Combine Performance Tests: Michigan State forward DeJuan Jones dominates

Sam Stejskal

Michigan State forward DeJuan Jones stole the show in the 2019 MLS Player Combine performance tests, finishing first among Combine participants in the 30-meter dash and 5-10-5 shuttle run and third in the vertical jump.

Jones, who tallied five goals and five assists in 22 appearances for the Spartans in 2018, was the only Combine participant to finish in the top 10 in all three of the tests. Five other players – UC Davis’ Roy Boateng, Syracuse’s Tajon Buchanon, Virginia’s Prosper Figbe, Princeton’s Sean McSherry and Oregon State’s Don Tchilao – finished in the top-10 in two different categories.

The top-10 lists in each of the three tests are below.

Speed (30-meter dash)

Player	School	Position	Time
DeJuan Jones	Michigan State	F	3.82
Prosper Figbe	Virginia	D	3.84
Jonas Loebe	Fordham	M/F	3.95
Tajon Buchanon	Syracuse	F	3.95
Eduvie Ikoba	Dartmouth	F	3.95
Sean McSherry	Princeton	D	3.96
Don Tchilao	Oregon State	F	3.97
Rece Buckmaster	Indiana	D	3.97
Mamadi Camara	Simon Fraser	M/F	3.98
Roy Boateng	UC Davis	D	3.98

Agility (5-10-5 shuttle run)

Player	School	Position	Time
DeJuan Jones	Michigan State	F	3.92
Tucker Bone	Air Force	M	3.98
Logan Gdula	Wake Forest	D	4.01
Brendan McDonough	Georgetown	D	4.01
Amir Bashti	Stanford	M/F	4.02
Sean McSherry	Princeton	D	4.05
Alex Comsia	North Carolina	D	4.07
Hassani Dotson	Oregon State	M	4.08
Emil Cuello	Southern Methodist	M	4.09
Nils Bruenig	North Carolina	D/M	4.11

Power (Vertical jump)

Player	School	Position	Inches
Roy Boateng	UC Davis	D	36
Prosper Figbe	Virginia	D	35.5
DeJuan Jones	Michigan State	F	35
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	UConn	D	34.5
Marcello Borges	Michigan	D	33.5
Sebastian Elney	Maryland	F	33.5
Don Tchilao	Oregon State	F	33.5
Luis Barraza	Marquette	GK	32.5
Tajon Buchanon	Syracuse	F	32
Kervin Kenton Fadel	Coastal Carolina	D	32