Unofficially runs a 4.43 forty. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-mock-dr...l-combine-results-tyrann-mathieu-40-yard-dash
The most important test for him to pass is the drug test As for the bench, he could have refused to do it, so by doing it, it makes him look honest and open (something TM7 has been stressing in his interviews) But, there are articles like this one from NBC Sports talking about how it hurts him: Mathieu managed to bench 225 pounds just four times, an extremely low total for any NFL player — even a kicker. (The only kicker who benched at this year’s Combine, Arizona State’s Josh Hubner, managed 13 reps.) Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer said on NFL Network this morning that Mathieu’s bench press total calls into question whether he’s been working hard in the weight room. “It does concern me, because if he was working, obviously — I can bench four times, probably,” Zimmer said. Mathieu was out of football last year after getting kicked off the team at LSU, and his work ethic has been called into question in the past. It’s easy to scoff at the bench press as irrelevant to what a defensive back does on a football field, but an extremely low bench press is indicative of a player who isn’t working hard enough in the weight room. At 186 pounds, Mathieu is one of the smallest defensive backs at this year’s Combine, but just being small isn’t an excuse for a weak performance on the bench. Adrian Bushell of Louisville weighed in at exactly the same weight as Mathieu and did 17 reps, and Jamar Taylor of Boise State is only six pounds heavier than Mathieu and did 22 reps. Not being able to bench a lot doesn’t mean Mathieu can’t make it in the NFL. But it might mean he doesn’t have a good work ethic. And if he doesn’t work hard, he won’t make it in the NFL.
Fred Smoot couldn't even do 1 rep at 225 (needed a spotter to complete his first rep) and he went in the 2nd round and played for 7-8 years in the NFL.
He was also an All-American and two-time 1st Team All-SEC CB during his junior and senior years at Miss St, who was supposed to be a 1st Round pick but his draft stock fell due to his work ethic and off the field issues He ended up a bit of an embarrassment: He is most known as the ringleader of the 2005 Love Boat scandal, where he hired prostitutes to have a "sex party" on a boat with him and fellow Vikings players More recently, he was arrested for driving wasted (he pled guilty) in a car with no license plate and no temporary tag, and, during processing, in the service area, while handcuffed, he peed his pants creating a puddle on the floor
