Watch: Louisville OT Mekhi Becton overwhelms the combine with rare speed and agility

At 6-foot-7 and 364 pounds, Louisville OT Mekhi Becton has proven Bill Parcells’ “Planet Theory” true. His reward will be massive.

If you’re familiar with Bill Parcells’ “Planet Theory,” you’ll know that the Hall of Fame head coach espoused the truism that because there are so few men on the planet both large and athletic enough to play in the NFL at the positions requiring the most girth and movement skills, those players are intrinsically massively valuable.

If the “Planet Theory” is true (and it is), Louisville offensive tackle Mekhi Becton, who rolled into Indianapolis this week at 6-foot-7 and 364 pounds, made himself all kinds of money when he went through the offensive line drills on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium Friday night.

Not that Becton needed a killer combine to rise up on draft boards — he’s considered by many to be the best offensive tackle in a fairly loaded draft class, and I recently mocked him fourth overall to the Giants. Becton was already known as an absolute mauler who could block out the sun, but who also brings surprising quickness and nimble feet to the field.

And then, at that size, Becton ran a 5.11-second 40-yard dash with a 1.77-second 10-yard split (which you’re more likely to see from edge rushers and tight ends), and draft Twitter went nuts.

Moreover, Becton looked very agile in the position drills, further upgrading his draft stock.

Becton has been working with offensive line performance coach Duke Manyweather in Texas, and as he said in his media session this week, “I feel like I’m going to shock a lot of people at these testings. They don’t expect me to do the things I’m going to do.”

A solid prediction, proved entirely true with one of the more remarkable performances in this year’s scouting combine. And when you merge it with Becton’s tape, it’s safe to say the big man just guaranteed himself a top-10 pick.