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The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.576 m). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player's recorded time can have a heavy impact on his prospects in college or professional football.
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
220 yards straightaway 20.2 (+1.7 m/s) ... (1.6 kg or 3.5 lb) 72.40 m (237 ft 6 in) ... Efraimson's indoor mark as the record. Cain's outdoor mark at the World Junior ...
The fastest NFL combine 40-yard dash by a quarterback was set by Michael Vick in 2001, when Vick ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash. The time was later tied by Robert Griffin III in 2012.
There's a new speedster at the top of the record books as Texas receiver Xavier Worthy ran a 4.21 at the NFL Combine, breaking the previous record of 4.22. Not many athletes have ever run in the 4 ...
Because the 40-yard dash is the most prestigious event at the NFL combine, Worthy's record-breaking run naturally elicited numerous reactions from throughout the football world.
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John Ross held the previous 40-yard dash record, clocking a 4.22-second time at the 2017 NFL Combine. That led the Cincinnati Bengals to select him with the ninth overall pick in that year's draft