how fast can professional football players run 400m

quarterbacks and linebackers are definitely way faster than that?

Yes?

There is no way a linemen could run 72...

SOB wrote:

quarterbacks and linebackers are definitely way faster than that?

NO THEY ARE NOT!

And I'd put DB's right there with wide recievers. They are as fast or faster than the recievers.

The fastest WRs and DBs could definitely run 47.mid. I'm not even talking with specific training, take them mid season and put them on the track.

HBs should run in the low 49-50 range for the burners, but there are a lot of bigger guys who would probably be closer to the high 50s (even though they could run a solid 100)

QBs and LBs probably run similar times, QBs would be all over the place, with some lower 50s all the way up to probably 60 flat. I feel like most LBs would be mid 50s, maybe 53-56 range.

There are some Defensive Ends who could definitely go 56-58, but most other line positions would have a lot of trouble breaking 80, and in some cases, finishing.

Id say Randy Moss could run 47

I think you're overestimating football players, especially the WRs. They train for what, 10-12 seconds max? Not exactly the same as a 50 second race. They'd throw down some super competitive 100 times, and decent 200s, but by 250-300m the bear would jump on their back and they'd be sucking MAJOR wind down the home straight.

Football players don't run for 400 meters. With the possible exception of the WRs and DBs, the remaining positions listed would need to huddle and rest at least once prior to the finish. Come on dude, get real, these guys don't operate like that.

Have you ever seen those guys getting oxygen on the sidelines after running 80 yds? They are not trained to run 400 meters.

You guys speak of these athletes as if its hard to break 50 in the 400m.

Any 250lb man that can run 4.4 40 could probably run a sub 55.

Not to mention that most QB's can't hobble 10 yds.

The starting halfbacks at my small town high school could run low to mid 50's for 440 yards, so I'm guessing a pro halfback could do considerably better than that.

Don't know about most of the pros in other positions, but the linemen don't look to me like they could do 72 for 400 meters.

get real wrote:

Football players don't run for 400 meters.

Robert Smith managed to circle one of them thar trackie poos in about 45 secs or so.

My god, nerdy geek f***ing 800 runner losers can break 50 and you don't think the truest examples of manhood on the planet could do it?

Jordy Nelson of Green Bay Packers ran 47.x in HS (small 3A school in KS)

i would say that a "nerdy" high school 800m runner who can run sub-50 could beat most NFL players in a 400. NFL players have no endurance, just muscle. how far does that get you in a 400? just a pretty start followed by a pathetic finish.

In an attempt to settle this, let's all name the players at each position we think could run those times.

I'll start by listing the quarterbacks I think are capable of running run 400m in 62 seconds:

Donovan McNabb? (No.)

Peyton Manning? (No.)

Tom Brady? (No.)

Jason Campbell? (No.)

Kurt Warner? (No.)

Eli Manning? (No.)

Philip Rivers? (No.)

Jay Cutler? (No.)

Michael Vick? (No!)

etc.

Lacrosse players at my school do this workout: 3 X (200, 400). That adds up to 1800 meters of work with full recovery. These guys aren't nearly as athletic as professional football players, but routinely run 28 for the 200 and 62 for the 400.

Which leads me to my point. Football is a joke and not a sport. Running is a real sport. Any sport where a 5'2 man who weighs 110 pounds can become the world's best is a real sport.