NFL 100 meters

Whatley wrote:

Peyton Hillis and Christian McCaffrey

McCaffreys grandpa was Dave Sime the 1960 Olympic 100m silver medalist and still considered to be one of the 4/5 fastest white Americans ever.

Interesting about the Dave Sime connection. That explains where the speed came from. Sime doesn't get his proper due.

Luther Poach wrote:

Whatley wrote:

Peyton Hillis and Christian McCaffrey

McCaffreys grandpa was Dave Sime the 1960 Olympic 100m silver medalist and still considered to be one of the 4/5 fastest white Americans ever.

Interesting about the Dave Sime connection. That explains where the speed came from. Sime doesn't get his proper due.

Sime is his mom's dad. Ed McCaffrey had 4.3 jets, now there is little brother a QB he has 4.5 speed.

Dave Sime was injured in 1956 the year Bobby Morrow won his Olympic 100/200/4x1 golds, Sime had beaten Morrow a few times. At least another silver, gold in the 4x1, not sure if the 200 in his plans.

Have you all forgotten about Cliff Branch, 9.2 100 yards, Colorado and then the Raiders

Old Ag wrote:

Have you all forgotten about Cliff Branch, 9.2 100 yards, Colorado and then the Raiders

Check out page one/heat 3.

Would ya believe he couldn't make the Raiders all time 4x1 team?

Whatley wrote:

Old Ag wrote:

Have you all forgotten about Cliff Branch, 9.2 100 yards, Colorado and then the Raiders

Check out page one/heat 3.

Would ya believe he couldn't make the Raiders all time 4x1 team?

The Raiders are notorious for drafting the fastest players in the draft. Most did not pan out.

Sally Vix wrote:

Whatley wrote:

Check out page one/heat 3.

Would ya believe he couldn't make the Raiders all time 4x1 team?

The Raiders are notorious for drafting the fastest players in the draft. Most did not pan out.

Justin Fargas a Cali State 100m cham did okas did another Cali State 100m champ Naploean Kaufman. James Jett, ok.

it's more about who they brought in'......

Raiders All Time 100m

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1.Cliff Branch 9.2

2.James Trapp 10.14

3.Willie Gault 10.10

4.Jacoby Ford 10.01

5.James Jett 10.18

6.Sam Graddy 10.09

7.Ron Brown 10.06

8.Michael Bennett 10.18

Only team in the NFL that can have a "B"

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1.Tim Dwight 10.33

2,Justin Fargas Cali State Champ

3.Rocket Ismail 10.3ish

4.Bo Jackson 10.33....he toyed with track

5.Alexander Wright NFL Fastest winner

6.Napolean Kaufman Cali State Champ

7.Eugene White 9.4

8.James Lofton 10.3ht?

A couple of others are Darrius Heyward-Bey (10.3) and Warren Wells (9.3 100 yards). It's hard to know Wells true speed because of hand timing but he averaged 27 yards per catch one season.

A couple of the very fastest still trucking at an older age ...

Willie Gault ran a 10.88 at 50. Darrell Green ran a 4.43 at 50. I doubt that was FAT. Older guys have the same stride rate when they get older but their stride length decreases.

Their leg muscles don't have the explosiveness that they did when younger. To run those times at 50 is amazing.

Put Bob Hayes on one of today's springy tracks and after he runs his 9.70, you can decide who the runner-up might be.

I'm surprised nobody pointed out thes one: Renaldo Nehemiah. World record holder at 110 meter hurdles for 10 years.

Sally Vix wrote:

A few more... wrote:

A couple of others are Darrius Heyward-Bey (10.3) and Warren Wells (9.3 100 yards). It's hard to know Wells true speed because of hand timing but he averaged 27 yards per catch one season.

A couple of the very fastest still trucking at an older age ...

Willie Gault ran a 10.88 at 50. Darrell Green ran a 4.43 at 50. I doubt that was FAT. Older guys have the same stride rate when they get older but their stride length decreases.

Their leg muscles don't have the explosiveness that they did when younger. To run those times at 50 is amazing.

I have never found any legit time for Warren Wells and I have tried. YES...he had 9.3/9.4 speed but where is his 100 yard PR at?

gpc3 wrote:

Put Bob Hayes on one of today's springy tracks and after he runs his 9.70, you can decide who the runner-up might be.

Not sure about a 9.70, but do see 9.80ish. 5-11 190 pounds, a footballer who just happened to be the fastest human on earth.

Bound4Glory wrote:

I'm surprised nobody pointed out thes one: Renaldo Nehemiah. World record holder at 110 meter hurdles for 10 years.

One of the strangest school records reads like this...

10.17w ....that is Nehemiah at Maryland.

Story goes when the Niners were thinking about bringing him in for some reason they needed to see the speed in person, so he ran a 40 for them.....4.1

You are familiar with his Penn Relays, right?

Thanks for bringing that up, yep....studs!

Whatley wrote:

1.Buddy Young Colts

2.Travis Wiliams Packers

3.James Trapp Raiders

4.Isacc Curtis Bengals

5.Bob Hayes Cowboys

6.Willie Gault Tenn

7.Jamaal Charles Chiefs

8.Michael Bates Seahawks

9.Cecil Turner Bears

Willie was a Vol, a Bear, and a Raider, not a Titan. And a nice guy.

Whatley wrote:

You are familiar with his Penn Relays, right?

I just looked it up: three relay gold medals in one year: In 1979, Nehemiah anchored winning Maryland teams in the Shuttle Hurdles, the 4x200m and the 4x400m with anchor legs of 19.4 and 44.3 to overcome large deficits. As a freshman the year before, he anchored the winning 4x100m and won the 110m Hurdles.

Chris Johnson was runner up in HS in Florida but I don't think he ran in college. He was blazing in the 40 at the combine

Yes I know, just a brain fart there.