Abilene Christian’s Johnny Knox cranked out an eye popping 4.25 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine followed by Deon Butler (Penn St.) coming in at 4.26. Those times were unofficial. Also listed below are the official times. Darrius Heyward Bey out of Maryland had the fastest official time at 4.30 which as we all know is flying. Interesting note. The official times for the 40 yard dash at the combine are only “half” electronic. In other words, the clock is started by hand on a player’s movement and then the finish is captured electronically. This is as opposed to the clock being started electronically on the player’s movement.
Player | unofficial | official |
WIDE RECEIVERS | ||
Johnny Knox | 4.25 | 4.34 |
Deon Butler | 4.26 | 4.38 |
Mike Wallace | 4.28 | 4.33 |
Mike Thomas | 4.31 | 4.40 |
Tiquan Undrwood | 4.32 | 4.41 |
Darrius Heyward Bey | 4.32 | 4.30 |
Kenny McKiley | 4.33 | |
Kenny McKinley | 4.33 | 4.44 |
Percy Harvin | 4.37 | 4.41 |
Kevin Olgetree | 4.37 | |
Demetrius Byrd | 4.38 | 4.42 |
Dominique Edison | 4.40 | |
Jeremy Maclin | 4.40 | |
Quan Cosby | 4.44 | |
Taurus Johsnon | 4.47 | |
Hakeem Nicks | 4.49 | |
Aaron Kelly | 4.49 | |
Brian Robiskeeie | 4.51 | |
Brian Hartline | 4.52 | |
Louis Murphy | 4.43 | |
QUARTERBACKS | ||
Pat White | 4.49 | 4.55 |
Rhett Bomar | 4.71 | 4.82 |
Chase Daniel | 4.87 | 4.92 |
Mark Sanchez | 4.88 | |
Matthew Stafford | 4.88 | 4.81 |
Josh Freeman | 4.92 | 4.97 |
Curis Painter | 4.92 | |
Cullen Harper | 4.97 | |
Nate Davis | 4.97 | |
Graham Harrell | 4.97 | |
Hunter Cantwell | 5.17 | |
Stephen McGee | 4.66 | |
John Parker Wilson | 4.87 | |
Tom Brandstater | 4.95 |

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Deon Butler is from Penn State, not Connecticut
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