Chris Johnson ran a 4.24 40 at the NFL combine in 2008, a record that still stands after 2014. (USATSI)
For the sixth straight year, Titans running back Chris Johnson can brag that he has the fastest official 40-time in the history of the NFL combine. The final 40-yard dashes were run on Tuesday and no one topped Johnson's record-time of 4.24, which he set at the 2008 combine.
However, someone did come close to Johnson's record and that someone was Kent State running back Dri Archer. Archer ran a 4.26 40, which goes down as the second fastest time since the NFL officially began electronic timing in 1999.
Archer's 40-time on Sunday was fast enough that Johnson tweeted about it.
Can't lie archer had the boi nervous
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson28) February 23, 2014The unofficial 40-record at the combine belongs to Bo Jackson. Jackson's 4.12 came in 1986, long before the NFL was using the electronic timer to officially verify times.
Here's a list of the top-10 fastest 40 times that were run at the 2014 combine.
1. Kent State RB Dri Archer (4.26)
2. Oregon State WR Brandin Cooks (4.33)
On a somewhat related note, Cooks won $100,000 from Adidas for his blazing time. You can read more about that here. If Archer would've worn the Adidas adizero 5-star cleat while running his 40, the money would have been his.
3. Pittsburgh State (Kansas) WR John Brown (4.34)
4. Oklahoma State CB Justin Gilbert (4.36)
T-5. Rice CB Phillip Gaines (4.38)
T-5. Texas Christian CB Jason Verrett (4.38)
7. Ohio State CB Bradley Roby (4.39)
T-8. Ole Miss WR Donte Moncrief (4.40)
T-8. Colorado WR Paul Richardson (4.40)
T-10. NW Missouri State CB Brandon Dixon (4.41)
T-10. Georgia Southern RB Jerick McKinnon (4.41)
T-10. Florida CB Jaylen Watkins (4.41)
Oh and someone at the NFL took the time to make this picture. It's 16 different players running the 40 and making 16 different faces. That seems like a good thing to leave you with.
The faces of the 40-yard dash. #NFLCombine pic.twitter.com/aLlpRSkxAy
— NFL (@nfl) February 23, 2014NFL Hot News
Giants expecting young WRs to step up next season
With Hakeem Nicks' chances of returning to the Giants next season "close to zero," in-house youngsters such as Rueben Randle and Jerrel Jernigan are expected to pick up the slack. One person with such expectations is Giants general manager Jerry Reese.Via NFL.com's Chris Wesseling, Reese said Saturday that he is confident Randle will make a "significant jump" in 2014, and that Jernigan "finally looked like the player" who the team selected in the third round of the 2011 draft.Randle, a second-round pick in 2012, caught 41 passes this season. He had a six-week span in the middle of the year in which he scored five of his six touchdowns. Jernigan came on late in the season as he caught 19 passes for 237 yards and three total touchdowns in the final three games.
Victor Cruz is the rock in this receiving corps. Randle and Jernigan can be solid complementary players if they can carry what they displayed in short bursts this season through a 16-game slate. And considering the year that Nicks just had, they can't be any worse, and they'll come much cheaper. Eli Manning has plenty of concerns after such a horrid campaign, but losing the injury-plagued Nicks shouldn't be one of them.
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