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The defensive linemen had their chances to show off their strength and speed. Here we focus on strength. They did the bench press, where they try and list 225 pounds as many times as they can.
As you can see in the table below, Vic Beasley showed off the greatest strength with 35 reps, as did Deon Simon. Almost everyone got up at least 20 reps.
| Player | School | Height | Weight | Bench Press Reps (225 lbs.) |
| Henry Anderson | Stanford | 6'6 | 294 | |
| Arik Armstead | Oregon | 6'7 | 292 | 24 |
| Tavares Barnes | Clemson | 6'4 | 282 | 22 |
| Vic Beasley | Clemson | 6'3 | 246 | 35 |
| Michael Bennett | Ohio State | 6'2 | 293 | |
| Angelo Blackson | Auburn | 6'4 | 318 | 20 |
| Malcom Brown | Texas | 6'2 | 319 | 26 |
| Anthony Chickillo | Miami (FL) | 6'3 | 267 | 27 |
| Frank Clark | Michigan | 6'3 | 271 | 19 |
| Xavier Cooper | Washington State | 6'3 | 293 | 29 |
| Christian Covington | Rice | 6'2 | 289 | |
| Corey Crawford | Clemson | 6'5 | 283 | |
| Carl Davis | Iowa | 6'5 | 320 | |
| Tyeler Davidson | Fresno State | 6'2 | 316 | 32 |
| Ryan Delaire | Towson | 6'4 | 254 | 23 |
| B.J. Dubose | Louisville | 6'4 | 284 | 26 |
| Mario Edwards Jr. | Florida State | 6'3 | 279 | 32 |
| Kyle Emanuel | North Dakota State | 6'3 | 255 | 27 |
| Trey Flowers | Arkansas | 6'2 | 266 | 28 |
| Dante Fowler | Florida | 6'3 | 261 | 19 |
| Markus Golden | Missouri | 6'2 | 260 | |
| Eddie Goldman | Florida State | 6'4 | 336 | |
| Randy Gregory | Nebraska |
6'5 |
235 | 24 |
| Marcus Hardison | Arizona State | 6'3 | 307 | 27 |
| Eli Harold | Virginia | 6'3 | 247 | |
| Zach Hodges | Harvard | 6'2 | 250 | |
| Danielle Hunter | LSU | 6'5 | 252 | 25 |
| Martin Ifedi | Memphis | 6'3 | 275 | 16 |
| Grady Jarrett | Clemson | 6'1 | 304 | 30 |
| Derrick Lott | Tennessee-Chatt | 6'4 | 314 | 30 |
| Joey Mbu | Houston | 6'3 | 313 | |
| Ellis McCarthy | UCLA | 6'5 | 338 | 24 |
| Rakeem Nunez-Roches | Southern Miss | 6'2 | 307 | 26 |
| Owa Odighizuwa | UCLA | 6'3 | 267 | 25 |
| Nate Orchard | Utah | 6'3 | 250 | |
| Leon Orr | Florida | 6'5 | 323 | |
| David Parry | Stanford | 6'1 | 308 | 34 |
| Jordan Phillips | Oklahoma | 6'5 | 329 | 28 |
| Darius Philon | Arkansas | 6'1 | 298 | 26 |
| Shane Ray | Missouri | 6'3 | 245 | 21 |
| Cedric Reed | Texas | 6'5 | 269 | 22 |
| Bobby Richardson | Indiana | 6'3 | 283 | |
| Ryan Russell | Purdue | 6'4 | 269 | 25 |
| Danny Shelton | Washington | 6'2 | 339 | 34 |
| Deon Simon | Northwestern State | 6'4 | 321 | 35 |
| Preston Smith | Mississippi State | 6'5 | 271 | 24 |
| Za'Darius Smith | Kentucky | 6'4 | 274 | 23 |
| J.T. Surratt | South Carolina | 6'1 | 304 | 29 |
| Lyndon Trail | Norfolk State | 6'7 | 269 | 24 |
| Louis Trinca-Pasat | Iowa | 6'1 | 290 | |
| Davis Tull | Tennessee-Chatt | 6'2 | 246 | |
| Zack Wagenmann | Montana | 6'3 | 247 | 14 |
| L.T. Walton | Central Michigan | 6'5 | 319 | 25 |
| Leonard Williams | Southern Cal | 6'5 | 302 | |
| Gabe Wright | Auburn | 6'3 | 300 | 34 |