David Grant

[Aclone]

The 40 is a funny thing... it has value as a metric but is often overemphasized.

This article (United States Olympic Committee - The NFL treats 40-yard dash times as sacred) is pretty fascinating and tears down a lot of the popular ideas about the 40.

I always get a good laugh out of that article. It clearly states that the race was broken down into ten meter intervals, lists the sixty and fifty meter times--then lists the 40 time as yards. It was a metric breakdown.

Johnson actually ran 40 meters in 4.38 seconds. Anyone care to calculate just how many yards that was?

 

[tim_redd]

By my calculations he would have ran 40 yards in 4.01 seconds.

 

[Wesley]

Looks like we may have as many recruits as Nebraska now...

Soft verbal may mean he has to make the trip after the quiet period (10 Jan - 5 Feb).

 

[usnclone]

not to sound to negative but he is only listed as a soft verbal right now

Considered a "soft" untill he has made an official visit.

 

[MaxPower57]

40 times are very inflated. I remember Lamarcus Hicks ran a 4.84 in predraft workouts, which shocked me....and yet he's in the NFL right now as an undrafted FA.

 

[kurimski]

40 times are very inflated. I remember Lamarcus Hicks ran a 4.84 in predraft workouts, which shocked me....and yet he's in the NFL right now as an undrafted FA.

Wasn't he getting some quality playing time with the Lions also? I think he just recently got injured. I'm not for sure though.

 

[BryceC]

Another thing about 40 times - some guys are a lot faster in pads than others. Frankly I'd like to see 40 times measured in pads. I think we'd see a lot different stats for some people.