With Archer, the list now grows to 45 in total. Mercury Morris (Eugene Morris) was born on 5 January, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, is an Actor, Writer, Producer. Ohio State is another powerhouse program that has an older 40-yard combine time that had to be shared here, even though it's not officially recognized by the NFL. if you're generally regarded as very fast, then the 3.41 is probably your 30 time. At the NFL Experience during Super Bowl LIII, Bolt, ran the 40 yard dash in sweatpants and sneakers. Served three years of a 15-year sentence for . I need to tell you that up front. Theres just one all American and very famous Athlete not mentioned on your list, as I assume his 40 is not documented. Repetition does not make it a fact but if enough sources have reported this time to make me believe it. sa_protocol = ("https:"==document.location.protocol)? He played 10 total years in the league, playing on five different teams in his final six seasons. The only 40 yard dashes the should count, need to be timed at the NFL combine. By Robert Taylor Published On: 2014-09-16. @KaayBarnes_, : #NFLCombine on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/sRFwkZzA4a. I am taking the 4.28 because there are many times on this list that are unofficial hand times. Whats the fastest 40 yard dash? Offensive lineman Isaiah Thompson entered the 2011 NFL Combine in the hopes of boosting his draft stock, with a view to getting his name called in the NFL Draft. Tom Brady I ment!-Oops. Players look to put their names on the map by posting a stellar time as they try to showcase their talent to the league. A 40-yard dash completed in 4.50 seconds would be about 18.18 miles per hour (mph), after rounding to two decimals. The running back and kick return specialist clocked in the sub-4.4 range at the 2006 combine, and the Jacksonville Jaguars decided to use their second round pick that year on him. Note Updated 3/05/13: Added Steve Williams from California who ran an unofficial 4.25 at the combine. I do count hand times for this list so all three make it. @ZedrickW pic.twitter.com/QJNFkcifSe. Oklahoma linebacker Tom Wort ran a 4.42-second 40-yard dash in high school, a time that was 0.05 seconds faster than the fastest NFL linebacker prospect at this year's Combine. It never ceases to amaze me as to the none stop whining by former Dolphins' running back, Mercury Morris.His appearance at a time whenever an NFL team is on the cusp of making history in the NFL by going unbeaten in the regular and postseason , has now become an irritation to myself and no doubt a number of fans around the league. @Kane Kane I certainly remember Clayton Holmes and your argument for him holds some merit. Kevin Williams of the University of Miami (1989-92) ran a 4.28 forty yard dash before my own eyes. The fastest recorded 60-yard dash by a baseball player is 5.98 seconds, by Carl Lewis in 1983. The 10 yard split was important for wide receivers as a measure of their burst off of the line of scrimmage. Starting with his second year in the league, he made 12 Pro Bowls in the span of 13 seasons. 2:42 pm ET, NFL head coach and general manager interview tracker, Titans hire 49ers executive Ran Carthon as GM, Report: Colts to interview Cowboys' Quinn for HC job, Pederson calls Jaguars advancing 'a huge success', Cowboys' Maher misses four extra points vs. Bucs, Bowles: Bucs haven't made decision on Leftwich, Top 10 fastest NFL Combine 40-yard dash times, Breech's picks: Giants, Cowboys win shockers, Jerry Jones reacts to sked disadvantage vs. 49ers, Chargers fire two coaches days after historic meltdown, Rodgers not ready to decide, talks Packers exit chances. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Then Texas WR Marquis Goodwin refused to be outdone and posted up his own 4.25. The .24 conversion is used to off-set human reaction times in starting and stopping the hand-held watch vs. an electronic signal starting a FAT system and stopping when precisely ON the finish line, which will be slower and ACCURATE. Prospective NFL players are given bigger contracts or passed over entirely based on how they run the 40. Mike Wallace exploded onto the national scene in 2009 when he ran a 4.33 in the 40-yard dash, which was the second-fastest time of any player that year behind Maryland's Darrius Heyward-Bey. Cool article. The result will be the total time from start to finish of the 40 yard dash, splits from 0-10, 10-20, and 20-40. Super Bowl Champion running back for the Miami Dolphins in the 1970s. Chad~ thanks again for the great information, & ignore all the argumentative comments from people, you know! March 5, 2016 11:48 pm ET. it faster! [2]:4445, In his record setting year of 1968, Morris set collegiate records for rushing yards in a single game, with 340, rushing yards for a single season with 1,571, and rushing yards over a three-year college career (freshmen being ineligible), with 3,388. Neal was not a football player but a track star that was well put together. Note Updated: 3/7/22: We may have just experienced the fastest NFL combine in history. Join our linker program. Note Updated 1/11/12: Three new additions to the list. He broke the mark set by Dave Smith in 1989 with the Chicago Cubs. UCFs Breshad Perriman cranked out a 4.22 forty at UCFs pro timing day at 62 and weighing 215 lbs. So who had the fastest 40 yard dash ever? For instance, anyone who has seen C.J. The prospect from the University of Houston was six-foot-four and 300 pounds, but guys bigger than him have had decent runs in the 40-yard dash. Just goes to show how much of a hot topic 40 yard dash times are. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. A month ago, I looked Jadeveon Clowney's impressive time in the 40-yard dash. Hollidays high school coach claims he ran a 4.27 but I am suspicious of high school forty yard dash times. He has recorded 296 receiving yards and one TD so far in his career. However, according to Eric Branch of SFGate.com, Owusu's three concussions during his Stanford career limited his draft prospects. Accutrack is what is used at track meets. Whats the problem with that time? He went on to break the record by posting a 4.22. Well thats where the problem lies with your comment and observation. sa_bgcolor = "FFFFFF"; [8][4]:784 As of 2017 he was ranked 18th.[8]. I guess its a matter of what an individual considers blazing. A reported low of 4.18 but prob in the slightly under 4.3 all day longalso has anybody ever timed the second 40 on the 100 with a guy like carl lewis or Usain Bolt I would imagine that would be sub 4 as they stretched it out.. Perhaps Jeff can run a 4.18 or a sub 4.3 forty yard dash but he has not done it yet in a way that it can be documented for me to add him to this list. Drafted:Fourth round (102nd overall) by New England [Boyce] and first round (25th overall) by San Diego [Verrett]. Its my opinion that the Patriots since 2001 have changed how ALL professional sports Teams Think, and Act. Despite a poor showing, Troutman was still drafted in the fifth round by the Chargers. An accurtrack time will be the slowest of all. After college, Morris was picked in the third round of the 1969 AFL-NFL Common Draft by the AFL's Miami Dolphins. He was an Aggie, not a Ute. Drafted:First round (seventh overall) by Washington. The speedy Green played six seasons in the NFL and was a Pro Bowler in 1991 as a member of the Denver Broncos. College Football Out of Control. I will start what we call the SUB 4.3 Club. Drafted:First round (9th overall) by New York Jets. If the athlete can find just one-hundredth of a second, they break 4.70. Somehow the official time ended up being .7 slower so he enters with a 4.28. Last year, he was only active in five games thanks to another injurythis time for his wrist. After becoming a third-round selection by the Steelers, Wallace used that speed in a huge way, leading the entire NFL in yards per catch in his rookie campaign. Forgot to add, who would set up a FAT system at the 40 interval of a 60 dash at a normal track meet? Deion Sanders has the closest thing of the three as a verifiable 40 yard dash time. How did I have no recollection of him?! Fuller, a popular pick to have one of the best times of the event, finished just behind Georgia's Keith Marshall for the 40-yard dash title. ): 50 (1671st overall since 1960) High School: Avonworth According to Judy Battista of NFL.com, he hadn't been timed in the drill since posting a 4.38 as a freshman. 2) Rondale Moore, Purdue: 4.29. Track star Henry Neal recorded a 4.20 forty yard dash before my own eyes in a workout for the Miami Dolphins in 1996. I will wait until then. Is there anything more discussed than the 40 yard dash? However, he also has a high time of 4.47. His career 5.1 yard per carry average was third all time among NFL players (1st among half backs) behind just fullbacks Jim Brown and Marion Motley. On situations like that, I will just wait to see what they run at the combine or in their private NFL workouts. According to an account in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Branch was 69 when he claimed he could run a 4.6 40-yard dash. After his production dropped to a career low in 2007, the Bears cut ties with Bradley, who landed at Kansas City. Milliner got off to a strong start in his NFL career with the Jets, starting 12 of 13 games and picking off three passes. Van Dyke is the 4th Miami Hurricane to make the list. He attended West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) from 1965 to 1969, where he was an All-American for the Buffaloes at tailback in 1967 and 1968. Mercury Morris. sa_bordercolor = "BDD631"; I added the 4.20 forty yard dash that I witnessed Henry Neal run at a Dolphin tryout in 1996. He didn't record any playing time for the Buccaneers in 2009 or the Saints in 2010, which ended an NFL career that started with a good deal of promise. Super blazing, double blazing, really really blazing? It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. In honor of the 2018 NFL Combine, here is the slowest 40-yard dash time in combine history. Find out more. But in the current era, Florida State's top time came from wide receiver and return man Willie Reid in the 2006 combine. Guess who would record the fastest time. The Olympic champion ran the 40-yard dash in 4.18 seconds, which is an astonishing time for the age group. Auburns Onterio McCalebb made them both sit down with his hand timed 4.21. Studies have shown that that average reaction time by a human to a starters pistol is .25 seconds. Dace Richardson attended the Combine in 2010 as a representative from Iowa but had one of the worst overall outings in recent history. I will make this careful observation based on what I know, Ive seen and Ive heard. Of course, you all know that there was no combine this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. @Mike Barry Carl Lewis was a four-time gold medalist at the 1984 Los . Alexander would play in 10 games in 2005 for Denver before a short stint in Houston to end his brief pro career. Three new entries are on the list now after the combine which is a record for the list since it was created. 3) Shi Smith, South Carolina: 4.33. The NFL Combine is a highly popular event for the NFL and keeps fans invested during the offseason. Served three years of a 15-year sentence for cocaine trafficking before being released in . Johnson entered the 2008 NFL Combine as a projected second- or third-round pick, but his record . @DNice No official 40 yard dash times for Herschel Walker or Rod Woodson. Thank you Isaiah Thompson! Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris (born January 5, 1947) is a former American football running back and kick returner. He posted the worst 40-yard dash time that year at 5.76 seconds. And as great as stats are- its the RINGS that truly count. [4]:235,242 In 1973, he led the Dolphins in rushing for the divisional playoff game against Cincinnati with 106 yards, and added 86 more rushing yards in the AFC Championship Game against Oakland. 1 maybe 2? Drafted:Second round (39th overall) by Chicago. A FAT system was not set up at the 40 yard mark but rather, Greens 40 yard time split was taken from video at a time after the completion of the race. He had five pick-sixes in his career, which is tied for sixth-most all-time in college football history. He played for the Dolphins for seven seasons, winning two Super Bowls, and finished his career with the San Diego Chargers in 1976. . Top 40-yard dash times by wide receivers (measured in seconds) 1) Anthony Schwartz, Auburn: 4.26. It was run on an indoor track with spikes on giving the runner an advantage over the football players who have run on grass with cleats.. The 40-yard dash is the ultimate measurement of speed in football. He then smoothly coasted through the 2nd twenty and had scouts huddling up like they were calling a play on 4th and 1. An electronic beam also detects the player at the end point and stops the clock. 1. Morris attended college at West Texas State and was a two-time All-American in 1967 and 1968. He might have ran Nole Devine WVU they say 4.34 so if u take the .25 from that hes around 4.10! He had just the third-worst time in 2012, behind Josh Oglesby. Alexander, who was a cornerback and return specialist at Washington, had a strong outing at the 2004 combine, but his numbers weren't enough for him to hear his name called at the draft. He pretty much just ran his 40-yard dash from the Combine. As you can see, there does appear to be a pretty strong correlation between 40-yard dash times and wide receiving production, particularly once you focus on the 94% of receivers in the 4.32 to 4.68 range. Drafted:Second round (56th overall) by Denver. Here are the 14 players with the fastest 40-yard dash times in combine history. Towards the end of 2006, he was in a television commercial spot for a hair-treatment clinic, along with Wade Boggs. With that, we ended up with two more additions to the list with Tyriq Woolen from UT San Antonio putting down a 4.26 official time and Baylors Kalen Barnes putting up a 4.23 official time just missing a chance to tie the best combine time ever by .01. Remembering that .25 Most high school 40 times are recorded by individuals who are inexperienced in timing the 40-Yard Dash. create a safer bathroom. The word Team is synonymous with The NE Patriots. mph = 18.18. Anthony Schwartz wide receiver from Auburn (4.25) and Eric Stokes defensive back from Georgia (4.29). The best unofficial predraft 40 time in Notre Dame's long football history belongs to the aptly namedRaghib "Rocket" Ismail, the all-purpose speed demon for the Fighting Irish in the late 1980s and 1990. Comment on this article and make your case. sa_font = "0"; McCaffrey's second 40-yard dash was not as fast, with an unofficial time of 4.59 seconds. Mercury Morris is a former NFL running back who played from 1969-1976, primarily with the Miami Dolphins (1969-1975) and later the San Diego Chargers (1976). [4]:772 His 105-yard return was the longest in the AFL that season, and he was also one of the AFL's leading punt returners that year. Loved the Rams at the time and loved the moment. I found Note Updated: 3/8/17: University of Minnesota DB Jaylen Myrick has been added to the list with an official NFL combine time of 4.28. Ron Brown was fast and theres little doubt in my mind that he could run a sub 4.3 forty, accept I have no documentation of it. Kent St.s Dri Archer was the only member of this years combine to go sub 4.3 and thus get added to the list. That is a Prospects Question, Want A College Football Scholarship? He has yet to play a regular season game in the NFL. 1986. The other two additions came from an interview I happened to view from Tom Shaw who has trained some of the fastest men that have ever played and continue to play in the NFL. Kenji Johjima of the Seattle Mariners is the all-time leader among active players with a 50-yard dash time of 5.14 seconds. NOTE: Some of the times listed above may have been run on a track with spikes on. With that said, several scouts had him under 4.20 with their hand times. Please logout and login again. Every year, players from all over the place come out and attempt to break Chris Johnson's 4.24 second 40-yard dash time. Only Goodwin remained under 4.3 when the official times released as he ended up with 4.27. He was released in 2008 and was a member of the Eagles and Cowboys' practice squads before ending his playing days. As such, I did my research and found the sources that I could trust on the times and went with those. Single Leg Triple Jump. [5]:205 That year, he ran for exactly 1,000 yds on 190 carries,[3] becoming, with teammate Larry Csonka, the first 1,000-yard tandem in NFL history. And for about 30 minutes . A bona fide track star for Clemson, Ford took that speed to Indianapolis, where he posted an official time of 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Famous Athlete not mentioned on your list, as I assume his 40 is documented! 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