Preserve the slowness. Giannis tried to trash talk Jokic, KD and LeBron but ended up just complimenting them. He received four-star ratings from Rivals and Scout and was ranked as the sixth-best quarterback in the Class of 2008. 93 players ran a sub-4.5 second 40 yard dash in high school. Williams narrowly missed out on making the U.S. Olympic team in 2008 and 2012 and was the U.S. Indoor champion in the 60-meter dash in 2010. Sheffield finished as the runner-up at the Texas state championships in the 100 in 2016 and was also a two-time state runner-up in the 400-meter relay. The Oklahoma coaching staff improved on Jones' passing skills, but paradoxically changed his running style from "top high school athlete" to a style that could charitably be described as "barefoot on a sun-drenched beach": Despite spending the last five years in a near-professional strength and conditioning program, Jones ran a 5.11-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, nearly a half-second slower than he ran in high school. Schwartz racked up 117 catches for 1,433 yards in three seasons at Auburn before declaring early for the 2021 NFL Draft after he ran a 4.26-second 40-yard dash at Pro Day. Yet it seems every high school football player we talk to can run a 4.40-second 40. While 74.8 percent of players overall were slower, 76.1 percent of players from the BCS automatic qualifiers lost time. This website uses cookies and third party services. http://www.iowaahperd.org/journal/predicting_40yard.html. Thats a hard time to swallow but Greens obvious speed has been put on display many times while he was in the NFL.