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The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.576 m). 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 his prospects in college or professional football.
Deion Sanders was shocked by Penn State safety Troy Apke, who ran a 4.35-second 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine.
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
University of Texas Longhorns product (and current Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver) Xavier Worthy set the NFL combine record for fastest 40-yard dash with a time of 4.21 seconds. He set it last year.
Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr. (born August 9, 1967) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes.Nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Coach Prime", he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens.
Check out the fastest 40-yard dash times broken down by position among the 2021 NFL draft class.
As far as I'm aware, the fastest official, verified electronically timed 40 is Deion Sanders at 4.21. In regards to any athlete, it's Maurice Greene. For his 60 metre world record. Even including his reaction time, he covered the first 40 in 4.17. The only person to ever officially run under 4.20 over 40 yards.
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