What could Johnny Football run in the 100 meters?

Who cares!

Joplas wrote:

Most of the comments here are too optimistic. The majority of high school meets in the US are won by people running in the 11.00 to 11.50 range. And these are considered studs.

There are people on college track teams who run the 100m and struggle to crack the 11.00 second barrier. And people here think Manziel can run 10.70 really ?

Most NFL wide receivers and defensive backs would struggle to run 10.70. In fact at least 50% of them cannot crack 11.00 talk less of Manziel

I'll agree that the majority of high school meets are won in the 11.0 - 11.5 range, but that's irrelevant. The majority of high school track runners are just random nobodies at podunk high schools in Small Town, USA.

Also, yes, there are college track athletes who struggle to break 11.0. But again, these are just walk-on nobodies at small-time schools. The term "sprinter" should be applied to these runners very loosely. At my school we had a few "sprinters" who struggled to break 11.0. But they were walk-ons who usually competed unattached and did not travel to away meets. And my college was not exactly an athletic powerhouse. Comparing these guys to a Heisman winner is laughable.

Finally, your assertion that 50% of NFL DBs and WRs couldn't break 11 is asinine. Where in the world did you come up with that?

Ah yes....Australia. A major world power in elite sprinting. Clearly, if Australian rugby players can't break 11, then how could a Heisman winner do it?

Give a break. I broke 11 (10.89 PB) in college. And I was a walk-on scrub who never won anything.

you guys are ridiculous. you seriously believe going sub-11 requires a YEAR or more of specific training?

at any given moment there are several hundred if not more mostly black teenagers in Florida/SE USA/Texas/California who can just step on the track and go sub-11

I coached a black kid who was playing sports for the first time at my old coaching job, a 16 year old. His first race was 11.07 FAT and he broke 11 numerous times as a sophomore. He had terrible running form but could just flat out move. There are plenty of other kids like this.

Personally I think Johnny Football is 10.9/11.0/11.1sh

Ezekiel Ansah , 1st round draft pick for the Lions as a DEFENSIVE LINEMAN... ran 10.91 and 21.8 FAT while at BYU his FIRST YEAR of track....not to mention at 6'5 and 250 POUNDS

sub 11 is nothing special if you have the natural talent...you people are getting very Sprintgeezery. Football training is different from track training but it still makes you fast, and these guys (college FB players) are in top tier strength & conditioning programs

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lulz wrote:

Most NFL wide receivers and defensive backs would struggle to run 10.70. In fact at least 50% of them cannot crack 11.00 talk less of Manziel

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Most NFL WR's couldn't break 11 in a 100m? Hahaha...cmon man.

If Johnny Football was actually fast, he would have at least run track in high school. His running success in football has more to do with agility and the ability to read a play. Of course he isn't slow, but he seriously doubt he is that fast either.

old runner dude wrote:

you guys are ridiculous. you seriously believe going sub-11 requires a YEAR or more of specific training?

at any given moment there are several hundred if not more mostly black teenagers in Florida/SE USA/Texas/California who can just step on the track and go sub-11

I coached a black kid who was playing sports for the first time at my old coaching job, a 16 year old. His first race was 11.07 FAT and he broke 11 numerous times as a sophomore. He had terrible running form but could just flat out move. There are plenty of other kids like this.

Personally I think Johnny Football is 10.9/11.0/11.1sh

I think you're delusional. I too have seen some of these freaks. Most couldn't run that great of a 100, even with natural speed, without some training.

This is FL's results this year and I picked out 3A because it has 2 of the best sprinters in the country. You don't even have a dozen athletes breaking 11. If you took all the divisions, you don't even have 25 athletes wind legally breaking 11, let alone 10.7. Most of them certainly aren't big and muscled either.

11.00 is faster than people think. I doubt he could beat the top female sprinters in the world. Not technically knowing how to start or accelerate makes a big difference. My guess is 11.20

Florida 4A 2012, not even 10 athletes under 11.

http://halfmiletiming.com/Datafiles/Spring2012/FHSAAFinals12/4AResults/

11.0 is quick, but not that quick. We had soccer kids walk on our HS team and break 11s. Johnny Football is the best NCAA Football player. He can break 11s.

The Guru Matt James wrote:

11.0 is quick, but not that quick. We had soccer kids walk on our HS team and break 11s. Johnny Football is the best NCAA Football player. He can break 11s.

They only broke 11 if it was handtimed by grandpa, wind aided, and at altitude.

There is a big difference between 11.0 hand timed and 11.00 electronically timed.

11.0 hand timed is 11.14 with trained timers. From my experience, the difference is usually about .25

So when you see Bolt going 9.58 at the Olympics, that would be about 9.3 or 9.4 timing with a stopwatch.

Ah yes....Australia. A major world power in elite sprinting. Clearly, if Australian rugby players can't break 11, then how could a Heisman winner do it?

Give a break. I broke 11 (10.89 PB) in college. And I was a walk-on scrub who never won anything.

Comparing Manziel to Aussie rugby players is a valid comparison.

Do you expect me to compare Manziel to world class sprinters ? Some of you do not put your brains in gear before posting.

PS Nobody believes your 10.89 nonsense unless you provide proof.

Joplas wrote:

Most of the comments here are too optimistic. The majority of high school meets in the US are won by people running in the 11.00 to 11.50 range. And these are considered studs.

Thank you. I says 12 flat.

This is ridiculous. He's 5'10", 210 lbs., and runs a 4.45 40 yard dash hand-timed. There's no way he sniffs sub-11.

I've been to most every major Florida HS track meet of the last few years, and I've seen plenty of high-10/low-11 kids, each of whom would smoke Manziel.

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This! Johnny Football's mouth may be able to run an 11 sec 100, but there's no way he can.

These guys are high school kids in inner city neighbourhoods running for schools with over 1000 students and in very large schoool districts. Not podunk as you claim. Also they train specifically for track. You think manziel can runner faster than them ? Keep day dreaming.

Since you mentioned podunk I decided to search results in sample cities. Look at the links below of Chicago which can hardly be considered podunk. Most of the winners are in the 11.00 seconds range

This is false. See the website below. It states that running 10.5 to 11.00 will get you div 1 scholarship.

Running 10.9 to 11.2 will get you a div 2 scholarship.

People who run in div 1 and div 2 can hardly be described as scubs as you are trying to do here.