Of all the football players from Alabama’s high schools and colleges who’ve tried to reach the pros, which one has had the best performance in the shuttle run at the annual NFL Scouting Combine?

A new group of players will have an opportunity to provide the answer to that question this week in Indianapolis, where the NFL Scouting Combine will be held for the 38th time.

For the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, players will arrive for testing and interviews in four groups and will be on the field from Thursday through Sunday.

The shuttle run is one of the measurable drills conducted at the combine. The drill is designed to test lateral quickness. It’s sometimes called the 5-10-5. From a middle starting position, the player runs 5 yards to his right, touches a line, turns and runs 10 yards to the left and touches a line, then runs back to the starting spot.

It’s also a drill that has less participation than it once did. At the 2024 combine, only three of the 27 players from Alabama high schools and colleges tackled the shuttle run.

Georgia cornerback Kamari Lassiter from American Christian Academy in Tuscaloosa had the best showing of the state trio with a 4.12-second clocking in the shuttle run in 2024.

Since 2000, the fastest shuttle run turned in by a player from an Alabama high school or college took 3.81 seconds, which was accomplished by Jason Allen in 2006. Allen heads a top-10 list for the state that hasn’t gotten a new member since 2015.

Iowa wide receiver Kevin Kasper had the combine’s fastest shuttle run in this century at 3.73 seconds in 2001.

Records from the early combines can be sketchy, but complete data is available starting with the 2000 event. These are the 10 fastest shuttle runs since that year by players from Alabama high schools and colleges:

1. Jason Allen, Muscle Shoals High School: 3.81 seconds

After the 2006 combine, the Miami Dolphins drafted the Tennessee defensive back with the 16th pick. In seven seasons, he played in 98 games, with 23 starts, for three teams and recorded 15 interceptions. Allen’s time is tied for fifth-fastest in the combine’s history.

2. Bobby McCain, Oxford High School: 3.82 seconds

After the 2015 combine, the Miami Dolphins drafted the Memphis cornerback in the fifth round. Since then, McCain has played cornerback and safety for four franchises. He’s appeared in 134 regular-season games, with 87 starts, and made 11 interceptions.

2. Carlos Rogers, Auburn: 3.82 seconds

After the 2005 combine, the Washington Redskins drafted the cornerback with the ninth pick. Rogers started 123 games in 10 seasons and was a Pro Bowler in 2011 with the San Francisco 49ers. Rogers’ shuttle-run time is tied for the seventh-fastest since 2000.

4. Jerricho Cotchery, Phillips High School (Birmingham): 3.91 seconds

After the 2004 combine, the New York Jets drafted the North Carolina State wide receiver in the fourth round. In 12 seasons with three teams, Cotchery caught 524 passes for 6,623 yards and 34 touchdowns.

5. Tim Carter, Auburn: 3.93 seconds

After the 2002 combine, the New York Giants drafted the wide receiver in the second round. He played in seven NFL seasons and had 81 receptions for 1,090 yards and four touchdowns.

6. Ameer Abdullah, Homewood High School: 3.95 seconds

After the 2015 combine, the Detroit Lions drafted the Nebraska running back in the second round. He was the NFL’s top kickoff returner as a rookie and led Detroit in rushing in 2015 and 2017 around a two-game, injured-shortened season. Abdullah has 1,994 yards and eight touchdowns on 494 carries, 203 receptions for 1,468 yards and 11 touchdowns and an average of 25.1 yards on 151 kickoff returns during his career, which reached its 10th season in 2024 with the Las Vegas Raiders.

7. Richmond Flowers, Vestavia Hills High School: 3.96 seconds

After the 2001 combine, the wide receiver, who played at Duke and Chattanooga, was not drafted. He went to training camp with the Dallas Cowboys and spent time on the practice squads of the Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars.

8. Chad Jackson, Hoover High School: 3.97 seconds

After the 2006 combine, the New England Patriots drafted the Florida wide receiver in the second round. He suffered a torn ACL in the AFC Championship Game during his rookie season and played in only six more NFL games.

9. Amari Cooper, Alabama: 3.98 seconds

After the 2015 combine, the Oakland Raiders drafted the wide receiver with the fourth pick. Cooper has earned five Pro Bowl invitations in 10 seasons while being traded three times. Cooper has recorded seven 1,000-yard receiving seasons on his way to career totals of 711 receptions for 10,033 yards and 64 touchdowns.

9. Sherrod Martin, Troy: 3.98 seconds

After the 2009 combine, the Carolina Panthers drafted the safety in the second round. Martin played in 83 games, with 38 starts, in six NFL seasons.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.