Darren McFadden - How fast is fast?
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So, who had the fastest time at the NFL Combine this year?
Darren McFadden, right?
Wrong! Chris Johnson.
Who?
Chris Johnson of East Carolina.
Like said before, Who?
Well, actually he should have had the second fastest time to McFadden. Darren McFadden supposedly ran a 4.27 after Chris Johnson ran a 4.29.
But he then received a text message from University of South Florida cornerback Mike Jenkins, who was watching the workouts on TV. source
Mike’s text message told Chris about Darren McFadden’s supposedly faster time. So, Chris had to go out a run again.
And did he.
Johnson ran faster than all but one of the roughly 3,000 combine participants since electronic timing was adopted in 1999. He was clocked at 4.24 seconds, which easily bested McFadden’s official time of 4.33.
“I thought I was fast, but I didn’t know I was that fast,” Johnson said after a recent post-combine workout at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. “I would have been happy with anything in the 4.2s. It surprised me.”
Now it will draw some attention to Chris Johnson, but more teams are interested in the multi-talented Darren McFadden and his phenomenal time of 4.33. Who would not want a big strong running back with blazing speed that came out of a big time program (Arkansas), where he posted big time numbers?
Chris is not exactly mincemeat. He led the NCAA in all purpose yardage at 227.7 yards a game.
Hey, McFadden will be one of the top picks, no doubt.
But maybe, the publicity of running the second fastest NFL Combine time since the electronic era starting in 1999 ever will help Chris Johnson get drafted.
Oh, and the fastest time? Rondel Melendez, 4.24, in 1999. You remember his fabulous NFL career don’t you? He bounced around the league for a few years and then bounced out.
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