* A year ago, Tennessee's Christian Coleman had some fun and ran the fastest 40-yard dash ever recorded with FAT
It's the age-old track question: What does my 60 meter time convert to in a 40 yard dash?
For as long as football players have been plying their trade in the short sprint at regional and national combines, track athletes have scoffed at their perceived "fast" times, noting that their fast isn't really that fast. And once again, as the NFL Draft Combine enters our radars on Saturday, we'll start to contextualize football speed versus track speed. But let's start with what we know.
A year ago, Tennessee's Christian Coleman, the recent NCAA record holder in the 100m and world leader in the 60m, silenced critics when, on a lark, he went out and ran an easy 4.12 effort in the 40 yard dash (above).
That was in response to the fastest 40 yard dash time ever record at the NFL combine -- a 4.22 second effort by John Ross, a wide receiver prospect who was promptly drafted ninth in the ...