MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After lugging 298 pounds through the 40-yard dash, Tyler Orlosky pumped the brakes and shrugged, not too interested in what the electronic timers revealed.
Then he shook hands with an elderly security guard nearby and joked, “You could’ve caught me.”
While centers don’t tend to make or break their draft stock with sprints, West Virginia’s All-Big 12 lineman approached his 40 performance with an extra dose of nonchalance. He ran 5.32, matching defensive lineman Christian Brown for the slowest time among the 17 Mountaineers at pro day.
“I ran what I thought — slow,” said Orlosky, before making light of why offensive linemen run the 40 at all.