set of position drills with the rest of the linebackers at the combine and stood out among their peers in that setting as well, solidifying themselves as likely top-10 overall picks in the 2026 NFL draft.
If they’re selected in the top 10, they’ll become just the fourth and fifth Ohio State linebackers all-time to be top-10 overall draft picks, joining Tom Cousineau (No. 1 in 1979), A.J. Hawk (No. 5 in 2006) and Jim Houston (No. 8 in 1960).
