Fastest 40-Yard Dash Times 2016 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.
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40-Yard Dash Player Position School
5.10 Mehdi Abdesmad DT Boston College 4.64 Jerell Adams TE South Carolina 4.83 Vernon Adams QB Oregon 4.66 Bralon Addison WR Oregon 4.84 Brandon Allen QB Arkansas 4.67 Geronimo Allison WR Illinois 4.40 Eli Apple CB Ohio State 4.72 Demarcus Ayers WR Houston 5.23 Sterling Bailey DE Georgia 4.64 Peyton Barber RB Auburn 5.05 Andrew Billings DT Baylor 5.15 Ronald Blair DE Appalachian State 4.47 Briean Boddy-Calhoun CB Minnesota 4.86 Joey Bosa DE Ohio State 4.58 Tyler Boyd WR Pittsburgh 4.77 Trevone Boykin QB Texas Christian 4.50 James Bradberry CB Samford 4.73 Ben Braunecker TE Harvard 4.94 Jacoby Brissett QB North Carolina State 4.33 Anthony Brown CB Purdue 5.05 DeForest Buckner DE Oregon 4.93 Jonathan Bullard DE Florida 4.56 Aaron Burbridge WR Michigan State 4.46 Artie Burns CB Miami (FL) 4.53 Juston Burris CB North Carolina State 5.33 Vernon Butler DT Louisiana Tech 4.62 Devon Cajuste WR Stanford 4.82 Shilique Calhoun DE Michigan State 4.58 Taveze Calhoun CB Mississippi State 4.49 Maurice Canady CB Virginia 4.50 Leonte Carroo WR Rutgers 5.06 Kenny Clark DT UCLA 4.59 Alex Collins RB Arkansas 5.03 Maliek Collins DT Nebraska 4.79 Connor Cook QB Michigan State 4.47 Marshaun Coprich RB Illinois State 4.47 Cody Core WR Mississippi 4.69 Kamalei Correa DE Boise State 4.82 James Cowser DE Southern Utah 4.43 Ken Crawley CB Colorado 4.42 Trevor Davis WR California 5.07 Sheldon Day DT Notre Dame 4.56 Kenneth Dixon RB Louisiana Tech 4.50 Josh Doctson WR Texas Christian 4.86 Kevin Dodd DE Clemson 5.22 Brandon Doughty QB Western Kentucky 4.45 Kenyan Drake RB Alabama 4.56 Jeff Driskel QB Louisiana Tech 4.72 Thomas Duarte TE UCLA 4.55 DeAndre Elliott CB Colorado State 4.47 Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State 4.41 Tyler Ervin RB San Jose State 4.92 Jason Fanaika DE Utah 4.48 Josh Ferguson RB Illinois 4.57 D.J. Foster WR Arizona State 4.32 Will Fuller WR Notre Dame 4.53 Keyarris Garrett WR Tulsa 4.82 Jared Goff QB California 4.90 David Grinnage TE North Carolina State 4.71 Glenn Gronkowski RB Kansas State 4.78 Christian Hackenberg QB Penn State 4.68 Deiondre Hall CB Northern Iowa 4.93 Javon Hargrave DT South Carolina State 4.50 Vernon Hargreaves CB Florida 4.56 DeVante Harris CB Texas A&M 5.02 Joel Heath DT Michigan State 4.71 Temarrick Hemingway TE South Carolina State 4.54 Derrick Henry RB Alabama 5.00 Willie Henry DT Michigan 4.64 Rashard Higgins WR Colorado State 4.78 Kevin Hogan QB Stanford 4.54 Johnny Holton WR Cincinnati 4.72 Austin Hooper TE Stanford 4.58 Xavien Howard CB Baylor 5.03 Matt Ioannidis DT Temple 5.06 Branden Jackson DE Texas Tech 4.37 William Jackson CB Houston 4.81 Andy Janovich RB Nebraska 4.95 Quinton Jefferson DT Maryland 5.32 Austin Johnson DT Penn State 4.81 Cardale Jones QB Ohio State 4.65 Cayleb Jones WR Arizona 5.03 Chris Jones DT Mississippi State 4.49 Cyrus Jones CB Alabama 4.33 Jonathan Jones CB Auburn 4.73 Matt Judon DE Grand Valley State 5.01 Ufomba Kamalu DT Miami (FL) 4.87 Bronson Kaufusi DE Brigham Young 4.89 Cody Kessler QB Southern California 4.61 Marshall Koehn K Iowa 4.46 Daniel Lasco RB California 5.32 Darius Latham DT Indiana 4.64 Kenny Lawler WR California 4.70 Shaq Lawson DE Clemson 4.57 Roger Lewis WR Bowling Green 4.39 Kolby Listenbee WR Texas Christian 4.43 Ricardo Louis WR Auburn 4.87 Dean Lowry DE Northwestern 4.74 John Lunsford K Liberty 4.86 Paxton Lynch QB Memphis 4.60 Jalin Marshall WR Ohio State 4.31 Keith Marshall RB Georgia 5.34 Chris Mayes DT Georgia 4.55 Mekale McKay WR Cincinnati 4.50 Braxton Miller WR Ohio State 4.65 Harlan Miller CB Southeastern Louisiana 4.45 Malcolm Mitchell WR Georgia 4.53 Chris Moore WR Cincinnati 5.02 David Morgan TE Texas-San Antonio 4.49 Eric Murray CB Minnesota 4.84 Carl Nassib DE Penn State 4.94 Giorgio Newberry DE Florida State 4.75 Yannick Ngakoue DE Maryland 4.74 Dadi Nicolas DE Virginia Tech 4.87 Robert Nkemdiche DT Mississippi 4.48 Marquez North WR Tennessee 4.96 Shawn Oakman DE Baylor 4.86 Victor Ochi DE Stony Brook 4.63 Emmanuel Ogbah DE Oklahoma State 4.90 Romeo Okwara DE Notre Dame 4.47 Jordan Payton WR UCLA 4.45 Charone Peake WR Clemson 4.54 Paul Perkins RB UCLA 4.58 Kevin Peterson CB Oklahoma State 4.99 D.J. Pettway DE Alabama 4.79 Dak Prescott QB Mississippi State 4.48 C.J. Prosise RB Notre Dame 4.73 Jimmy Pruitt CB San Jose State 5.03 Sheldon Rankins DT Louisville 5.33 D.J. Reader DT Clemson 5.21 Jarran Reed DT Alabama 5.02 Hassan Ridgeway DT Texas 5.20 AShawn Robinson DT Alabama 4.59 Demarcus Robinson WR Florida 4.49 Rashard Robinson CB LSU 4.54 Alonzo Russell WR Toledo 4.74 Beau Sandland TE Montana State 4.39 Kevon Seymour CB Southern California 4.58 Hunter Sharp WR Utah State 4.55 Tajae Sharpe WR Massachusetts 4.48 Sterling Shepard WR Oklahoma 5.15 Devaunte Sigler DT Jacksonville State (AL) 4.53 LeShaun Sims CB Southern Utah 4.47 Wendell Smallwood RB West Virginia 4.47 Ryan Smith CB North Carolina Central 4.80 Noah Spence DE Eastern Kentucky 4.69 Nelson Spruce WR Colorado 4.80 Joel Stave QB Wisconsin 4.59 Charles Tapper DE Oklahoma 4.60 Kelvin Taylor RB Florida 4.98 Lawrence Thomas DE Michigan State 4.57 Michael Thomas WR Ohio State 4.92 Ron Thompson DE Syracuse 4.75 Shadrach Thornton RB North Carolina State 4.68 Soma Vainuku RB Southern California 5.19 Vincent Valentine DT Nebraska 4.60 Dan Vitale RB Northwestern 4.68 Cleveland Wallace CB San Jose State 5.11 Jihad Ward DE Illinois 5.17 Adolphus Washington DT Ohio State 4.49 DeAndre Washington RB Texas Tech 4.77 Carson Wentz QB North Dakota State 4.49 D.J. White CB Georgia Tech 4.54 Brandon Wilds RB South Carolina 4.94 Bryce Williams TE East Carolina 4.72 Duke Williams WR Auburn 4.85 DeRunnya Wilson WR Mississippi State 4.80 Josh Woodrum QB Liberty 4.64 Daryl Worley CB West Virginia 4.91 Connor Wujciak DT Boston College 4.46 Tavon Young CB Temple 4.81 Anthony Zettel DE Penn State