Deion Sanders may have run the fastest 40-yard dash in the history of the combine. But it’s what happened next that turned the man into a legend.
The fastest recorded 40 yard split on record belongs to Olympian Maurice Greene. During his World Record 60 meter run of 6.33, a mark that still exists, Green crossed the 40 yard mark at 4.18.
4.7 seconds
4.13 seconds
4.33 seconds
4.45-second
He has more than enough speed to hurt defenses around the edges, as he’s run a 4.45-second 40-yard dash and a 3.7-second 20-yard shuttle. He’s not the best pass-catcher in this class, but his improvement in that area in 2020 showed that he can be a factor on all three downs.
4.71 seconds
There’s no question that Jackson was one of the fastest running backs and greatest athletes in NFL history. There is also no question that the most official sources of the era recorded a 40-yard dash that would have pushed Jackson past Usain Bolt. But Jackson was not faster than Usain Bolt.
4.24 seconds
He ran a blistering 4.12 seconds (hand-timed) 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine, which is still the fastest verifiable 40-yard dash time ever recorded at any NFL Combine.
9.53
Simpson is one of the fastest running backs in the history of college football, with a best of 9.53 in the 100-yard dash and a 10.3 in the 100-meter dash. He finished sixth in the 100 at the NCAA championships in 1967, making him the first of three Heisman winners to earn All-American honors in both track and football.Aug 5, 2019
At 6’1″, 225 pounds, with 9.3 speed in the 100-yard dash, his physical skills were a combination rarely seen in this world. He set 10 NCAA and 15 SEC records while in Athens.
4.59
Clemson wide receiver Hunter Renfrow runs an official 4.59 40-yard dash at 2019 combine.
Reggie Bush/40 yard dash time
Bush’s on field performances made him a contender for the top pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, and he also made an impressive appearance at USC’s highly publicized post-season pro day showcase, where he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds.
John Ross/40 yard dash time
Washington wide receiver John Ross runs the 40-yard dash in 4.22 seconds, besting Chris Johnson’s 4.24 time.
4.3 seconds
Murray, with his rumored 40-yard dash time of 4.3 seconds and his confirmed height of 5-foot-10, underscores both risk and reward. Over his first nine games in 2020, he threw for 17 touchdowns and ran for 10 more as Arizona raced out to a 6-3 record.Oct 26, 2021
Sermon chose the University of Oklahoma over scholarship offers from Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Miami, and a number of others. * He’ll tell you he’s plenty fast: Sermon was clocked at 4.58 in the 40, which isn’t exactly a great time for a running back.
Derrick Henry/40 yard dash time
King Henry posted titanic numbers with a 37-inch vertical jump and equally impressive broad jump, bench press reps and cone drills. His vertical leap raised eyebrows, but it was his 40-yard dash time that turned heads. Clocked in at 4.54 seconds, nobody knew someone that large could move so fast.Jul 26, 2021
4.39 second
Memphis Tigers wide receiver Antonio Gibson runs the 40-yard dash at the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine.
4.71 seconds
In 2017, Hill went undrafted from BYU, but participated in BYU Pro Day. It was during this day that he recorded his famous 40-yard dash time of 4.46 seconds.
4.43 seconds
So, if you have a 5 second 40-yard dash, you are going about 16 mph.
4.47 seconds
Raghib Ismail/40 yard dash time
The best unofficial predraft 40 time in Notre Dame’s long football history belongs to the aptly named Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, the all-purpose speed demon for the Fighting Irish in the late 1980s and 1990. However, Ismail’s reported 4.28 came in a workout other than the combine, which he didn’t attend in 1991.
4.35 seconds
For reference, the fastest 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine since 2006 was NCAA wide receiver John Ross, who ran a 4.22 back in 2017 and holds the 40-yard dash record. After that comes NFL players Chris Johnson (4.24), Dri Archer (4.26), and Marquise Goodwin (4.27).
4.32-seconds
If you want a consensus on his speed, you’re in for just as much fun. His official 40-time that most websites are using is 4.32-seconds, as cited on his Pro Day. Some sites list him at 4.27-seconds for the 40, and others go to 4.39-seconds for his 40-yard time.Jul 26, 2021
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