I loved RG3's comments on how he's informing the public that NFL players are great athletes and fast, but NOT truly at the Olympic/World Championship level.....which most of your average joe/ESPN viewers think they are. We need more love for RG3 spreading the word in a clear and effective way!
RG3 would have been an Olympic medalist if he'd continued with track.
Very possibly. 49.22 as a freshman is no joke and he would've been ahead of the recent explosion in the event that started in 2019.
The Dolphins do show that targeting guys with around 10.1x ability in the 100 (and good at football) CAN be a game-breaking asset, as even though the average speedy WR/RB/CB in the NFL is maybe 10.3-10.7 capable that extra few tenths is the difference between a 10-yard run or YAC vs. going to the house.
It's a copycat league, so we'll see if teams start to dig deeper into prospects' track resume in HS/early in college.
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I loved RG3's comments on how he's informing the public that NFL players are great athletes and fast, but NOT truly at the Olympic/World Championship level.....which most of your average joe/ESPN viewers think they are. We need more love for RG3 spreading the word in a clear and effective way!
Bob Hayes, Henry Carr, Ollie Matson, Johnny Jones, Michael Bates, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Frank Budd, Ray Norton, Jeff Demps, Larry Burton, Gerald Tinker, James Jett, were all Olympic sprinters who also played NFL football.
Larance Jones one of the top 400m cats in the world a sub 45.0 returned punts for the Redskins.
James Owens Olympic 110 medalist a Niner runnng back
Jerry Tarr the top ranked hurdler in the world a Bronco WR.
Little Bubby Young NCAA/USA 100 Champ a Colt.
I'd say a sub 9,5/10.20 woud be world class jets, so....
JD Hill, Travis Williams, Isacc Curtis, Mel Gray, Cliff Banch, Willie McGee, Butch Woolfolk, Homer Jones, Renaldo Nehemiah, Mark Duper, O.J.Simpson, James Trapp, Michael Bennett, Curtis Dickey, Tyreek Hill, Jamaal Charles, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Mike Miller, Joe Delaney, James Trapp, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford,Alvis Whitted, Anthony Schartz
Thinking RGIII needs to rethink things
Who can forget Bluffton's Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion the Buffalo Bill and the fastest man in the old AFL.
RG3 would have been an Olympic medalist if he'd continued with track.
No he wouldn't have been, where you getting that from?
Graduated a semester early from high school to enroll at Baylor in January of 2008 to compete in spring football drills...NCAA All-American in the 400-meter hurdles, placing third with a time of 49.46...Clocked a career-best time of 49.22 to win the Big 12 Outdoor Championships...The time ranks as the third-fastest in Baylor history...Won the NCAA Midwest Region title with a region record time of 49.53...Competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, finishing 11th overall with a time of 49.38.
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He quite possibly would have been a medalist or at least a top 5 or 6. That 11th in the Trials was when he should have just graduated from high school as an 18 yr. old. He certainly could have been a 47. guy by 2012 or 2016 (still only 26).
I loved RG3's comments on how he's informing the public that NFL players are great athletes and fast, but NOT truly at the Olympic/World Championship level.....which most of your average joe/ESPN viewers think they are. We need more love for RG3 spreading the word in a clear and effective way!
Bob Hayes, Henry Carr, Ollie Matson, Johnny Jones, Michael Bates, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Frank Budd, Ray Norton, Jeff Demps, Larry Burton, Gerald Tinker, James Jett, were all Olympic sprinters who also played NFL football.
Larance Jones one of the top 400m cats in the world a sub 45.0 returned punts for the Redskins.
James Owens Olympic 110 medalist a Niner runnng back
Jerry Tarr the top ranked hurdler in the world a Bronco WR.
Little Bubby Young NCAA/USA 100 Champ a Colt.
I'd say a sub 9,5/10.20 woud be world class jets, so....
JD Hill, Travis Williams, Isacc Curtis, Mel Gray, Cliff Banch, Willie McGee, Butch Woolfolk, Homer Jones, Renaldo Nehemiah, Mark Duper, O.J.Simpson, James Trapp, Michael Bennett, Curtis Dickey, Tyreek Hill, Jamaal Charles, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Mike Miller, Joe Delaney, James Trapp, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford,Alvis Whitted, Anthony Schartz
Thinking RGIII needs to rethink things
Who can forget Bluffton's Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion the Buffalo Bill and the fastest man in the old AFL.
Yours is a quality post but what we are talking about is converting all that straight-ahead speed to cut/slash/stop/turn/and cutback speed. That's where you get your "football-related speed." IF you do not work on it, you won't have it.
He quite possibly would have been a medalist or at least a top 5 or 6. That 11th in the Trials was when he should have just graduated from high school as an 18 yr. old. He certainly could have been a 47. guy by 2012 or 2016 (still only 26).
All you are doing is guessing, the guy never really did anything that hinted at Olympic medalist. He never beat a world class hurdler.
I loved RG3's comments on how he's informing the public that NFL players are great athletes and fast, but NOT truly at the Olympic/World Championship level.....which most of your average joe/ESPN viewers think they are. We need more love for RG3 spreading the word in a clear and effective way!
Bob Hayes, Henry Carr, Ollie Matson, Johnny Jones, Michael Bates, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Frank Budd, Ray Norton, Jeff Demps, Larry Burton, Gerald Tinker, James Jett, were all Olympic sprinters who also played NFL football.
Larance Jones one of the top 400m cats in the world a sub 45.0 returned punts for the Redskins.
James Owens Olympic 110 medalist a Niner runnng back
Jerry Tarr the top ranked hurdler in the world a Bronco WR.
Little Bubby Young NCAA/USA 100 Champ a Colt.
I'd say a sub 9,5/10.20 woud be world class jets, so....
JD Hill, Travis Williams, Isacc Curtis, Mel Gray, Cliff Banch, Willie McGee, Butch Woolfolk, Homer Jones, Renaldo Nehemiah, Mark Duper, O.J.Simpson, James Trapp, Michael Bennett, Curtis Dickey, Tyreek Hill, Jamaal Charles, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Mike Miller, Joe Delaney, James Trapp, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford,Alvis Whitted, Anthony Schartz
Thinking RGIII needs to rethink things
Who can forget Bluffton's Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion the Buffalo Bill and the fastest man in the old AFL.
Bob Hayes, Henry Carr, Ollie Matson, Johnny Jones, Michael Bates, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Frank Budd, Ray Norton, Jeff Demps, Larry Burton, Gerald Tinker, James Jett, were all Olympic sprinters who also played NFL football.
Larance Jones one of the top 400m cats in the world a sub 45.0 returned punts for the Redskins.
James Owens Olympic 110 medalist a Niner runnng back
Jerry Tarr the top ranked hurdler in the world a Bronco WR.
Little Bubby Young NCAA/USA 100 Champ a Colt.
I'd say a sub 9,5/10.20 woud be world class jets, so....
JD Hill, Travis Williams, Isacc Curtis, Mel Gray, Cliff Banch, Willie McGee, Butch Woolfolk, Homer Jones, Renaldo Nehemiah, Mark Duper, O.J.Simpson, James Trapp, Michael Bennett, Curtis Dickey, Tyreek Hill, Jamaal Charles, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Mike Miller, Joe Delaney, James Trapp, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford,Alvis Whitted, Anthony Schartz
Thinking RGIII needs to rethink things
Who can forget Bluffton's Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion the Buffalo Bill and the fastest man in the old AFL.
RG3 would have been an Olympic medalist if he'd continued with track.
Very possibly. 49.22 as a freshman is no joke and he would've been ahead of the recent explosion in the event that started in 2019.
What most people don't realize is he didn't just run 49.22 as a freshman... he ran 49.22 as a freshman that graduated high school a semester early. So he was basically a senior in high school.
Just watched the video, had a speaker problem. Did RGIII really say ...those other guys aren't faster than me.......what? both Rayeem Mostert and Archane would have blown RGIII totally away at any distance.
Well that's cool, I have been honest about it, old cat been into this stuff since the early 60's, history buff before that. You'd think they'd stop fghting it.
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