{"id":757187,"date":"2026-02-17T01:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757187\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:33:27","slug":"nfl-combine-40-yard-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757187\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL combine 40-yard runs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb. 16, 2026, 7:31 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

\"Texas<\/p>\n

The NFL combine brings together college athletes so scouts can go over them from head to toe for everything from strength, size, speed and other intangibles. The goal is to learn what will help them when it comes to making selections in the April draft. One of the events that attracts the most attention is the 40-yard dash. Times can make or break players no matter what their position. Some players are known to be speedy but even the larger ones can open eyes with their quick bursts. This year’s combine takes place in Indianapolis from Feb. 23-March 2. A look at some of the fastest 40 combine times.<\/p>\n

Fabian Washington, CB, Nebraska\"Oakland<\/p>\n

Time: 4.29 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 23 by Raiders<\/a> in 2005<\/p>\n

Jacoby Ford, WR, Clemson\"Clemson<\/p>\n

Time: 4.28 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 108 overall by Raiders in 2010<\/p>\n

J.J. Nelson, WR, UAB\"UAB<\/p>\n

Time: 4.28 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 159 overall by Cardinals<\/a> in 2015<\/p>\n

Jalen Myrick, CB, Minnesota\"Minnesota<\/p>\n

Time: 4.28 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 222 overall by Jaguars<\/a> in 2017<\/p>\n

Champ Bailey, CB, Georgia<\/a>\"Cornerback<\/p>\n

Time: 4.28 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 7 overall by Washington in 1999<\/p>\n

Henry Ruggs, WR, Alabama\"Las<\/p>\n

Time: 4.27 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 12 overall by Raiders in 2020<\/p>\n

Stanford Routt, CB, Houston\"Baltimore<\/p>\n

Time: 4.27 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 38 overall by Raiders in 2005<\/p>\n

Marquise Goodwin, WR, Texas\"Marquise<\/p>\n

Time: 4.27 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 78 overall by Bills in 2013<\/p>\n

Tariq Woolen, CB, UTSA\"Tariq<\/p>\n

Time: 4.26 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 153 overall by Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n

Jerome Mathis, WR, Hampton\"Houston<\/p>\n

Time: 4.26 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 114 overall by Texans<\/a> in 2005<\/p>\n

Dri Archer, RB, Kent State\"Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Time: 4.26 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 97 overall by Steelers in 2014<\/p>\n

Chris Johnson, RB, East Carolina\"Tennessee<\/p>\n

Time: 4.24 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 24 overall by Tennessee Titans<\/a> in 2008<\/p>\n

Rondel Menendez, WR, Eastern Kentucky\"Detailed<\/p>\n

Time: 4.23 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 247 overall by Atlanta Falcons in 1999<\/p>\n

Kalon Barnes, CB, Baylor\"Carolina<\/p>\n

Time: 4.23 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 242 overall by Carolina Panthers<\/a> in 2022<\/p>\n

John Ross, WR, Washington\"Cincinnati<\/p>\n

Time: 4.22 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted: No. 9 overall by Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> in 2017<\/p>\n

Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas\"Xavier<\/p>\n

Time: 4.21 seconds<\/p>\n

Drafted No. 28 overall by Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 16, 2026, 7:31 p.m. ET The NFL combine brings together college athletes so scouts can go over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,22396,96536,95882,95890,96059,108248,95913,96027,98588,95953,95936,108249,96540,99412,95885,95896,95888,95895,96684,95906,95977,95902,95883,101295,95889,97438,108250,97318,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-757187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssports","13":"tag-sstsnsports","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","16":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","17":"tag-tagchamp-bailey","18":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-taggeorgia-bulldogs-football","21":"tag-taghouston-texans","22":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","23":"tag-tagjohn-ross","24":"tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","25":"tag-tagkent-state-university","26":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","27":"tag-tagnational-sports","28":"tag-tagnfl","29":"tag-tagnfl-hub","30":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","31":"tag-tagoverall-positive","32":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","33":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","34":"tag-tagsports-news","35":"tag-tagtariq-woolen","36":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","37":"tag-tagtexas","38":"tag-taguniversity-of-texas","39":"tag-tagxavier-worthy","40":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}