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I was thinking this over, and for Florida, the very fastest guys rarely did  much.
We had a running back named Bo Carroll, who was reported to be special-fast, and aside from a KR for TD vs LSU, he didn't do much.
Another guy, a WR named John Capel was a sprinter and all that, and was super-fast, but didn't do anything.
RB Jeff Demps was probably the most productive super-fast guy, and he played with another one - Chris Rainey.  The 2 pygmies lined up next to Tebow.


I remember Tennessee had a guy - Leonard Scott, I think it was - who had the super-fast reputation, but didn't do much.



Does every program have these guys?  If so, who were they?

Fabian Washington clocked in with a 4.29 40-yard dash in the NFL combine.  (Bullocks and Amukamara tie for second place with 4.38).

While he didn’t participate in the three-cone drill, his 3.91 shuttle run blows the competition out of the water (Helu’s 4.01 performance was the second-closest).


Washington was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft with the 23rd overall pick.

He stuck around with the Raiders for three seasons before signing on with the Baltimore Ravens for another three years from 2008-2010.

He would sign a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints in 2011, but was placed on injured reserve following a hamstring injury and was quickly released.

Over the course of his NFL career, Washington totaled 204 tackles (186 solo), defended 53 passes, picked off six and forced a fumble.

As a Husker, Washington was named a 2004 Second-Team All-Big 12 team member by the Austin American-Statesman and took received Honorable-Mention All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press and coaches.

you may have 40YDO – 40-Yard Dash Obsession.

Gorscak is a Pittsburgh Steelers scout who oversees the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine. And the fastest 40 recorded is 4.24 seconds by Tennessee Titans  running back Chris Johnson.

Those are facts.

But there are plenty of myths and unanswered questions surrounding that 40-yard stretch of grass (or artificial turf or track) that so intrigues fans, players and coaches.

In college football recruiting, fans obsess over high schoolers' 40 times, many of which are wildly and hilariously inaccurate. Factors such as surface, wind conditions and hand-held vs. electric timers can add or drop tenths of seconds.

Often, the times are just made up. Pulled out of thin air because it sounds cool.

Here’s the reality: When Ben Johnson ran his steroid-enhanced 9.79 100 at the 1988 Summer Olympics, that put his 40 time at 4.37 seconds. The race was run in perfect weather, on a track, with spikes, against the fastest runners in the world. In addition, Johnson was drugged up. So when a prep football player claims a 4.3 40 time, well, you can call “bull.”

while in school, I had always heard that Keith Jones ran the fastest 40 while timed during Nebraska's power index drills.  

These were electronically timed, and they ran all of us camp attendees through the same drills, though I was there way after Jones.  If you want to know how crappy of an athlete you are, attend a helmet school summer football camp while you're in high school.  It's about as humbling as anything I have ever done.  (Also extremely helpful to me, I learned a lot and developed into an excellent long snapper, and really learned to run routes.  imagine that, route running at a Nebraska football camp during T.O.'s tenure)

while in school, I had always heard that Keith Jones ran the fastest 40 while timed during Nebraska's power index drills. 

Q: What was your fastest clocking in the 40?

A: Back then Boyd Epley had the electronic time system, and my fastest on that was a 4.31. The kind of give-and-take to me at that time was always going back and forth with track. With football, I had to gain weight and put on muscle. Then with track I had to be lean and sleek. And at times I kind of felt like I never figured it out. Then my senior year, I think it was, Coach Osborne came to me and told me, “Your track career is over.”

Marcus Dupree supposedly ran a 4.29 40.  He was pretty good.  Could have been the greatest ever if he had had an ounce of work-ethic in him.

Greg Pruitt also supposedly ran a 4.29.  He was more than pretty good.

Pruitt had 3,000 career yards and 36 TDs.
Who played for OU that had 300 yds and 3 TDs who could beat him in a 100m dash?

. . .

Here’s the reality: When Ben Johnson ran his steroid-enhanced 9.79 100 at the 1988 Summer Olympics, that put his 40 time at 4.37 seconds. The race was run in perfect weather, on a track, with spikes, against the fastest runners in the world. In addition, Johnson was drugged up. So when a prep football player claims a 4.3 40 time, well, you can call “bull.”

But someone could be faster than Ben Johnson in the 40 and still not be able to beat him in the 100 meters.