5 Wide Receivers Whose Stock Is on the Rise Following the NFL Combine

Curtis Samuel, Ohio State

Imagine running the 40 directly after someone who broke the 40 record.

That happened to Curtis Samuel on Saturday.

The thing is, Samuel ended up running a 4.31 on his first attempt, giving him a Speed Score -- which adjusts a player's 40-yard dash time for weight, where 100 is a good score -- of 113.6. When you adjust that, then, for height -- or Height-Adjusted Speed Score, as Shawn Siegele coined -- he comes in at 108.93, which is still better than the vast majority of wide receivers.

Samuel isn't exactly a traditional wide receiver, having played a running back hybrid role at Ohio State. But his production in college on the receiving end was still really impressive all things considered, as he saw 23.72% of Ohio State's targets this past season while producing 31.10% of the team's receiving yards.

Given their style of play, an interesting comparable for Samuel is Golden Tate, who's actually one of MockDraftable.com's top measurable comparables for Samuel. But Samuel, according to his combine, could be a more explosive version of Tate.