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re: Fastest player in the history of tSEC??

Posted on 9/26/11 at 7:39 am to
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 7:39 am to
Trindon Holliday is the fastest I've seen.
Posted by ohiovol
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:10 am to
If we're talking about football, I'm assuming the fastest was some track star who wasn't actually a great football player. Nothing to base that on, though.

If it's not limited to football, then Justin Gaitlin ran track at UT.
This post was edited on 9/26/11 at 8:13 am
Posted by Azazello
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 8:18 am to
Willie Gault

Fastest human I have ever seen in person.
Posted by Akit1
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:00 am to
The answer is Bo Jackson. Guy ran a 4.12. Reread that if you must.

The think that makes Bo's speed so incredible was the fact he was like 230. He wasn't some 170 pound football player.
This post was edited on 9/26/11 at 9:02 am
Posted by golftigers
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:12 am to
I'd go with Bo Jackson

Funny story about Willie Gault: When he ran back the kickoff against LSU in 1982 he turned and said something to the LSU sideline on the way by. Coach Stovall was asked what he said, and Stoval said "Beep Beep"
Posted by G8RnGA
Under a rock..........
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:13 am to
Those DBs are like "WTF, I took a hell of an angle too."

Posted by Herman Frisco
Bon Secour
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:15 am to
Forrest Gump---4.01---
wind aided
This post was edited on 9/26/11 at 9:16 am
Posted by saderade
America's City
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:23 am to
quote:

The answer is Bo Jackson. Guy ran a 4.12
Not electronic, doesn't count.
Posted by TigerMan327
Elsewhere
Member since Feb 2011
5144 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:26 am to
If we are just going by pure speed then it is either Xavier Carter or Trindon Holliday.
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:27 am to
quote:

Funny story about Willie Gault: When he ran back the kickoff against LSU in 1982 he turned and said something to the LSU sideline on the way by. Coach Stovall was asked what he said, and Stoval said "Beep Beep"
Posted by Duckman13
Tiger Stadium
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:35 am to
bennie brazell, xavier carter, trindon are the fastest from LSU
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:37 am to
Jared Lorenzen
Posted by dedfella
Ms
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Posted on 9/26/11 at 9:37 am to
Gault is/was the fastest I saw in person
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
9490 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:09 am to
quote:

4.12 40 time


He ran this while chasing after the easter bunny.
Posted by Remy74
Member since Aug 2011
335 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:09 am to
Fastest LEGAL 100 Meter Dash times for a football player in history.

1. Trindon Holliday- 10.00
2 tie. Jeff Demps- 10.01
2 tie. Jacoby Ford
4. "Bullet" Bob Hayes- 10.05
5. Ron Brown- 10.06
6. Darrell Green -10.08
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
9490 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:10 am to
quote:

Guy ran a 4.12. Reread that if you must


I could read it till I was blue in the face. Doesn't make it true.
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
9490 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:18 am to
The fastest player that I've seen using a simple eyeball test is Percy Harvin.

I have no idea what he ran the 40, and I don't consider it to be relevant. Whenever that guy touched the football, my heart would skip a beat out of a feeling of dread that he wasn't going to be caught by anybody on my team.

I've seen that from two other guys at the college level, but neither were in the SEC. Rocket Ismail and Mike Vick.

Randy Moss too.
Posted by Remy74
Member since Aug 2011
335 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:25 am to
Other notable 100 Meter Dash Times

Leonard Scott- 10.05 (ran 9.91 after he retired from football and was a professional track guy only)
Sam Graddy- 10.09
Xavier Carter- 10.09
Willie Gault- 10.10
Herschel Walker- 10.23
Deion Sanders- 10.26
Marvin Bracy (current high school senior)-10.28
Warrick Dunn- 10.30
Jahvid Best- 10.36
Chris Johnson- 10.38
Bo Jackson- 10.39
Reggie Bush- 10.42
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
9490 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:26 am to
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Justin Gatlin, who ran 9.85 s for a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic 100 metres, before being banned from the sport for abuse of performance drugs, has a verified 40-yard dash best of 4.42. This reflects the discrepancy in a runner's calculated time when using different timing methods.


This is true. Olympic sprinters go on the gun. At the combine, the clock starts when they start. This amounts to roughly .15 seconds. That sounds about right, as I doubt that Gatlin -- or even Usain Bolt -- would be faster than Chris Johnson was in the 40 yd dash. Olympic sprinters are faster because they keep accelerating, not because they are faster out of the block.

And then there is one more level to this, which is the hand-timed 40s. Here is what you do with them....you laugh at them.

For the handful of people on here who posted about Bo Jackson's 4.12 40...and were being entirely serious. Please don't reproduce. Seriously.
Posted by Remy74
Member since Aug 2011
335 posts
Posted on 9/26/11 at 10:28 am to
Jackson did run a hand-timed 4.12 at the 1986 NFL Combine.

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