Michigan football at the NFL Combine, Sunday live blog: Ryan Hayes, Olusegun Oluwatimi
Two Michigan Wolverines football players are set to go through measurements, testing and on-field drills Sunday afternoon and early evening at the 2023 NFL Draft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Offensive linemen Ryan Hayes and Olusegun Oluwatimi will look to impress scouts and boost their draft stock today.
Both Hayes and Oluwatimi were afforded the opportunity to perform in front of NFL teams at the Reese’s Senior Bowl last month. Now they’ll get the chance to show out without pads in a combine setting.
Sunday’s on-field coverage of the NFL combine is live on NFL Network from 1-7 p.m. ET, featuring offensive linemen and running backs.
This live blog will have the latest on how both Michigan players do in their on-field drills, what’s being said about them by analysts and more. Follow along below for real-time updates on Michigan players at the combine.
Live updates: Michigan at NFL Draft Scouting Combine
• 4:52 p.m. — Hayes’ 3-cone drill time is in, and his 7.39-second mark ranks third among all offensive linemen at the combine.
• 4 p.m. — More results are in for Oluwatimi.
- Vertical jump: 29.00″ (21st of 40 offensive linemen)
- Broad jump: 9’2″ (10th of 39 offensive linemen)
• 3:50 p.m. — Oluwatimi and his group are going through on-field drills.
• 3:34 p.m. — Oluwatimi’s second 40-yard dash time is 5.44 seconds.
• 3:15 p.m. — Oluwatimi runs a 5.38-second 40-yard dash with a 1.86-second 10-yard split on his first attempt. Times are unofficial at this point.
“When guys have played a ton of ball, especially in the Big Ten — 49 starts for Oluwatimi — it just makes the evaluation so much easier, man,” Jeremiah said as Oluwatimi ran.
“So much easier,” Lewan agreed. “And it depends on the program you go to, too. Sometimes, you see these guys that go to bigger-time SEC schools — I won’t point any individual ones out — they have a lot of tread worn off the tires. I have been to Ann Arbor with the strength coach they have there. His focus on keeping guys’ hips and knees and ankles … keeping those guys all running like a well-oiled machine is such a high focus for him. He’s gotta be one of the best strength coaches in all of college football.
The conversation switched back to Oluwatimi specifically.
“This dude can anchor all day long,” Jeremiah said of the former Michigan lineman who won the Rimington and Outland trophies for the nation’s top center and interior lineman on either side of the ball, respectively.
“And the thing that’s crazy is, people are saying maybe Day 2, Day 3 pick, when he won the Outland Trophy,” Lewan said. “He’s the first Outland Trophy winner in Michigan history.”
“Part of that is just, we have a pretty good interior group,” Jeremiah retorted. “We have four, five plug and play guys as centers this year. So just the sheer numbers of it, when you look at historically, only a handful usually get drafted. So I think that’s what’s pushing these guys out a little bit.”
• 3:10 p.m. — Oluwatimi and the second offensive line group are set for their 40-yard dashes in moments.
• 3 p.m. — Former Michigan offensive lineman Taylor Lewan — a three-timer Pro Bowler who was recently cut by the Tennessee Titans — joins the booth with Eisen and Jeremiah.
• 2:23 p.m. — More results are in for Hayes.
- Vertical jump: 30.00″ (10th of 23 offensive linemen in the first OL group)
- Broad jump: 8’7″ (16 of 21)
• 1:57 p.m. — Hayes goes through the “wave drill.” As he does so, Jeremiah raised a concern about the Michigan lineman.
“Ryan Hayes — he’s another one where I kind of thought power was the issue there,” Jeremiah said. “[Lukas] Van Ness], who we saw put on a show here from Iowa, got through him a little bit. But overall, that Michigan offensive line, I think, as a group just played so well together.”
• 1:44 p.m. — Hayes’ second 40-yard dash attempt is 5.21 seconds.
• 1:30 p.m. — Eisen, a Michigan alum, reminds the TV viewers that the fastest 40-yard dash run at the combine was by former Wolverine cornerback DJ Turner (4.26 seconds).
• 1:28 p.m. — Hayes runs a 5.18-second 40-yard dash with a 1.78-second 10-yard split on his first attempt. Times are unofficial for now.
“Here’s Ryan Hayes,” Rich Eisen said on the broadcast. “He’s part of the offensive line group at Michigan that won the Joe Moore Award as the nation’s top unit two years in a row.”
“An excellent high school baseball player on top of that. Mr. Baseball in the state,” analyst Daniel Jeremiah chimed in, speaking about the former Traverse City (Mich.) West product.
• 1:11 p.m. — Offensive linemen are starting to run their 40-yard dashes in moments.
• Measurements are in for both Michigan offensive line prospects.
| Prospect | Height | Weight | Arm Length | Hand Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Hayes | 6-6 | 298 pounds | 32 1/2″ | 10″ |
| Olusegun Oluwatimi | 6-2 1/2 | 309 pounds | 32 3/4″ | 8 5/8″ |
Hayes was listed at 6-7, 305 during his final season at Michigan. Meanwhile, Oluwatimi was listed at 6-3, 307. Hayes is down a bit of weight and Oluwatimi is up two pounds.
