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The 20-yard shuttle, also simply called the short shuttle, is a timed agility drill run primarily to evaluate athletes’ quickness and change-of-direction ability. Although not as highly regarded as the 40-yard dash, it is still an important measure used by NFL personnel to compare players. Canadian football also uses the shuttle test. [12]
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.
At the NFL Scouting Combine, McSorley posted a quarterback-best 4.57-second 40-yard dash, a vertical jump of 33 inches, as well as a 115-inch broad jump. NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that some teams asked McSorley to perform workouts with defensive backs, which he declined. [45]
5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Professional career ... 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split ... the ninth player in NFL history to accomplish both in the same game, ...
However, the more surprising result for Treadwell, in fact, was not his 40-yard dash time but a disappointing 33 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (0.85 m) vertical jump, a half-inch better than he did in Indianapolis. He also completed the 20-yard shuttle in 4.30 seconds and the 3-cone drill in 7.04 seconds.
For the NFL Combine, Williams trained at D1 Sports Training in Nashville, Tennessee. [55] On March 24, at the Pro Day on the University of Memphis campus, Williams ostensibly improved his draft stock even further with an exceptional workout. [56] He ran his 40-yard dash in 4.40 seconds with the wind and 4.48 seconds against the wind. [57]
He had bests of 23.5 seconds in the 200-meter dash, 15.53 seconds in the 110m hurdles, 39.55 seconds in the 300m hurdles, 1.88 meters (or 6–2) in the high jump, 6.37 meters (20–5) in the long jump and 13.07 meters (42–7.75) in the triple jump. [4] [5] He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.53 seconds.
McKinnon was invited to the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine, [34] where he improved his stock by running unofficial times of 4.38 and 4.35 in the 40-yard dash (4.41 official, 2nd fastest among running backs) while leading all running backs in bench press reps with 32.