yeah he had jets but a lower leg fracture derailed his NFL career with the 'Boys; I forgot about Ron Brown-a 10.01 man and he won a gold with the USA 4x1 relay team in LA and he had a decent career with the Rams after-470 receiving yards his first season in '84...
Jerry Tarr was the top ranked hurdler in the world, ran leadoff on their world record 4x1 team. AFL Denver Bronco, a bust.
On that 4x1 with Tarr was hurdler/long jumper Mel Renfro, he was a running back at Oregon, as we know Hall of Fame cornerback with the Cowboys. 13,7/25-11/9,6
Latin Berry a 26 foot long jumper, JJ Birden a 25-7 cat. Amos Marsh a 9,5 sprinter,
#1 There is a difference between football speed and track speed
#2 The times you speak of were hand-timed not Fully Automatic Timed (FAT). Huge difference! Plus we have a distance difference.
#3 The 400 is not even close to the toughest event. The toughness levels go up as the distance gets longer! It always has and always will be that way.
#4 When comparing who is fastest what are we using as a measurement? 20 yards, 40 yards, 60 yards, 100 yards, "flying 30s", cone drills?
#5 So far this thread reminds me of the guys who go to the gym with the strongest guy they know and spend time only on the bench press. Their good buddy stands over him doing 50% of the work lifting sub-super amounts.
#6 There always have been guys who have said they were the fastest. Anybody can say that. Prove it with performance not your mouth!
Nehemiah was never the fastest NFLer, he does however hold a weird Maryland 100m record at 10.17windy.
Funny thing about this was the Niners wanted to have him run a 40, cat cooked a 4.1 hand timed.
That Penn Relays where he kept running everyone down must have been a sight.
There were a lot of NFLers who were former tracksers like Olympians Gerald Tinker, Larry Burton both 9.3 cats. Phil Epps and Mike Miller ran 10.16 and 10.11 not that well known. Miller beat Darrel Green in the NCAA.
Everybody knows about Cliff Branch a 9,2 cat but how about Mel Gray also at 9,2.
Isacc Curtis, Travis Williams, JD Hill all at 9.3.
Raiders had....Alvis Whitted 10,07, James Jett 10.16, James Trapp 10.14.
A lot of speed in the NFL at all times,
Many/most believe 1964 Tokyo Olympics 100m champ Bob Hayes was the fastest NFL player ever:
#1 There is a difference between football speed and track speed
This is the only smart post in the entire thread.
"Fastest man in the NFL" is an asinine phrase.
The objective tests of "fast" don't match to fastest in the field of play.
SPARQ 40y? FAT 100m? FAT 60m? Flying 100m?
These are all commonly timed, and you'll get a different ranking list for each. None of them are necessarily the person who will best apply speed in the context of gameplay.
#1 There is a difference between football speed and track speed
This is the only smart post in the entire thread.
"Fastest man in the NFL" is an asinine phrase.
The objective tests of "fast" don't match to fastest in the field of play.
SPARQ 40y? FAT 100m? FAT 60m? Flying 100m?
These are all commonly timed, and you'll get a different ranking list for each. None of them are necessarily the person who will best apply speed in the context of gameplay.
SPARQ - founded by high school 10k record holder Rudy Chapa
#1 There is a difference between football speed and track speed
This is the only smart post in the entire thread.
"Fastest man in the NFL" is an asinine phrase.
The objective tests of "fast" don't match to fastest in the field of play.
SPARQ 40y? FAT 100m? FAT 60m? Flying 100m?
These are all commonly timed, and you'll get a different ranking list for each. None of them are necessarily the person who will best apply speed in the context of gameplay.
Fastest Man in the NFL is why they had those Fastest Man in the NFL 60;s that Darrell Green kept winning. Might want to rethink that.
Tyreek is too old and too big to be track fast anymore. He would lose to Devon Allen at this point in his career.
Weight is a factor in football speed vs. track speed.
Hill has said he'd need to lose some weight if he wanted to challenge his old times in the 100. Allen might need to put on a few pounds, even if he loses a half step, if he wants to make the Eagles regular roster.
One thing to note is that 110 hurdle speed may translate to football a bit better than 100 meter dash speed.
In the hurdles, everyone takes the same number of steps, so the faster runner is the one with the highest cadence. In football I'd imagine a higher cadence is better than a longer stride; less time in the air and easier to change direction.
The objective tests of "fast" don't match to fastest in the field of play.
SPARQ 40y? FAT 100m? FAT 60m? Flying 100m?
These are all commonly timed, and you'll get a different ranking list for each. None of them are necessarily the person who will best apply speed in the context of gameplay.
Fastest Man in the NFL is why they had those Fastest Man in the NFL 60;s that Darrell Green kept winning. Might want to rethink that.
Green was fast, but they are not able to run the exact same guys every year. Head to head competition means the most because of wind, turf conditions, method of starting and timing of racing and many other factors.
Fastest Man in the NFL is why they had those Fastest Man in the NFL 60;s that Darrell Green kept winning. Might want to rethink that.
Green was fast, but they are not able to run the exact same guys every year. Head to head competition means the most because of wind, turf conditions, method of starting and timing of racing and many other factors.
All I know is that fastest I’ve ever seen a guy run on a football field was Jameson Williams last year on his sweep bs Bears. that’s as fluid as it gets.
