How much can you lower your 40 time?

It would be easier to go from say 6.0 seconds to 5.5 seconds than 4.7 seconds to 4.2 seconds. I checked with legendary coach Vern Gambetta and he felt that in the elite player getting ready for the combine, many athletes might be able to improve by about 0.2 seconds with training.

How many mph is a 4.7 40 yard dash?

If you have a 40-yard dash time, divide it into 80 to get an approximate miles per hour speed. So, if you have a 5 second 40-yard dash, you are going about 16 mph. If you have an 8 second 40-yard dash, you are going about 10 mph.

Is a 4.7 second 40 yard dash good?

The average college football player is nearly a tenth of a second slower (e.g., a NFL Combine 4.5 after a high school 4.4) after four to five years in a college strength and conditioning program as he was when he entered that program. 93 players ran a sub-4.5 second 40 yard dash in high school.

How fast would a cheetah run a 40-yard dash?

Cheetah, wide receiver: Two or three seconds (record: 4.24) National Geographic actually raced Combine 40-yard record-holder Chris Johnson and Devin Hester against a cheetah.

How fast can a cheetah run 40 yards?

How fast is a 40 yard dash in mph?

About 26 mph. If you have a 40-yard dash time, divide it into 80 to get an approximate miles per hour speed. So, if you have a 5 second 40-yard dash, you are going about 16 mph. If you have an 8 second 40-yard dash, you are going about 10 mph.

What is the 40 yard dash used for in the NFL?

Historically, the 40-yard dash is used by scouts as a measure of speed, agility, and acceleration of NFL prospects. The basis behind the distance is that punts typically travel 40 yards and have an average hang time of 4.5 seconds.

How is the 40 yard dash timed at the combine?

At the high school level, the 40-Yard Dash is usually timed by hand, meaning a person with a stopwatch clocks your 40. At the NFL Combine, the 40 is electronically timed, which produces consistently slower but more accurate times.

Why did Josh Benjamin run the 40-yard dash so slow?

The craziest part is that Benjamin, now a Buffalo Bill, has since admitted that he ran the 40-yard dash slow on purpose so that he could fall to a better team late in the first round. Whatever the case, it’s clear that Benjamin’s final time was surprisingly slow.