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Under Armour, Julio Jones Introduce E39 Technology at NFL Scouting Combine

March 4, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

If you watched any of the coverage from the National Football League Scouting Combine last weekend, you undoubtedly noticed some of the athletes wearing an unusual looking shirt with a round, glowing neon yellow sensor in the middle.
One of those NFL hopefuls was Alabama receiver Julio Jones, who was arguably the most impressive all-around performer at the Scouting Combine. When Jones ran a blazing 4.3 40-yard dash, his acceleration, heart rate and power were being measured by this new device. And when he broad jumped a next-level 11.3', more of his G Force and horsepower were recorded for evaluation.
The Under Armour E39 is being touted as the most innovative athletic evaluation and improvement tool ever made. It’s a compression shirt fitted with electronic sensors that track an athlete’s biometric signals. That data, stored in the heart of the shirt, is transmitted to a computer or handheld device for the athlete/coach/trainer to review.
The UA E39 measures...

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