NFL combine winners, losers: Kenyon Sadiq, Eli Stowers lead Friday list

Kenyon Sadiq and Eli Stowers highlighted an impressive group of TEs as the 2026 NFL combine. Here are the winners and losers from Friday's action.

Day 2 of the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine is now in the books, and the defensive portion of the event has officially come to an end.

Cornerbacks and safeties worked out at the combine on Friday, and plenty of standouts emerged. The safety group was particularly strong, featuring the fastest 40-yard dash of the combine so far and excellent outings from a couple of fringe, first-round selections – Dillon Thieneman and Emmanuel McNeil-Warren.

Later in the day, tight ends kicked off the offensive portion of the combine. During that, Kenyon Sadiq and Eli Stowers took turns breaking or tying records in the athletic testing drills while leaving NFL talent evaluators salivating about their next-level potential.

Here's a run-down of the biggest winners and losers from Friday's action at the NFL combine in Indianapolis.

Sadiq was expected to thrive at the NFL combine, and he didn't disappoint. The Oregon ran the fastest-ever 40-yard dash by a tight end, completing it in 4.39 seconds to beat the 4.4-second record previously shared by Vernon Davis and Dorin Dickerson.