You can view the list at: http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fastest-40-yard-dash-ever/, Jags are officially on the clock. November 28, 2016 at 9:38 am. average 40 yard and 60 yard dash times Jul 23, 2009 13:07:11 GMT -8. Has never liked the name "The Molester" Much prefers "The Judge" Hayes sets 100-yard dash world record By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com. He was known as one of the greatest shutdown cornerbacks in NFL history. Reply . Reply. Another problem is the angle of the surface. Hayes and Haynes gave the Raiders the luxury of having two shutdown corners. Key notes from Lester Hayes interview. When and why did 40 yards become so significant? Along with this, Lester timed him at 3.7 seconds in the 20-yard shuttle. One other problem is that some players run the 40 yard dash with cleats on grass while other places have their players run on a synthetic track with spikes on. Some times you can’t be sure that the distance run was indeed 40 yards. With 4.38 speed in the 40-yard dash, he was among the fastest. There’s also the chance that player’s will cheat the distance. According to credible sources, yours truly of Touchdown Alabama Magazine was told Harris clocked a 4.45 in the 40-yard dash. I've done this all over the world. The runner’s time for the event is recorded digitally when the technology detects the player crossing the finish line. In college starting in 1973 he played for the Texas A&M Aggies. In my personal experiences, I have seen some sub 4.3 forty yard dashes in my time. However, we cannot forget about all the guys before 2000 who deserve their recognition. If anyone could run a sub 4.1 forty, it was Darrell Green. Sanders recorded a 10.21 100-meter mark while at Florida St. Of course there are scores of reported 40 yard dash times that have made the rounds on the Internet. I couldn't play safety in college! Accutrack is what is used at track meets. Select Post; Deselect Post; Link to Post; Member. Sure, it was hand-timed. I will start what we call the SUB 4.3 Club. He did it in 4.36 seconds. In 1980, Hayes led the NFL with 13 interceptions, tied for second most with Dan Sandifer, who had set it in 1948, and behind Dick "Night Train" Lane with 14 in 1952, and was named AP Defensive Player of the Year[3] and the NEA Defensive Player of the Year. I will refrain from adding times of the ridiculous and will do some research on all times that qualify. Henry Rugg's lll has a chance to be the greatest Raider draft pick in the 21st century. 2. However, as it relates to the 40 yard dash, I could find no time recorded for this Olympic Gold medalist. Please share this article so others may benefit. A clip shown on the NFL Network last night calls the basic accuracy into question. Remembering that .25 seconds must be subtracted from that time due to Accu-track timing and you come up with a 40 yard dash time of 3.93 seconds. In 1999, he was ranked number 93 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. February 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm. To his credit, Green does have a verifiable and official time of 10.08 in the 100 meters while he was a college student at Texas A&I University. Quote. Mahomes ran the 40-yard dash … Hayes helped contribute to the Raiders two Super Bowl wins in 1980 and 1983. I'm shocked that I'm on the all-time depth chart and I'm on the list I'm a linebacker! Codie. Deion Sanders set the NFL Scouting Combine's record 40-yard dash time in 1989, a mark that has since fallen multiple times. His partner in the Raiders' secondary was Lester Hayes, ... 1984 and 1985 and an All-AFC pick eight times. But it's said he once ran a 60-yard dash, on a cinder track, in 5.28 seconds. Unfortunately for the Eastern Kentucky wide receiver, Melendez's 40 yard dash time remains the highlight of his career. [8], The use of Stickum was banned by the NFL after the 1980 season. I never watched him run an actual 40-yard dash but after having to cover him in training camp, I am inclined to believe every second of Joey Galloway’s reported 4.18 forty yard dash. Beste Antwort. Green has said in interviews that the fastest time he has ever been aware of running is 4.15. What’s the problem with that time? Repetition does not make it a fact but if enough sources have reported this time to make me believe it. Since a time of 4.4 in the 40 is considered very fast, reporters brought stopwatches the day Johnson was to be timed again in rookie camp. Fastest 40 Yard Dash Times in NFL History- Statistic Brain. Studies have shown that that average reaction time by a human to a starter’s pistol is .25 seconds. Branch placed 5th in the final with 10.1, and he said "My goal has always been to win the NCAA 100 meter championship. A fast 40 time can help vault a prospect up teams' draft boards, but the number is only useful if it is, at the very least, accurate. 8.9K likes. He is ranked number 49 on the NFL Network Top 100 Greatest Players. He did it in 4.36 seconds. Focus On Sport/Getty Images Players are bench-pressing more weight. Track star Henry Neal recorded a 4.20 forty yard dash before my own eyes in a workout for the Miami Dolphins in 1996. You heard. Australia, Tokyo, and Canada. Is there anything more discussed than the 40 yard dash? 12. These things plus my own two eyes would lead me to believe that Darrell Green, Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders were the fastest football players to ever play the game. Mr.football. So, Olympic runner Justin Gatlin’s 4.42 forty-yard dash split recorded during his Gold Medal winning 9.85 100 meter run, would convert to a 4.17 forty yard dash by football standards. In 1997, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In the six seasons that Hayes played following the banning of Stickum, he had 14 total interceptions, compared to his 25 that he had in his first four seasons. Has never liked the name "The Molester" Much prefers "The Judge" Tap for our post-Super Bowl draft predictions , @GDavenport explains how after his seventh Super Bowl win, Brady is the best ever—and it's not even close , @Gagnon breaks down superteam Bucs' future with Brady under center , Why @GDavenport thinks a win Sunday could be the start of NFL's next great QB-HC dynasty ➡️, http://www.gridironstuds.com/blog/the-fastest-40-yard-dash-ever/. June 21, 1963. However, instead of just applying a small amount to his hands, he began to slather it all over his arms and even his uniform, drawing more and more attention to it. Hayes was a one time All-Pro (1980) and a five-time Pro Bowler (1980–1984). vor 1 Jahrzehnt. In 1991, he led the league in interceptions (8) for a second time. When an electronic beam picks up the movement of a player from the start and starts the clock. Give Gift; Back to Top; Post by scorekeeper on Jul 23, 2009 13:07:11 GMT -8. Lester Hayes, Modesto, CA. Bo Jackson joins His & Hers to reflect on his legendary career and greatest accomplishments. Patrick Mahomes is known for his arm strength but the Chiefs quarterback has no problem hurting opposing defenses with his legs. In 2012, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Hayes to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2012 [7], Hayes was introduced to Stickum, an adhesive substance used by players to improve their grip, in his 1977 rookie season by Hall of Fame wide receiver and fellow teammate Fred Biletnikoff. So, this list will include both hand-recorded times on top of those electronically clocked after 2000. February 26, 2016 at 4:51 am. There are plenty of practice fields across the country that have a slope. Coaches see great value in having their players run on a slight decline to record eye popping times. May 20, 2009 9:25:15 GMT -8 cosmo34 said: … As for the 6.8 being MLB Average, I'm just going off what a Padres scout told me when I ran that a few years back. The clock in accu-track timing starts when the starter’s pistol is shot. During his World Record 60 meter run of 6.33, a mark that still exists, Green crossed the 40 yard mark at 4.18. They are widely reckoned as being the prototypes for a generation of speedy and physical cornerbacks.[6]. Some are ridiculous like the 3.9’s attached to a couple of players and some 4 flats that were attached to some others. I will say one thing, can you web surfers stop reporting that Deion Sanders ran a 4.57 forty yard dash backwards. Should current Florida Gator Jeffery Demps make it to the NFL for any significant amount of time, he will own the fastest time at 10.01. Enjoy the following list of reported (and somewhat believable) 40 yard dashes run under 4.3 seconds. Comments. Jackson has an official 10.39 time in the 100 meter dash in college. Research confirmed what I already knew and that there is no way to really tell. I was taught to show folks love. That’s a hard time to swallow but Green’s obvious speed has been put on display many times while he was in the NFL. Many sources report a 4.12 forty yard dash time for Bo Jackson and if you watched him turn the corner and run down the sidelines in 1987 versus the Seattle Seahawks, you would not doubt any time reported by this freak of nature. Just as sure as you get the question asked 1,000 times, you will get dozens of ridiculous answers. NFL hopefuls spend countless hours preparing for the 40-yard dash at the scouting combine each year, hoping to impress pro scouts and maybe, just maybe, clock a time … Some times you can’t be sure that the distance run was indeed 40 yards. The fastest recorded 40 yard split on record belongs to Olympian Maurice Greene. There are no photos of Melendez in this world, so we opted to … In an effort to centralize all the reported 40 yard dash times. Bo Jackson 4.12. 4.2-40 yard dash speed! He first played defensive end as a freshman and then linebacker and safety as a sophomore. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ IT SKIP DOWN TO THE CONCLUSION. Who ran the fastest 40- yard dash time ever, and what was the time? 1 and even slower than a hand time in which a coach starts his stop watch when he sees the player begin the run and then stops the watch when he sees the player cross the finish line. Randy moss 4.25. A big Star Wars fan, during pregame interviews for Super Bowl XVIII he declared himself the "only true Jedi" in the NFL. Every Spring, this drill takes center stage and undoubtedly the question is asked 1,o00’s of times. It has been said consistently that Darrell Green recorded a time of 4.09 at the Washington Redskins’ training camp in 1986. The Dolphins did not sign Neal since his football background was quite limited. Blu. He returned to the 49ers in 1995, but the injuries he had suffered over the previous four seasons continued to plague him, and he announced his retirement before the season began. - There are two types of electronic times: 1. The 10-yard split was important for wide receivers as a measure of their burst off of the line of scrimmage. In Part One of this blog series we looked at Indoor Track, the 100 and 40 yard dash. Savvy scouts will insist that players run up one way and then down the other. A 220-yard time of 20.6 seconds… while running into an 8 mph headwind. Anonymous. [1] He had a distinct stance, crouching very low when facing the opposing wide receiver. That’s just flat out ridiculous. Former Hurricanes, Tremain Mack (4.25) and Al Shipman (4.27), ran sub 4.3 forties before my own eyes. It started in the 1960’s with the NFL team that had the most developed and comprehensive scouting department and that was the Dallas Cowboys. Sixty yards in 5.28 seconds… on a cinder track. Judge Hayes It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting.A player's recorded time can have a heavy impact on … All the 4.1's 4.0's you see are pretty inaccurate. Some are ridiculous like the 3.9’s attached to a couple of players and some 4 flats that were attached to some others. Demps ran this as a high schooler and owns the national prep record for the event. 21 Antworten. Coach Chucky's playbook will be called touchdown City! Prior to this time period, NFL coaches chose the 50 yard dash as the mark of measure to determine a player speed worthiness. Here are some of the problems with reported 40 yard dash times from team workouts. Sanders ran a 4.21 forty yard dash at the 1989 NFL combine and kept right on going through the finish line into the first round of that year’s NFL draft. Kevin Williams of the University of Miami (1989-92) ran a 4.28 forty yard dash before my own eyes. I have first hand knowledge of a player starting in front of the starting point to run a forty, fully taking advantage of the fact that there was only one scout on hand and that he could not tell if the player was indeed starting at the correct mark. What Research Found Out On This Very Important Topic By: Chad Wilson-Editor Gridironstuds.com. 336 talking about this. Reply. For comparison, Trindon Holliday's personal best in the 60 was 6.54; Jacoby Ford's personal best in the 60 is 6.51. The NFL did not start electronically timing the 40-yard dash until the 2000 combine to ensure that the times are precise. So who had the fastest 40 yard dash ever? I'm helping out sick babies out here and helping out homeless people. Here are some of the problems with reported 40 yard dash times from team workouts. The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.58 m). One player that is not on the list is Bob Hayes of the Dallas Cowboys. - An accurtrack time will be the slowest of all. Both of these events are run competitively indoor as well but at the high school level are primarily outdoor events. Deion Sanders has the closest thing of the three as a verifiable 40 yard dash time. The fastest recorded 40 yard split on record belongs to Olympian Maurice Greene. Lester Craig Hayes (born January 22, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Hayes has the fastest 100 meter time for an NFL player at 10.05. Green ran down from significant distances two of the fastest running backs to play in the NFL (Tony Dorsett and Eric Dickerson). He had a distinct stance, crouching very low when facing the opposing wide receiver. Mr.Football. He was drafted in the seventh round, 247 th overall, by the Atlanta Falcons, but never played in the NFL. When a watch is started by a coach and an electronic beam records the time when it picks up the player crossing the end point. Of course there are scores of reported 40 yard dash times that have made the rounds on the Internet. He was also known for using Stickum before it was banned in 1981 by a rule bearing his name. Antwort Speichern. In track, Branch set an NCAA championship meet record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.0 seconds at the 1972 NCAA championships semifinal in Eugene, Oregon. This time will be slower than version No. An electronic beam also detects the player at the end point and stops the clock. He had only one tackle, but that was because he so effectively covered Charlie Brown and Art Monk that Joe Theismann hardly threw to the left side of the field. 1. Sure, there's no record. We don't have any record of 40 times for Bob Hayes. Without extra run support by safeties, second down and 10 becomes second down and two. A hundred yards in 9.1. Hayes was converted to cornerback after being chosen by the Raiders in the fifth round of the 1977 draft. There’s always the chance that the distance was not properly marked. After much research a few things have come up over and over and over. Antwan Barnes in 2007. [4] His best performance was probably in Super Bowl XVIII. The 20 yard split time of the 40 was of great significance for linemen since the thought was that they rarely run 40 yards in a game. Here are the 14 players with the fastest 40-yard dash times in combine history. This time we will focus on the 200 and 400 meter sprints and how they relate to quantifying football speed. No doubt, Hayes was one of the fastest men, if not the fastest man to put on an NFL uniform. What’s the fastest 40 yard dash? [5] During his last four seasons, he formed a partnership with Mike Haynes that has been considered one of the best in league history. 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