Meet the NFL hopeful who ran a 4.19-second 40-yard dash
Has Chris Johnson’s NFL combine record fallen?
Well, maybe. Johnson’s all-time official mark of 4.28 seconds for the 40-yard dash happened at the main NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, but since then the league has added regional combines for lower-level players to make their mark.
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And one player reportedly ran an even faster time at one on Saturday.
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Of course, some are saying that it’s not official. Not because of the location but because the 4.19 was hand-timed.
Miller, who later in the day disproved the existence of the Easter Bunny, does have a point. But no matter how you spin in, it’s a scorching time by a player most of us had not heard of until now. And here’s the video proof it happened:
So who is this mystery man? Well, Wendall Williams was a Swiss Army Knife for the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) last season, catching 15 passes for 457 yards and eight scores; rushing seven times for 205 yards and three touchdowns; and returning 24 kickoffs for 777 yards and three touchdowns.
Dude! So on 46 touches, the 5-10, 175-pound Williams accounted for a whopping 1,439 yards (31.2 yards per touch) and 14 touchdowns. That’s amazing on any level of college football.
Will the former track star have a shot in the NFL? Be drafted? It’s hard to say with certainty, but you’d have to think this will earn him a private workout with some team and perhaps earn him a training-camp invite. All for a player who dropped out of two different schools and drove a truck to earn extra money before transferring to Herkimer Community College and making the dean’s list, and then going on to Cumberlands.
For a guy who moves to quickly, Williams sure has made a lot of stops along the way. Let’s hope that his next one is the NFL and that he sticks for a while. What a great story that would be.
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