what was your 40 time when you played football??

[BUCKYLE]

Well it wasn't Cecil Fielder, the guy I'm thinking of was white, and his good years were already behind him in the 80's.

babe ruth?

 

[osugrad21]

babe ruth?

He said it was a white guy dummy...duh

 

[craigblitz]

13 SECONDS..what?!? Was the guy on crutches or something?


Also, come on guys with some of these 40 times you are all posting. 4.4 legit times are from some of the best athletes in the world. Hell even a legit 4.5 is smoking fast in High School

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

4.3

 

[scarletngrey11]

As a sophomore I ran it once after practice and registered a 4.51

 

[jlb1705]

babe ruth?

Yeah, I'd say that by the 1980s, Babe Ruth's best days were definitley behind him. John Navarre would still get smoked by Zombie Babe Ruth though.

 

[RCollett]

40 time

I played baseball and ran a 4.45 as a sophmore. I don't think I was timed after that. I remember going to a camp at Cooper Stadium and I was in the top 3 of the 150 that were there.

There is no way I could run that now though

 

[tedginn05]

Honestly, mine was timed by hand, so human error was involved from the start to the end. There is no way I would've been able to run the time I ran as a freshman if it was electronic timed.

 

[scarletngrey11]

They say that on a good college football team you can count on two hands how many players trully run a sub 4.5.

We have some serious speed here on the planet, moreso than some big D-1A schools...

 

[craigblitz]

Ok these 40 times are killing me!!!!

Here is a link to the NFL combine results... We have board members who are faster then 98% of the NFL.... God damn there is some talent in here....

http://www.thehuddle.com/nfl/2005-nfl-combine.php

 

[scarletngrey11]

Thats exactly what I said...

 

[tedginn05]

I did a little research looking for the fastest 40 times ever, and this is what I found.

4.12 seconds-Bo Jackson
4.27-Deion Sanders
4.29-Gaston Green
4.34-Willie Gault

Now I've also heard stories of Bo Jackson and Michael Johnson running sub 4.0 times. I don't believe it myself.

 

[jlb1705]

Bo knows bullshit.

 

[RCollett]

Bo?

Dude there is no way that Bo Jackson time is accurate. I have never heard that before, and cannot believe that he would be that much faster than everyone else.

I think the speed in the 40 on BP is due to the small size of many of the members in high school. I was 6'1" 150 my sophmore year. It took very little for me to get going in a hurry. These guys in the NFL probably had much quicker times when they were in high school. They are getting there times as full grown men that almost all weigh over 200#s. Comparing us to the NFL is not all that accurate at all.

 

[BUCKYLE]

prime time was not faster as a highschooler.
one of two things are responsible for bp'ers 40 times, either they were hand timed, leaving lots of room for error....or...(more likely) everyone is full of shit.