Fastest 40-Yard Dash Times

1987 NFL Scouting Combine

What is the 40-yard dash?
The 40-yard dash is an electronic-timed sprint covering 40 yards. It is run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of football players by teams at the NFL Scouting Combine. While WRs, RBs and DBs typically have the fastest times, the 40-yard dash is considered an important Combine event for all positions.

40-Yard Dash	Player	Position	School
4.42	Mike Adams	CB	Arizona State
4.64	Lyneal Alston	WR	Southern Mississippi
4.86	Steve Alvord	DE	Washington
4.69	Anthony Anderson	CB	Grambling State
4.86	Robert Awalt	TE	San Diego State
4.60	Stephen Baker	WR	Fresno State
5.14	Jerry Ball	DT	Southern Methodist
4.98	Robert Banks	DT	Notre Dame
4.52	Roy Banks	WR	Eastern Illinois
5.18	Roland Barbay	DE	LSU
4.83	Steve Bartalo	RB	Colorado State
4.82	Gerald Bayless	TE	Bowling Green
4.63	Albert Bell	WR	Alabama
4.68	Rod Bernstine	RB	Texas A&M
5.10	Steve Beuerlein	QB	Notre Dame
4.58	Alvin Blount	WR	Eastern Kentucky
5.12	Ron Bohm	DT	Illinois
4.85	John Bosa	DE	Boston College
4.55	Stephen Braggs	CB	Texas
4.53	James Brim	WR	Wake Forest
4.86	Jerome Brown	DT	Miami (FL)
4.69	Tom Brown	RB	Pittsburgh
4.71	Tony Burse	RB	Middle Tennessee State
4.82	Cody Carlson	QB	Baylor
4.46	Mark Carrier	WR	Nicholls State
4.58	Robert Clark	WR	North Carolina Central
4.67	Michael Clemons	TE	William & Mary
4.61	Joey Clinkscales	WR	Tennessee
4.58	Toi Cook	CB	Stanford
4.45	Brian Davis	CB	Nebraska
5.07	Greg Davis	K	Citadel
4.67	Karl Dorrell	WR	UCLA
4.44	Curtis Duncan	WR	Northwestern
4.57	Scott Eccles	TE	Eastern New Mexico
4.60	Larry Emory	RB	Wisconsin
4.62	Donald Evans	DT	Winston-Salem State
4.52	Terrence Flagler	RB	Clemson
4.44	Kenneth Flowers	RB	Clemson
4.49	Ron Francis	CB	Baylor
4.58	Rich Gannon	QB	Delaware
5.01	Mark Garalczyk	DT	Western Michigan
4.60	Everett Gay	WR	Texas
4.60	Chris Goode	CB	Alabama
4.67	Wayne Haddix	CB	Liberty
4.48	Delton Hall	CB	Clemson
4.71	Ron Hall	TE	Hawaii
5.14	Shawn Halloran	QB	Boston College
4.74	Tracy Ham	RB	Georgia Southern
4.71	William Harris	TE	Bishop (TX)
4.81	Lakei Heimuli	RB	Brigham Young
4.53	Thomas Henley	WR	Stanford
4.50	Cliff Hicks	CB	Oregon
4.49	Bruce Hill	WR	Arizona State
4.57	Lonzell Hill	WR	Washington
4.55	John Holifield	RB	West Virginia
4.64	Jon Horton	WR	Arizona
4.86	Doug Hudson	QB	Nicholls State
4.42	Mark Ingram	WR	Michigan State
4.96	Jeff Jaeger	K	Washington
4.50	Michael James	WR	Washington State
5.08	Curt Jarvis	DT	Alabama
4.41	Haywood Jeffires	WR	North Carolina State
4.74	Alfred Jenkins	RB	Arizona
5.03	Tim Johnson	DT	Penn State
4.97	Walter Johnson	DT	Pittsburgh
4.85	Rod Jones	TE	Washington
4.88	Chris Kelley	TE	Akron
5.20	Wally Kleine	DE	Notre Dame
4.48	Fred Lane	WR	Georgia
4.53	Gary Lee	WR	Georgia Tech
4.45	Charles Lockett	WR	Long Beach State
4.53	Milton Mack	CB	Alcorn State
4.83	Don Majkowski	QB	Virginia
5.18	Massimo Manca	K	Penn State
4.59	Willie Marshall	WR	Temple
4.55	Kelvin Martin	WR	Boston College
5.12	Skip Mcclendon	DE	Arizona State
5.21	Thomas Mchale	DE	Cornell
4.84	Keith Mckeller	TE	Jacksonville State (FL)
4.99	Ron Mclean	DE	Cal State Fullerton
4.74	Chris Miller	QB	Oregon
4.49	Roland Mitchell	CB	Texas Tech
4.55	Stacey Mobley	WR	Jackson State
4.89	Jeff Modesitt	TE	Delaware
4.59	Ron Morris	WR	Southern Methodist
4.65	Bobby Morse	RB	Michigan State
4.92	Mark Mraz	DT	Utah State
4.41	Ricky Nattiel	WR	Florida
4.51	Frankie Neal	WR	Fort Hays State
4.67	Calvin Nicholas	WR	Grambling State
4.93	Gerald Nichols	DT	Florida State
4.82	Danny Noonan	DT	Nebraska
4.43	Nate Odomes	CB	Wisconsin
4.63	Darryl Oliver	RB	Miami (FL)
4.53	Paul Palmer	RB	Temple
4.50	Keith Paskett	WR	Western Kentucky
4.47	Kerry Porter	RB	Washington State
4.96	Bill Ransdell	QB	Kentucky
4.99	Albert Reese	TE	Southern Methodist
4.73	Jerry Reese	TE	Illinois
5.10	Carlos Reviez	K	Tennessee
4.48	Ricky Reynolds	CB	Washington State
4.62	Craig Richardson	WR	Eastern Washington
4.35	Greg Richardson	WR	Alabama
4.78	Jim Riggs	TE	Clemson
4.76	Reggie Rogers	DE	Washington
4.99	Rod Saddler	DE	Texas A&M
4.47	Scott Schwedes	WR	Syracuse
4.75	Patrick Scott	WR	Grambling State
4.89	Colin Scotts	DE	Hawaii
5.05	Leon Seals	DE	Jackson State
4.75	John Settle	RB	Appalachian State
5.13	Mike Shula	QB	Alabama
4.54	Edwin Simmons	RB	Texas
4.94	Brian Siverling	TE	Penn State
4.59	Elton Slater	CB	Southwestern Louisiana
4.67	Don Smith	RB	Mississippi State
5.15	Loren Snyder	QB	Northern Colorado
5.01	Chris Spachman	DE	Nebraska
4.64	Jason Stargel	WR	Cincinnati
4.95	Kelly Stouffer	QB	Colorado State
4.65	Troy Stradford	RB	Boston College
4.60	George Swarn	RB	Miami (OH)
4.54	Gene Taylor	WR	Fresno State
4.55	Kitrick Taylor	WR	Washington State
4.70	Derek Tennell	TE	UCLA
4.75	Vinny Testaverde	QB	Miami (FL)
4.38	Eric Thomas	CB	Tulane
4.95	Henry Thomas	DT	LSU
4.67	Jeff Tiefenthaler	WR	South Dakota State
4.90	Van Tiffin	K	Alabama
4.58	Spencer Tillman	RB	Oklahoma
4.53	Odessa Turner	WR	Northwestern State (LA)
4.83	Jeff Van Raaphorst	QB	Arizona State
4.78	Jeff Ward	K	Texas
4.82	Arthur Wells	TE	Grambling State
4.87	Bobby White	DT	Penn State
4.60	Solomon Wilcots	CB	Colorado
4.77	Maurice Williams	RB	Virginia Tech
4.67	Perry Williams	CB	Clemson
4.96	Karl Wilson	DE	LSU
4.60	Carl Woods	RB	Vanderbilt
4.85	Tony Woods	DE	Pittsburgh
4.33	Rod Woodson	CB	Purdue
4.89	Theo Young	TE	Arkansas