RG3's comments on NFL speed

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.

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.

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Soon to be Seattle Seahawk in lane one

Great kick returner.

California State 100m champs who ended up in the NFL.

Curtis Conway

Pat Johnson

Javid Best

Napolean Kaufman

Justin Fargas

While these cats didn't break 9.5/10.20 they had serious speed.

Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, Marshall Faulk, Chris Johnson, Phil Epps. Tony Jones.

The first 1000 yard rusher for the Bengals was Paul Rbinson an Arizona 400 hurdler.

Ya RG3 is reigning in the idiots who don't know anything about track speed but like to run their mouths at track speed.

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.

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).

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.

All you are doing is guessing, the guy never really did anything that hinted at Olympic medalist. He never beat a world class hurdler.

Jimmy Hines, Tommie Smith weren't footballers, they weret rack guys and failed experiments.

Ya notice I didn't list them? Everyone up there was a football player who ran some track also.

I was a footballer who ran track, it all comes natural, instincts, You either have it or ya don't..

I love RG3's track enthusiasm. I do think that Tyreek Hill could've had sub-9.8 potential if he had never started playing football.

I did, and I was a distance runner.

PREACH IT, BRUTAL! 💪👍

I love you, man

Ah shucks my friend.

You guys have no idea what you’re up against.

You vill get KRRRUSHED!!😡👊👊👊😡

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.

Mostert a Big10 champ, 10,28 PR, Archane 10.12, RGIII coudn't break 10,40.

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.