Justin Ernest

{{Short description|American football player (born 1972)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Justin Ernest

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| number = 66

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|12|17|mf=y}}

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 284

| college = Eastern Kentucky

| undraftedyear = 1999

| pastteams =

• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1999}})*

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Justin Ernest (born December 17, 1972) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played his college football at Eastern Kentucky University, where he was a 1997 All-Ohio Valley Conference pick.{{cite news |title=Eastern Kentucky defensive tackle Justin Ernest signed with New Orleans |work=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=April 20, 1999 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17641625/eastern_kentucky_defensive_tackle/ |via=Newspapers.com }} He never went on to play an NFL game despite his record-breaking combine.

Ernest established the current 225-pound bench press record at the NFL Scouting Combine with 51 repetitions.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ycn-7663872 |title=NFL on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games |access-date=2017-01-14 |archive-date=2019-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424202053/https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news%3Fslug%3Dycn-7663872/ |url-status=dead }}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 3

| weight = 281

| dash = 4.79

| ten split = 1.69

| twenty split = 2.78

| shuttle = 4.24

| cone drill = 7.37

| vertical = 31

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 5

| bench = 51

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| note = All values from NFL Combine{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=55768&draftyear=1999&genpos=dt | title=Hall of Football }}

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