So today is the day offensive linemen run the 40 at the NFL Combine, which is a damn big deal because I need to know if the left guard can get around a linebacker in space or get by a safety in the deep middle. It’s nevertheless important for guys like West Virginia’s Mark Glowinski, who’s got a chance to make some coin this week.

Yesterday, he benched 225 pounds 31 times, which was the fourth-best mark among peers present in Indianapolis. Today he ran the 40 in 5.21 seconds, a top-15 number at the combine. For a guard, the bench probably should be more important than the 40, and he’ll have to do well in the skill drills to show burst and mobility that guards need to possess, assuming of course he’s a guard.

As far as the Mountaineers are concerned, things get really interesting today. Kevin White and Mario Alford were measured yesterday. White checked in at 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, which only pads the Alshon Jeffery comparisons. Mario Alford, who’s getting good second-tier buzz now because of inside/outside versatility and some special teams possibilities, was listed at 5-8 and 180 pounds. White’s hands measured 9 1/4 inches while Alford’s were half an inch bigger.

Today, they do psychological testing and interviews and bench presses. Tomorrow, they run the 40. Jeffery ran the 40 in 4.48 seconds at the combine. If White hits that, he figures to be a lock for the top half of the first round.

“Kevin White’s my No. 1 wideout,” NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said this week. “I think if he runs a 4.5 or better, he’s a top 10 pick.”

Mayock means 4.5 seconds. If White covers 40 yards in that time, teams might as well be tossing money bags instead of footballs on those deep routes, because White will haul a lot of cash in if he answers questions about his speed.

ESPN’s Todd McShay has White going No. 10 in the draft to the Rams and McShay’s colleague, Mel Kiper, has White projected at No. 11 to the Vikings. Last year’s No. 9 pick, Anthony Barr, signed a four-year, $12.74 million deal with a $7.58 million signing bonus. The No. 12 pick, Odell Beckham, signed a four-year, $10.4 million dollar deal with a $5.89 million signing bonus, so those projections have White already earning some serious coin.

But if White posts an impressive 40 time, he could work his way into the conversation as the fourth overall pick by the Oakland Raiders, a receiver-needy team. Last season’s No. 4 pick, Sammy Watkins, signed a $19.94 contract with a signing bonus of $12.8 million.

That’d make White the highest WVU draft pick since Dick Leftridge went No. 3 overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1966.

“I would expect at No. 4 that’s where (the Raiders) ought to be targeting, and again, I think they’ve got to grind the heck out of Kevin White, Amari Cooper and DeVante Parker,” Mayock said. “I think Cooper from Alabama has got the highest score. In other words, I think he’s the safest pick of that group …”

No way it happens … but Stedman and White outside with Tavon inside. Ha!