Sonny Styles' Combine Explosion Sparks Viral Reaction from Kyle Hamilton
The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine’s opening day produced a stark athletic statement: sonny styles logged a 4. 46-second 40-yard dash, a 43. 5-inch vertical and an 11-foot-2 broad jump, numbers that prompted a viral response from Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton after television comparisons and a simulated race. The exchange underscored how one morning of testing can reshape perceptions and draft chatter.
Kyle Hamilton's Reaction to the Comparison
Kyle Hamilton publicly reacted after an on-air graphic placed his combine numbers next to those of Sonny Styles during an NFL Network broadcast. Hamilton wrote on X, "I just got brutally framemogged, " using the slang term frame "mogged, " which TODAY. com defines as appearing superior to someone in a physical or aesthetic sense. Hamilton also wrote that "The simulcam was a low blow, " tagging NFL Network host Rich Eisen, and added, "Sonny is 1 of 1 tho!"
NFL Network Simulation and Split Times
The broadcast included a simulated race pitting Hamilton, Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and Styles. That simulation placed Styles 0. 04 seconds faster than Lamb and 0. 13 seconds faster than Hamilton. The comparative box score showed Styles at 4. 46 seconds for the 40-yard dash, CeeDee Lamb at 4. 50 and Hamilton at 4. 59. A social post echoed the takeaway: Sonny Styles’ 4. 46 time was faster than CeeDee Lamb’s 4. 50.
Sonny Styles' Measurements and Historic Vertical
On Day 1 of testing, Styles posted a 4. 46 40-yard time with a 1. 56-second 10-yard split, a 43. 5-inch vertical and an 11-foot-2 broad jump. His agility work culminated in a 9. 99 Relative Athletic Score (RAS), described as nearly perfect. Styles’ vertical was the best by a linebacker at the combine since 2005. Those explosive metrics have reinforced projections that Styles is a first-round prospect for the 2026 NFL Draft.
Context from Hamilton's 2022 Numbers
The comparison highlighted a multi-year contrast: when Hamilton attended the combine in 2022 he weighed 24 pounds less than Styles did at this event and recorded a vertical that was five-and-a-half inches shorter than Styles’ 43. 5. That weight difference and the gap in jump height framed the on-air juxtaposition and Hamilton’s reaction.
Other Day One Defensive Risers and Measurements
Beyond Styles, Day 1 produced several notable defensive testing lines. One prospect ran a 4. 53 forty with a 1. 60 10-yard split but did not complete the full testing circuit; his on-field work showed pressure traits and bend that addressed pre-existing role questions for an EDGE tweener. Another player posted 4. 50 speed at 251 pounds with very strong jumps and stood out for how he attacked the bags; that effort was singled out as validating high pick talk for a prospect identified as Bailey.
Lawrence emerged as a classic Day 1 surprise, recording a 4. 52 forty with a 1. 59 10-yard split, a 40-inch vertical and a 130-inch broad jump at 253 pounds. A different lineman measured 6-foot-6 and 327 pounds, ran a 5. 04 forty and displayed an 85 3/4-inch wingspan (noted as 99th percentile); his on-field drills were brief but his length-plus-testing profile pushed him into early-draft consideration. Inside defensive linemen featured a leader in the vertical jump with a 36. 5-inch hop, while another heavy prospect posted a 4. 85 forty at 313 pounds—an indicator of explosive lower-body power that can raise a player’s draft standing.
The first day also produced a fast linebacker who ran a 4. 47 forty and recorded a 40-inch vertical, both marked in the top percentile. Several prospects backed up production with smooth drill work, controlled movement and agility markers that shift three-down projection conversations.
What makes this notable is how a clustering of elite, explosive measurements—Styles’ near-perfect RAS, the sub-4. 5 40s from some linebackers and surprising jumps from interior linemen—reframe evaluations that had leaned heavily on film. The televised comparison and simulated sprint crystallized the immediate, measurable impact of those results: Hamilton’s reaction, public social posts and renewed draft chatter for Styles and other Day 1 risers.
The combine’s first day closed with the testing ledger in hand and questions realigned: teams will now fold these figures—4. 46, 43. 5 inches, 11'2" and multiple sub-4. 6 40s for linebackers—into interview plans, medical checks and draft boards ahead of further on-field evaluation.
