40 yard dash times

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Tom_Drahos

If he were to be able to put on some more weight he could probably pull off a halfback position. He's got the speed for it and when you're a halfback height doesn't matter. If he were to be a bit taller he could pull off a wide receiver position or safety/cornerback.
The halfback position would be strength-relevant too.

I was going to say the same thing. He probably is not tall enough for wide receiver or cornerback. BUT, I am forgetting that this is high school football. He can probably play wide receiver, cornerback, running back, etc.

I am always in the mindset of the NFL, but when it comes to high school football, height is not as big of an issue.

One thing people fail to realize is that height is VERY important in football, such as the NFL and college, but not as much in high school. Some of the heights of NFL football players compare to an NBA team. WR's need to be tall, QB's need to be tall, lineman, etc.

Although weight is an issue in football to many, it is in some instances overrated. The only positions weight has any major consideration are lineman and linebackers. There are numerous players who are thin who play in college and NFL. Look at Randy Moss, Todd Pinkston, Aaron Brooks, etc., etc. So don't concern yourself too much with weight unless you play one of the two mentioned positions. I might would throw running back into that, but even some of them do not weigh that much. I say this to those who keep mentioning they want to gain all of this weight. It will be good to add some bulk, but when it comes down to it, the person with the better skills makes the team, not the person who weighs the most. Not all football players are huge 250-300lbs men, in fact most are not! Just keep that in mind. Work on developing your skills, etc., if you really want to make a team, and be good if you are already on one.

[Neilio]

After lifting one day, i went out o the track to see if i could test my 40, srprisingly enough, i pulled off a 5.37. I also did some from a 3 -point stance and got around 5.80. That and some biotches were making me laugh , so i couldnt concentrate.

[keam02]

according to that thing on Ben Johnson and the 40 yard time. The key words are the fact that they were using the most sophisticated timing machines in the world. Machine time always times you slower then hand time. The 4.2s, 4.3s, and 4.4s you see are hand time or a slower machine time (ive had experience with two kinds of machines, one that took about 0.24 off my forty and one that did it about even with hand timing).

[rhino33]

i am a freshmen. i am 15 yrs old. i am 5'7'' 212lbs play fullback, nose guard, defensive tackle, left off- gaurd, and deep snapper for my high school varsity team and i run the 40 in 4.8sec

[rhino33]

the qb at my school runs a 4.21 40 yard dash

[WR84]

Hey im a 5'6-5'7 wr on a freshmen football team in florida. I ran the 40 yard dash in 4.9 seconds. I only weigh 135 lbs and I havent really started to work out yet and I need to kno if i can run a 4.5 -4.4 in my senior year in high school. I feel fast because im one of the fastest on my team but i need to know if i can do the 40 at that speed.

[mike17]

rhino. i find your stats a little hard to believe, and if one more person on this site claims to run a 4.2-4.3 40 or know a guy who does i think im going to go crazy.

[rhino33]

im serious his name is john chiles, runs a 10.7 in the 100meters. plays qb, i didnt believe it at first untill my coach showed me his time on the stopwatch

[mike17]

well if he runs a 10.7 then he definitely doesnt run a 4.2. i dont care what your coaches stop watch says.

[rhino33]

well that just wat it said and 100 meters is alot more than 40 yards

[pbody]

Originally Posted by rhino33

the qb at my school runs a 4.21 40 yard dash

I expect we'll be seeing him in Athens later this summer then.

Just for comparison, here's Montgomery's split times for his 9.78 record in Paris, 2002:


Tim Montgomery (USA)
Wind: +2.0m/s, RT: 0.104s (round-up to 0.11s)
10m: 1.85s (1.74s)
20m: 2.91s (1.06s)
30m: 3.82s (0.91s)
40m: 4.70s (0.88s)
50m: 5.54s (0.84s)
60m: 6.37s (0.83s)
70m: 7.21s (0.84s)
80m: 8.05s (0.84s
90m: 8.90s (0.85s)
100m: 9.78s (0.88s)
Fastest 10m Split:
0.83s, 50-60m.
50m Splits:
5.54s/4.24s = 9.78s (WR & NR)



We can approcimate a 40 yard time from this. 40 yards is 36.576m, so let's try to figure out how long it took him to get that far.

First of all, let's knock off that .11 second reaction time, so he hit the 30m mark at 3.71 seconds from the time he started moving. He covers the next 10m in .88 seconds. Assuming his speed is close to constant at this point, it takes him .6576*.88=.579 seconds more to cover that final 6.576m. So his total running time to 40 yards is very close to 3.71+.579=4.29 seconds.

Hey, that's nothing that a high school qb can't beat, provided his coach has a stopwatch with a second hand.

[WR84]

Hey im a 5'6-5'7 wr on a freshmen football team in florida. I ran the 40 yard dash in 4.9 seconds. I only weigh 135 lbs and I havent really started to work out yet and I need to kno if i can run a 4.5 -4.4 in my senior year in high school. I feel fast because im one of the fastest on my team but i need to know if i can do the 40 at that speed.

[WR84]

Hey im a 5'6-5'7 wr on a freshmen football team in florida. I ran the 40 yard dash in 4.9 seconds. I only weigh 135 lbs and I havent really started to work out yet and I need to kno if i can run a 4.5 -4.4 in my senior year in high school. I feel fast because im one of the fastest on my team but i need to know if i can do the 40 at that speed. Can someone please reply :

[Monkey]

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[stunna4203]

I am a freshman this year and am going to play football. I am big enough to be a MLB but i dont know if I am fast enough. What should my forty be between to be able to play this position?
thx for any help