Fastest 40-Yard Dash Times

1998 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
4.44	Curtis Alexander	RB	Alabama
4.65	Stephen Alexander	TE	Oklahoma
4.46	Brian Alford	WR	Purdue
5.27	Victor Allotey	DT	Indiana
4.85	Chris Anderson	WR	Colorado
5.20	Darchi Anderson	DT	Arkansas
4.60	Rodney Artmore	CB	Baylor
4.51	Tutu Atwell	WR	Minnesota
4.38	John Avery	RB	Mississippi
4.48	Tavian Banks	RB	Iowa
4.65	Octavus Barnes	WR	North Carolina
4.89	Charlie Batch	QB	Eastern Michigan
4.98	Geno Bell	DT	Arkansas
5.19	Leon Bender	DT	Washington State
4.64	Magic Benton	WR	Miami (FL)
5.07	Jon Blackman	TE	Purdue
4.56	Roosevelt Blackmon	CB	Morris Brown
4.90	Dorian Boose	DE	Washington State
4.47	Corey Bradford	WR	Jackson State
5.16	Josh Bradley	TE	Louisiana Tech
4.68	Jeremy Brigham	TE	Washington
5.09	Cyron Brown	DE	Western Illinois
5.11	Jonathan Brown	DE	Tennessee
4.97	Mike Brown	TE	Texas Christian
4.97	Thad Busby	QB	Florida State
5.14	Martin Chase	DT	Oklahoma
4.55	Corey Chavous	CB	Vanderbilt
4.83	Cameron Cleeland	TE	Washington
5.02	Ryan Clement	QB	Miami (FL)
4.80	Andy Clifton	DE	Rice
4.45	Fred Coleman	WR	Washington
5.26	Chris Conrad	TE	Fresno State
5.19	Keith Council	DT	Hampton
4.70	George Cousins	DE	Florida A&M
4.54	Shadwick Criss	CB	Missouri
4.90	Casey Dailey	DE	Northwestern
5.39	Melvin Dansby	DT	Notre Dame
4.48	Damon Dunn	WR	Stanford
4.68	John Dutton	QB	UNLV
4.87	Greg Ellis	DE	North Carolina
4.71	Anthony Eubanks	WR	Arkansas
5.19	Jason Evans	DT	Southern Methodist
5.06	Jerome Evans	DT	Kansas State
4.68	Steve Foley	DE	Louisiana-Monroe
4.79	Chris Fontenot	TE	McNeese State
4.72	Shane Fortney	QB	Northern Iowa
4.83	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'Afala	RB	Utah
4.53	Jammi German	WR	Miami (FL)
4.89	Dan Gonzalez	QB	East Carolina
4.44	Ahman Green	RB	Nebraska
4.45	Az-Zahir Hakim	WR	San Diego State
5.06	Lamont Hall	TE	Clemson
5.11	Carl Hansen	DT	Stanford
4.79	Scott Harley	RB	East Carolina
4.45	Artrell Hawkins	CB	Cincinnati
4.57	Donald Hayes	WR	Wisconsin
4.53	Robert Holcombe	RB	Illinois
4.66	Tony Horne	WR	Clemson
4.65	Chris Howard	RB	Michigan
4.67	Chris Jackson	WR	Washington State
5.54	Cedric Jefferson	DT	Southern California
4.71	Nakia Jenkins	WR	Utah State
4.50	Garret Johnson	CB	Southwestern Louisiana
4.69	Juan Johnson	RB	Utah
4.64	Macarthur Johnson	WR	Howard
4.42	Pat Johnson	WR	Oregon
4.61	Taj Johnson	WR	San Diego State
4.66	Joe Jurevicius	WR	Penn State
4.78	Paul Kaiser	QB	Central Missouri
4.47	Kamil Loud	WR	Cal Poly-SLO
4.40	Clarence Love	CB	Toledo
4.85	Mitch Marrow	DT	Pennsylvania
4.61	Claude Mathis	RB	Texas State
5.36	Viliami Maumau	DT	Colorado
4.94	Chance Mccarty	DE	Texas Christian
4.80	Chris Mccoy	QB	Navy
4.57	Andy Mccullough	WR	Tennessee
4.48	Ramos Mcdonald	CB	New Mexico
4.43	Brian Mckenzie	RB	Brigham Young
5.16	Mike Mcqueary	QB	Penn State
4.90	Kenny Mixon	DE	LSU
4.38	Randy Moss	WR	Marshall
4.92	Mike Moten	DT	Florida
4.72	Brian Musso	WR	Northwestern
5.11	Michael Myers	DE	Alabama
4.98	Eric Ogbogu	DE	Maryland
4.82	Brock Olivo	RB	Missouri
4.75	Ken Oxendine	RB	Virginia Tech
4.58	Pat Palmer	WR	Northwestern State (LA)
4.69	Marcus Parker	RB	Virginia Tech
4.54	Pepe Pearson	RB	Ohio State
4.74	Wilmont Perry	RB	Livingstone
4.50	Michael Pittman	RB	Fresno State
5.10	Ron Powlus	QB	Notre Dame
4.62	Rock Preston	RB	Florida State
5.14	Derrick Ransom	DT	Cincinnati
4.53	Andre Richardson	RB	Oklahoma State
4.57	Mikhael Ricks	WR	Stephen F. Austin
4.66	Dennis Riddle	RB	Alabama
5.18	Angel Rubio	DT	Southeast Missouri State
4.99	Rodrick Rutledge	TE	Alabama
5.17	Joe Salave'A	DT	Arizona
4.85	David Sanders	DE	Arkansas
4.53	Kio Sanford	WR	Kentucky
4.98	Cory Sauter	QB	Minnesota
4.60	Kato Serwanga	CB	California
4.62	Harold Shaw	RB	Southern Mississippi
5.06	Matt Sherman	QB	Iowa
4.50	Dainon Sidney	CB	Alabama-Birmingham
4.35	Tony Simmons	WR	Wisconsin
5.20	Henry Slay	DT	West Virginia
4.53	Tarik Smith	RB	California
5.02	Chris Snyder	DE	Penn State
4.89	Blake Spence	TE	Oregon
4.40	Duane Starks	CB	Miami (FL)
5.15	Glen Steele	DE	Michigan
4.54	Tremayne Stephens	RB	North Carolina State
4.54	Jason Suttle	CB	Wisconsin
4.46	Cordell Taylor	CB	Hampton
4.59	Ryan Thelwell	WR	Minnesota
4.91	Mark Thomas	TE	North Carolina State
4.59	Trevor Townsend	CB	Alabama
4.55	Jason Tucker	WR	Texas Christian
4.46	Jim Turner	WR	Syracuse
4.69	Delon Washington	RB	Southern California
4.66	Toussaint Waterman	WR	Northwestern
5.18	Brandon Whiting	DT	California
4.50	Alvis Whitted	WR	North Carolina State
4.96	Samuel Wiley	DT	LSU
4.65	Ed Williams	WR	Iowa State
4.52	Kevin Williams	CB	Oklahoma State
4.94	Roland Williams	TE	Syracuse
4.66	Kailee Wong	DE	Stanford