Mamula added another sack in the Carquest Bowl, bringing his season total to twelve.
Additionally, Mamula posted a standing broad jump of 10'-5" inches and a 20-yard shuttle of 4.03 seconds.
Of the 300 players at the combine regardless of position, the fastest 40 was 4.42, the best vertical jump was 41½, the best standing broad jump was 10'-11", the best 20-yard shuttle was 3.90, the best 4-square was 7.79 and the best bench press was 37 reps.[5] The Philadelphia Eagles traded their first-round draft pick (12th overall), and two second-round selections to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Tampa Bay's first-round draft pick (7th overall) and a third-round selection.
The Eagles then selected Mamula, apparently hoping he would fill the void left by Reggie White two years earlier.
He also picked off a pass from Kurt Warner and returned it for a touchdown in the last game of the 1999 season.
Because Mamula's subsequent NFL career did not track with projections extrapolated based upon his top combine showing, he is often pejoratively referred to as a "Workout Warrior" and his name is frequently invoked when players go into the combine as relative unknowns and come out as hot properties.