40 yard dash

Answer 1

The slowest 40 yard dashes for each position at the 2009 National Football League Combine are as follows:

Quarterback: Hunter Cantwell-5.26 seconds


Running Back: Marcus Mailei-4.97 seconds


Wide Receiver: Greg Orton-4.75 seconds


Tight End: Bear Pascoe-4.95 seconds


Offensive Lineman: Ramon Foster-5.61 seconds


Defensive Lineman: Ron Brace-5.50 seconds


Linebacker: Morris Wooten-5.10 seconds


Cornerback: Kevin Akins-4.85 seconds


Safety: Kevin Ellison-4.87 seconds


Specialist: Sean Griffin-5.14 seconds


So, to answer your question, the slowest 40 time of the 2009 National Football League Combine is 5.61 seconds by Offensive Lineman Ramon Foster.

Answer 2

The 40 Yard Dash is a drill that all rookies go through in the scouting combine, it is where you must accelerate as fast as you can to top speed, starting from one line, you must run forty yards as fast as you can.

Answer 3

Offensive linemen come in two sizes: Big (275-300 pounds) and Really Big (300+ pounds).

Some coaches utilize speed over size and get smaller offensive linemen, and some utilize the bigger ones, and much of that depends on the particular conference they play against, but different types of linemen are used in different types of plays, so a team will have a variety of sizes and speeds.

Smaller linemen can run as fast as 4.7 seconds on the 40 yard dash, while the bigger linemen rarely break 5 seconds. There are some exceptionally talented individuals who weigh 265-295 who can run faster, and those individuals are typically used as running backs or linebackers where that exceptional speed/size combo is more valuable to a team.

Answer 4

The best 40 yard dash times are around 4.2 seconds. A good 40 yard dash time is anywhere between 4.2 seconds and 5.1 seconds depending on your football position.

Answer 5

Maurice Greene from the United States is the men's world record holder with 6.39 seconds. He sat the record two times, once in 1998 and once in 2001.