Just pulled this off wikipedia.
The NFL runs official 40 yard dash times that are timed by computers who go by a runners movement, here are some of the fastest times recorded.
1. Darrell Green (4.09 @ Redskins Training Camp)
2. DeAngelo Hall (4.15 @ Virgina Tech Pro-Day, indoor track)[3]
3. Brian Witherspoon (4.18 @ Alabama Pro-Day)
4. Deion Sanders (4.21 @ NFL Combine)?
5. Patrick Boyce (4.21 @ Manhattan Collegen Career Day)
6. Erik Burg (4.21 @ St. Cloud State University Pro Day)
7. Donté Stallworth (4.22 @ 2003 Tennessee Pro Day)
8. Michael Bennett (4.23 @ University of Wisconsin Pro Day & NFL Combine )
9. Willie Parker (4.23 @ 2004 North Carolina Pro Day)
10. Chris Johnson (4.24 @ NFL Combine)
11. Fabian Washington (4.25 @ 2005 NFL Combine)
12. Randy Moss (4.25 @ Marshall University)
13. Rondel Menendez (4.25 @ University of Eastern Kentucky Pro-Day 1995)
14. Champ Bailey (4.28 @ 1999 NFL Combine)
15. Jerome Mathis (4.28 @ 2005 NFL Combine)
16. Willis McGahee (4.28 @ Miami)
17. DeSean Jackson (4.29 @ NFL Combine)
18. Yamon Figurs (4.30 @ 2007 NFL Combine)
19. Darren McFadden (4.33 @ NFL Combine)
20. Reggie Bush (4.33 @ University of Southern California at Pro Day 2006)
interesting..that means to compare to elite sprinters, you need to subtract the reaction time.
maurice green's WR 6.39 60m is a 6.28 without reaction time.
his 50-60 was 0.83, 40-50, 0.86 and 35-40 0.46.
so thats 2.15s
which gives him a 4.13 35m time. (38.3yds)
there must be something in the fact that the timer starts at the athlete's movement, as opposed to the athlete reacting to the gun..
basically everyone except Greene is slower than the WR 60m sprinter.
additionally, the top dozen track and field sprinters are all slower than the top dozen NFL players....
something is very dodgy about those figures.
