Moss the Boss wrote:
"Randy could be a world-class sprinter," notes MU Track & Field Coach Jeff Small. "He's by far the best runner I've ever seen. That includes Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Does Coach Small have any more knee-slappers as good as this one?
Have them look up the bios of college football players. Most of them ran track in high school. I have the same problem at my school. They think hanging around in the weight room getting fat will make them better football players.
We have the problem of the girls team practices with the boys and some of the girls are faster than the football players.
Ron Dayne holds the NJ state record in the discus.
Why Quadry Ismail on your list and no Rocket? The dude was a great track athlete.
Anyway, OP, I would guess 90% of all pro football players competed in track at some point in their lives. From sprints to jumps to throws. It should not be hard to come up with names but kids these days are LAZY. It will be hard to convince those little buggers to run because its hard and it takes balls.
The best way to sell it: "there are hot girls on track and the meets are a huge meet market and you can see and meet tons of hotties at meets." That will make them show up, seriously! I used that line and doubled my number of sprinters at a high school in Richmond.
I tried that- the problem is the girls are tougher and sometimes faster than the football players. At least in football you can't be slower than a girl.
I had a kid come out for indoors this year to make himself a "better football player". He quit after NOT making it through a couple of workouts. hanging out in the weight room with his football buddies is easier.
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Tyreek Hill of the Chiefs ran a (VERY not wind legal) 9.98 at the NJCAA championships in 2013, but the key is that he was only .02 behind DeGrasse in that race. Also I'm sure he's been mentioned already but I can't exclude Marquise Goodwin, and he's a particularly good example since he does both pro track and pro football so that kind of debunks the argument that they can't go together.
former heisman trophy winners:
RG3 @ Baylor (400 hurdles)
Hershel Walker @ UGA (dash)
Don't forget Jamaal Charles at University of Texas. Competed in 60m - 200m.
Von Miller Denver Bronco's Sack master, 110 hurdles. He is 6ft 3 and 250 can you imagine that guy in the lane next to you.
[quote]sp!kes wrote:
Why Quadry Ismail on your list and no Rocket? The dude was a great track athlete.
Anyway, OP, I would guess 90% of all pro football players competed in track at some point in their lives. From sprints to jumps to throws. It should not be hard to come up with names but kids these days are LAZY. It will be hard to convince those little buggers to run because its hard and it takes balls.
The best way to sell it: "there are hot girls on track and the meets are a huge meet market and you can see and meet tons of hotties at meets." That will make them show up, seriously! I used that line and doubled my number of sprinters at a high school in Richmond.[/quot
Their senior year, the Rocket won the state championship in 100 and 200, Qadry won the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles, and they won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. They held all the sprint, hurdle and jump (long and triple) records in the district, many of which still stand I believe.
Richard Sherman, formerly of the world champion Seattle Seahawks, was an outstanding triple jumper at Stanford.
His current teammate on the San Francisco 49ers, Marquise Goodwin, was a pretty good long jumper, making it to the Olympics in 2012. In fact, his long jump celebration after a touchdown, was one of the finalists in the NFL best touchdown celebrations of 2018.
Tyreek Hill also ran 20.14 in high school at Golden South
Last year NCAA Football Champs:
Not sure if this link will work, but....
Tyreek Hill should not be used as a role model. He was arrested and kicked out of college for choking his pregnant girlfriend, punching her in the face, and punching her multiple times in the stomach. Can't believe KC drafted him. Scum.
ripvanracer wrote:
college kid wrote:
Ted Ginn was a state champ in the hurdles in Ohio.
Ginn was a little better than just a state champ.
B-110H 13.26 Ginn, Theodore, 2004, Glenville Cleve , OH 6/5/2004, Statemeet prelim OH, #
Best time in the nation his senior year and won AOC nationals his junior year over Jason Richardson and Kerron Clement.
And he's got beautiful form, even in football gear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG5MNxmAHxATyreek Hill of the Kansas City Chiefs would be a great example for you to use, I think. Dude ran 20.14 in the 200m as a high-schooler and broke 10 (wind aided) in college. Think he had around a 6.6 60m as well. His speed helped get him drafted after some personal issues, got him on the field, and he has since worked on his hands and route-running to become a top 10 NFL receiver. The Chiefs are playing in the AFC championship game this weekend against the Patriots, so it would be an easy refence to make.
Sebastian Janikowski