Jeadyn Lukus stood out with an impressive showing Thursday during Clemson’s Pro Day in the Poe Indoor Facility in Clemson.

“I think it went good,” Lukus said afterward. “I’ve been training for two months, trying to get the job done, and I feel like I put my abilities on display the best I could.”

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound cornerback posted some strong testing numbers, including a 40-yard dash time of 4.41 seconds, an 11-foot-7 broad jump, and a 35.5-inch vertical jump.

Lukus was not invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, but his 40 time would have tied for fifth among all cornerbacks at the combine.

And even more impressively, his broad jump would have been four whole inches better than anybody at the combine — regardless of position.

“I knew I was going to [broad] jump somewhere in the 11s,” Lukus said. “But I’ve been testing in the 40s for [vertical jump], so I don’t know what happened. But yeah, I knew I was going to jump out the gym, for sure.”

Lukus says he came into Clemson’s Pro Day with something to prove, given his up-and-down career as a Tiger, and questions whether he might not have gotten everything out of his college career that some people thought he would.  

“Definitely,” Lukus said. “I knew I would test well. I’ve always been super athletic, so I knew that would help me out. And especially after this past year, I knew this would put me in a better position, for sure.”

Lukus, a former five-star prospect from Mauldin (S.C.) High School, battled injuries and experienced inconsistent playing time over the past four seasons after arriving to Clemson as a top-30 national prospect in January 2022.

As a senior this past season, Lukus was credited with only 12 tackles in 197 defensive snaps over 11 games, including just one start, as his playing time took a hit due in part to the emergence of redshirt sophomore corner Branden Strozier.

In 2024, Lukus played in all 14 games, though he was once again slowed by the same nagging injuries that that plagued him before. He finished the 2024 season credited with 33 tackles (1.5 for loss), an interception and eight pass breakups. He started 10 games that season, but lost his starting spot to then-freshman cornerback Ashton Hampton late in the year.

All in all, Lukus battled injuries to record 61 tackles (2.5 for loss), 11 pass breakups and two interceptions in 1,005 career defensive snaps across 43 games (15 starts) from 2022-25.

“I wouldn’t change anything, the good or the bad,” Lukus said, looking back on his time at Clemson. “Everyone hopes that everything goes perfect, but I know that I would not be the same person without the ups and the downs. So, I would definitely take both in stride and I’m thankful for both.”

Lukus credited his preparation for Pro Day to two things — XPE Sports, a premier athletic performance training facility founded by Tony Villani and based in Florida, as well as simply a mental reset from the 2025 season.

“I was down there with XPE, Tony Villani. He’s a guru,” Lukus said. “He shaved so much time down off my 40, and even my explosiveness got so much better, just being down there for two months. So out of everything, that helped the most, definitely. And then just like a reset from the season, kind of refresh your head is always good. So I think a combination of those two things really helped me out.”

As Lukus hopes for the chance to play at the next level, what does he feel he can offer NFL teams?

“Someone that’s just going to get in and get the job done,” he said. “I think when you’re in my position, and I feel like I have more than enough athletic ability to play on any team anywhere, and I feel like I can show that wherever I’m put.”