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The 6-foot-3, 261-pound defender tested extremely well at his Cal Poly pro day in March, running a 4.64-second 40-yard dash with a 41-inch vertical leap, 11-feet broad jump, 6.99-second 3-cone drill and 4.28-second short shuttle with 22 bench press reps of 225 pounds.
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
The broad jump is another exercise that will likely meet that criteria of creating a ground reaction force of at least three times your bodyweight.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Dec. 2025
Hawes has very good explosiveness for the tight end position, having tested in the 80th percentile for his vertical jump and in the 88th percentile for his broad jump, according to his Relative Athletic Score.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The Virginia Tech product ranked fourth in the 40-yard dash and third in the vertical and broad jumps.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2025
The broad jump is another exercise that will likely meet that criteria of creating a ground reaction force of at least three times your bodyweight.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Dec. 2025
Hawes has very good explosiveness for the tight end position, having tested in the 80th percentile for his vertical jump and in the 88th percentile for his broad jump, according to his Relative Athletic Score.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The Virginia Tech product ranked fourth in the 40-yard dash and third in the vertical and broad jumps.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Broad jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad%20jump. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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