herschel walker winter olympics though but his speed was perfect for bobsledding.
NFL players with legit track and field accolades
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Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey on the same team at Florida
Both were on the UF track team and won a national championship in track. In football Rainey ran an official 4.37 and was rumored to have run faster
Demps was next level fast tho. Won silver on the 4x100 relay at the 2012 Olympics. He didn’t run the final but that was the Gatlin-Gay squad that lost to Bolt and Jamaica. So he was a member of maybe the fastest US squad ever
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Also Brian Robison who played 11 years as a DE for the Vikings was NCAA runner up in the shot put his senior year and probably could've made the Olympics if football didn't work out
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The conversation starts and stops right there. He is also the reason the NFL developed the zone defense.“Bullet“ Bob Hayes
Gold in the 100 meters at the 1964 Olympics and gold in the 4x100
The only person to have a Super Bowl and an Olympic gold medal. Also the first person to run the 100 in under 10 seconds.
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he not in the NFL yet but Nyck Harbor
James Lofton was another one. He is in the NFL Hall of Fame and he won the NCAA championship in the long jump in 1978 and he ran the 200 at 20.05.
Idgaf what anyone says Randy Moss could of been Usain Bolt before Usain Bolt.
Humans that tall shouldn't be that fast. Also peep how he picks up speed with every stride....I'm telling you that man would of been a gold medal runner in the Olympics
Humans that tall shouldn't be that fast. Also peep how he picks up speed with every stride....I'm telling you that man would of been a gold medal runner in the Olympics
Idgaf what anyone says Randy Moss could of been Usain Bolt before Usain Bolt.
Humans that tall shouldn't be that fast. Also peep how he picks up speed with every stride....I'm telling you that man would of been a gold medal runner in the Olympics
In truth he might not have been as fast as Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson, Eric dikkerson or Darrell Green. Another fast guy was Tony Dorsett, but he wasn't as fast as those other guys.
OJ Simpson was part of a 4x110 yard relay team that set a world record. It's still a record today, but it would have been broken long ago if the event hadn't been discontinued.
Darrell Green ran a 10.08 100m in 1983.
And Tommie Smith actually played in the NFL briefly
Darrell Green ran a 10.08 100m in 1983.
And Tommie Smith actually played in the NFL briefly
They weren't 6'4. The real reason why Bolt(6'5) has the record is because he picks up speed due to his long legs, like Moss. Olmypic sprint isn't a 40yd dash which is great for the shorter athletes you listed but over 100m I think Moss smokes all of them.....I can't be the only one who sees this.
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We also forgot Cliff Branch. He is another guy in the NFL Hall of Fame he set the NCAA 100 meters record in 1972 when he ran it in 10 seconds flat. He also owned the Big 8 records in the 60 yard dash.
Eric dikkerson was "6'3" 225. Bo Jackson was "6'2" 240.
