[Committing Oct. 31] CB Myles Purchase

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Bolt always did his best running in the last 50. His 40 time is probably still fast but not as fast as most ppl think.
Exactly. Bolt was usually even with or even a little behind the other leaders at the halfway point. The real difference was that as all the other runners started to fade he was able to maintain his top speed clear through the finish line.
 

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Exactly. Bolt was usually even with or even a little behind the other leaders at the halfway point. The real difference was that as all the other runners started to fade he was able to maintain his top speed clear through the finish line.

I don't think Olympic sprinters fade in the 100. Bolt just had more top end and at 6' 5 and was able to reel everyone in with his massive stride.
 
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Bolt always did his best running in the last 50. His 40 time is probably still fast but not as fast as most ppl think.
I remember asking what an Olympian's 40 time would be. There was a guy from Tennessee a few years back that did a documentary on it sort of. Christian Coleman was his name. Any rate he ran a 4.12. Insane.
I wonder how much their form training has to do with it? Like how many hundredths does a Usain Bolt or Olympic sprinter get from having no head movement?

If we look at ball carriers who have about the same speed as him (Curtis Samuel, Robby Anderson, Jakeem Grant, and Antonio Callaway), they all ran in the range of 4.31 - 4.41 in the 40.

Safe to say that Myles Purchase will run in the 4.3s in the combine.
 
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I wonder how much their form training has to do with it? Like how many hundredths does a Usain Bolt or Olympic sprinter get from having no head movement?
Coleman trained to run that 40 for a while. He said it was all about the first few steps being that it was such a short distance you were running. He worked mostly on his starts.
 

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I remember asking what an Olympian's 40 time would be. There was a guy from Tennessee a few years back that did a documentary on it sort of. Christian Coleman was his name. Any rate he ran a 4.12. Insane.
Teslas are faster.
 

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I remember asking what an Olympian's 40 time would be. There was a guy from Tennessee a few years back that did a documentary on it sort of. Christian Coleman was his name. Any rate he ran a 4.12. Insane.

Our trainers in HS were from Iowa State. One Saturday morning a few of us went up to Ames for treatment. Clones must of had a bye week because they were on the field. There was a group running 40s. Danny Harris was consistently under 4.2.
 

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I don't think Olympic sprinters fade in the 100. Bolt just had more top end and at 6' 5 and was able to reel everyone in with his massive stride.
If you don't believe me, believe the experts and the sprinters themselves.

 
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Our trainers in HS were from Iowa State. One Saturday morning a few of us went up to Ames for treatment. Clones must of had a bye week because they were on the field. There was a group running 40s. Danny Harris was consistently under 4.2.
Electronically timed? Hand timed is always at least 2 tenths faster than electronic, though that's still really fast.
 

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If we look at ball carriers who have about the same speed as him (Curtis Samuel, Robby Anderson, Jakeem Grant, and Antonio Callaway), they all ran in the range of 4.31 - 4.41 in the 40.

Safe to say that Myles Purchase will run in the 4.3s in the combine.
21.5 for Myles Purchase. Didn’t DK Metcalf get clocked at 22.64 mph the other day? I believe he ran a 4.33 at the Combine.

Three or four years of S&C might do that!
 

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21.5 for Myles Purchase. Didn’t DK Metcalf get clocked at 22.64 mph the other day? I believe he ran a 4.33 at the Combine.

Three or four years of S&C might do that!
At 6'4" 230lb, DK takes a few strides to get going. DK would have ran in the 4.2s if he was a shorter and lighter. DK Metcalf is insanely fast.
 
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They just mentioned on the call of the game that he will be committing to a Big 12 school. That rules out Tulane.

Down to KSU and IOWA STATE
 
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