The only three players to improve by more than a tenth of a second were West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin and quarterback Geno Smith, and Texas wide receiver Marquise Goodwin, whose work with the U.S. Olympic Team offset Mack Brown's insatiable desire to make everyone slower. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). An in-depth SB Nation investigation has uncovered a conspiracy between major college coaches to make football players slower. It wasn't uncommon to see him ripping past defenders and racing toward the goal line. Your email address will not be published. When Deion Sanders ran a 4.27 before the 1989 draft, it was seen as the stuff of legend. He's in for an exciting career in South Bend. Jaylen Hall is a threat to score every time he touches the football. If anyone could run a sub 4.1 forty, it was Darrell Green. Oh, and Orji was one of the fastest linebackers working out, too: Anfernee Orji finished with an official 40-yard dash time of 4.53. For a varsity level if you want a skill position (Fullback, MLB) you should run below a 5.0 or a 5 flat. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better 100-meter time of any incoming college football prospect. The all time best 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine is a hand . . OSU running back/linebacker Zach Boren, who ran a completely believable 4.61-second 40 in high school, could not break five seconds at the Combine. Fluker, who ran a 4.9 second 40-yard dash in high school despite weighing 350 pounds and perpetually looking like he smelled fish, added 0.41 seconds to his 40 time by the end of his four years with Nick Saban. Christian D'Andrea and Robert Zeglinski. That was almost never an issue for Orji. If Leach can utilize that speed, he's going to have him a good one in Starkville. The true junior touched the ball nearly 800 times in three seasons on campus, running for a boatload of yards as a two-time All-American for the Wildcats. Then a torn pectoral muscle ended his 2022 season after only eight games. Ja Morants allegations of aggression off the court, explained. @OU_Football, : #NFLCombine on @nflnetwork: Stream on NFL+ pic.twitter.com/6RElb5ucHL. What are the top 40-yard dash results from the 2022 NFL Combine? Florida State offensive lineman Menelik Watson saw his time increase from 4.72 to 5.29 seconds. A high school quarterback who didn't move to running back until his first Training Camp on campus, Johnson forced 0.49 missed tackles per rushing attempt in his final season of 2022. According to a five-year NFL combine report, wide receivers and cornerbacks had the fastest average times at 4.48, followed by running backs at 4.49. Redmond came into the Combine as the average 229th-ranked prospect on big boards, per Mock Draft Database. On the final day of the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine, two cornerbacks recorded top-five 40-yard dash times of all time, and one of them made John Ross, the record holder, sweat a little bit. . Stingley will rebound, though, and his physical talents are as immense as anybody who is playing at the amateur level. The average college football player is nearly a tenth of a second slower (e.g., a NFL Combine 4.5 after a high school 4.4) after four to five years in a college strength and conditioning program as he was when he entered that program. While he thrived on the football field, Tucker could not give up his love for track, as he actually ran the 60-meter for the Orange as well. We had an EDGE player running faster than current star professional running backs. Nolan Smith got hops. Durable runner with power and speed. It is a very good time for that age, and the record is held by Olympian Maurice Greene. Listed at 5-foot-11, 200 pounds, Gibbs has drawn comparisons to both Alvin Kamara and Dalvin Cook for his elusiveness and explosiveness, but I lean more towards the former because of what he can do in the passing game. Though he stands 6'2" and 205 pounds, that doesn't affect his wheels. With questions out of the way, Thursday was put up or shut-up time at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. With that knowledge, we know running in the 4.6s, using our metric, has value. Oklahoma, Penn State, Ohio State, LSU, and Florida State each had two players lose 0.3 seconds or more from their 40 yard dash time. cosmo34. Tough and fast runner with ability to break multiple tackles and most second level defenders. At 5'10", 185 pounds, Wren isn't the biggest back in the country, but he is exactly the kind of super-utility player who Norvell can move around and put in places to make plays. Furthermore, NFL executives will find themselves completely unable to doubt his commitment or toughness. If you have a kid that runs a legit 4.5 then hes plenty fast enough to play Division I football, the coach from the SEC said. The league-worst Bears could use an infusion of talent essentially everywhere but quarterback. Must have quickness to elude defenders and run downhill quickly. National Geographic actually raced Combine 40-yard record-holder Chris Johnson and Devin Hester against a cheetah. According to 247Sports' Gabe Brooks, Knox posted verified times of 10.40 seconds in the 100 meters, 21.03 in the 200 meters and 4.42 in the 40 while in high school in Baton Rouge before transferring to Texas. Shows the ability to break tackles and gain yards after contact. Plus, learn what the Alabama defensive backs gained from practicing against DeVonta Smith. Copyright 2019-2023. LSU offensive lineman P.J. Andre Johnson ran 10.5x in college at well over 220 pounds, Calvin Johnson runs a 4.35 40 at 230 pounds (yes I know a 40 isnt a 100 but a 4.3 speaks for itself obviously, no doubt he can go well . As in, that would be the slowest time at the NFL combine most years, and usually run by a 360lb nose tackle. But for a team with the 29th-ranked defense by yardage and the 32nd-ranked unit by Football Outsiders DVOA Chicago had to be salivating watching these larger defenders put on a show. Every football fan knows that speed is key to success, and coaches profess to understand that a fast football team will generally beat a slow football team. Used in the traditional screen game, on routes out of the backfield, and split out wide, McIntosh should look like a natural in these drills. Though, in college, Van Ness could sometimes be more flashy than steady. This sort of thing does not happen by accident. Kenny McIntosh (Georgia) McIntosh caught 43 passes for 505 yards and a couple of touchdowns this season, showing soft hands and playmaking ability out in space. Like Donald, hes powerful interior defensive lineman with less-than-ideal size at 6-feet and 280 pounds. These college standouts will look to impress in measurements and drills to help boost their stock ahead of April.. One workout that tends to make the biggest headlines is the 40-yard dash. He could be a home run hitter for coach Dan Mullen. Thats phenomenal for a linebacker. 1. He was 6-foot-5, 215 pounds with a Howitzer for a throwing arm and unparalleled composure in the pocket. His 40-yard time was 5.8 . Some of college football's biggest programs were the biggest participants in the conspiracy. They comprise of six wide receivers, three cornerbacks and two running backs. In the 2018 combine alone, there were 12.