Tyreek Hill says he wants to try out for 2020 Olympic team

I would love to see that for the mere fact that he would get his doors blown off by legit sprinters. That MIGHT shut up some of the people that talk about how football players are faster than everyone. I am sure his agent and sponsors won't let him do it because it might make him look bad.

I don't think he will actually run in the Trials. I do think he could make the semis.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

"Hopefully after this season, if I’m healthy and my mind is still in the right place, I really want to try to qualify for some Olympic teams,” Hill said.

Teams? There's only 1 US Olympic team.

Didn't Jhavid Best attempt to make the Olympic or world team...after all of his concussion issues?

Damien Myers (the guy he runs down) ran 4.45 I guess, for whatever that is worth. Look at the speed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiaGSz9LQJE

Damien Williams, that is.

CarlsbadFan wrote:

Jonathan Gault wrote:

"Hopefully after this season, if I’m healthy and my mind is still in the right place, I really want to try to qualify for some Olympic teams,” Hill said.

Teams? There's only 1 US Olympic team.

Actually there is winter and summer. He would have a better shot pushing a bobsled

gdjhffj wrote:

Didn't Jhavid Best attempt to make the Olympic or world team...after all of his concussion issues?

Jahvid Best made the 2016 Olympics for some small country nobody has ever heard of. He ran 10.39 in the heats and of course didn't make the final. He's the first NFL player to make the Olympics and he got embarrassed.

Sure, if NFL players quit football and became professional sprinters I'm sure they could very easily medal. But you can't do both. They have the mentality you don't need to work hard as a sprinter. Just show up and run fast.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Jahvid Best made the 2016 Olympics for some small country nobody has ever heard of. He ran 10.39 in the heats and of course didn't make the final. He's the first NFL player to make the Olympics and he got embarrassed.

While he hadn't yet played in the NFL, Bob Hayes had already been drafted by the Cowboys (and an AFL team) when he ran in the Tokyo Olympics. He did ok.

No one "very easily medals"

Few notes on Tyreek.

1. I'll give him credit, he's self-aware when it comes to his weight and the work he'd need to put in in getting thin to stand a chance.

2. He ran 10.19/20.14, BUT he was a disappointing third in the world Juniors that year (20.54) and got trounced by Gemilli in the 100 and finished fourth. He was a good prospect but not Noah Lyles or Michael Norman by any means (despite the gaudy PBs)

3. In JC, he didn't progress much, but ran some faster times with some huge tailwinds. Unclear if he would be any faster than his high school self, which would be great in college but not for the professional ranks.

4. There's another NFL player who I know for a fact will be attempting to make the Olympic team. I like his chances a lot more, but I won't divulge who.

Your 200-meter time for him is correct but I don't see a "9.9" listed for him in the all-time top performances in all conditions.

Fun aside: He did perform very well in the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Champs. 2nd in the 60 by fractions (6.64 not world-beating, but he did beat Bromell who had an off meet), easily won the 200 (20.8). Would've been cool to see if he could've improved his PBs outdoors with Bromell hitting a whole new level in the spring. Of course he was dismissed from school...

He ran 9.98 in Juco in 2013.

CarlsbadFan wrote:

Teams? There's only 1 US Olympic team.

If someone makes the Olympic team in 2020, then again in 2024, most people would say that the athlete in question has made two Olympic teams. You are likely the only person who read his quote and failed to understand it.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

Your 200-meter time for him is correct but I don't see a "9.9" listed for him in the all-time top performances in all conditions.

He ran 9.98 in Juco in 2013.

Oh okay. I was looking at all-time prep performances.

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

Few notes on Tyreek.

1. I'll give him credit, he's self-aware when it comes to his weight and the work he'd need to put in in getting thin to stand a chance.

2. He ran 10.19/20.14, BUT he was a disappointing third in the world Juniors that year (20.54) and got trounced by Gemilli in the 100 and finished fourth. He was a good prospect but not Noah Lyles or Michael Norman by any means (despite the gaudy PBs).

3. In JC, he didn't progress much, but ran some faster times with some huge tailwinds. Unclear if he would be any faster than his high school self, which would be great in college but not for the professional ranks.

4. There's another NFL player who I know for a fact will be attempting to make the Olympic team. I like his chances a lot more, but I won't divulge who.

2. Do you know if he was peaking for Junior Worlds. Not sure if Gemili and others were running a bunch of meets from March to May. Golden West was at the end of May and World's was in the middle of July. The high school season and World Junior's don't align and it's a probable reason why so many high school and even collegiate talents "underperform there". He may have already been on a college football weight and conditioning program. My high school had a high school senior run nearly .4 tens slower in the 100m because he gained so much weight between once he committed to D1 Power 5 football.

3. JC times may have been caused by football weight gains and divided practices. Spring football usually takes precedence.

You've been on a few other threads trashing Tyreek Hill citing reason #2. His age and contract implications will make it difficult, but he definitely has the talent and a reasonable shot at making the team, just like Marquise Goodwin of the Bills and 49ers.

What the average poster on here doesn't understand is that most American sprinters are athletes who weren't good enough to make a paycheck on the football field. For international stars, it's the other football field. If track and field paid the same as pro football or soccer you would see a crazy amount of competition and world records being broken much more often.

Well I wouldn’t say I trashed him. And look if you were right, football would be teeming with guys as fast as Tyreek Hill. He is uniquely strikingly fast and that is why it’s even worth considering him making a bid to make the trials, not the team. Christian Coleman ran what in the 40? 4.12. The worlds fastest man runs on the track I don’t care how much money in the NFL there is.

I thought he'd try to qualify in boxing.