Spearmon’s focus on track, not NFL Draft

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          Mike Young on April 28, 2007 at 8:42 am #13629

          For all those who wonder what a track guy might run in a football 40y…here's some food for thought from David Showers of the Northwest Arkansas Times:Running at Arkansas’ pro day earlier this month was a serious endeavor for all involved, save one. For former Fayetteville High and University of Arkansas sprinter extraordinaire Wallace Spearmon Jr., it was merely a lark. He ran the 40

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          Nick Newman on April 28, 2007 at 10:55 pm #71098

          anyone know what dwain chambers ran the 40 in at his pro day?

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          Mike Young on April 30, 2007 at 3:39 am #64443

          anyone know what dwain chambers ran the 40 in at his pro day?

          I don't know but he was certainly a better accelerator than spearmon at equivalent points in their careers. If nothing else though the 4.28 gives us a good bench mark of what a world class sprinter might post under legit football testing conditions…FAT timing, turf, no spikes, etc.

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          utfootball4 on April 30, 2007 at 3:54 am #64444

          [quote author="jumperuk" date="1177781146"]
          anyone know what dwain chambers ran the 40 in at his pro day?

          I don't know but he was certainly a better accelerator than spearmon at equivalent points in their careers. If nothing else though the 4.28 gives us a good bench mark of what a world class sprinter might post under legit football testing conditions…FAT timing, turf, no spikes, etc.
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          his accle must be weak bc 4.28 is fast but other fb players have done that.

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          QUIKAZHELL on April 30, 2007 at 4:37 am #64445

          What did he run in. It isn't specific. If it was zoom waffles ok not thattttt big a difference but regualr running sneakers then we may be talking .3 ish.

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          Mike Young on April 30, 2007 at 7:35 am #64446

          0.3 seems like too much.

          In any case, the article implies he ran about 0.1s faster earlier.

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          QUIKAZHELL on April 30, 2007 at 8:17 am #64447

          0.3 seems like too much.

          In any case, the article implies he ran about 0.1s faster earlier.

          Well I've run a 4.4 handtime in spikes and in waffles and I'm willing to bet I couldn't break 4.8 in sneakers not to mention i'd probably get hurt. I have trouble doing my warmup buildups in trainers nevermind trying to sprint all out! lol

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          utfootball4 on April 30, 2007 at 8:40 am #64448

          [quote author="mike" date="1177898763"]
          0.3 seems like too much.

          In any case, the article implies he ran about 0.1s faster earlier.

          Well I've run a 4.4 handtime in spikes and in waffles and I'm willing to bet I couldn't break 4.8 in sneakers not to mention i'd probably get hurt. I have trouble doing my warmup buildups in trainers nevermind trying to sprint all out! lol
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          damn are you serious, if you ran 4.4ht in spikes and waffles i would think 4.6.

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          cdub on May 1, 2007 at 4:15 am #64449

          [quote author="mike" date="1177884606"]
          [quote author="jumperuk" date="1177781146"]
          anyone know what dwain chambers ran the 40 in at his pro day?

          I don't know but he was certainly a better accelerator than spearmon at equivalent points in their careers. If nothing else though the 4.28 gives us a good bench mark of what a world class sprinter might post under legit football testing conditions…FAT timing, turf, no spikes, etc.
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          his accle must be weak bc 4.28 is fast but other fb players have done that.
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          There are some very fast football players.  Xavier Carter use to play football.  Bennie Brezell(sp) is a football player.  Willie Gault was a big time track runner and ftball player.  With Spearmon's long strides, @ 40 yards is probably where he start to hit his max speed.  This guy in this vid(yamon figurs) ran a 4.30, he probably ran track before.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyzjvTf4czU

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          Mike Young on May 1, 2007 at 10:33 pm #64450

          Spearmon probably doesn't hit top speed til about 50-60m (55-66 yards).

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          Mike Young on May 1, 2007 at 10:34 pm #64451

          Xavier Carter is also a fairly weak starter. In fact, it's kind of amazing that he runs as fast as he does in the 100m because he almost always gets beat through 30m.

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          RunnerMan on May 2, 2007 at 10:23 am #64452

          Xavier Carter is also a fairly weak starter. In fact, it's kind of amazing that he runs as fast as he does in the 100m because he almost always gets beat through 30m.

          yeh, i memba watching that ncaa 100m final on tv last year, he seemed to be almost losing with 15m to go, then just scooted past everyone. I was sure he was out of it, he literally caught 3-4m in the last 20-25 on the leaders, i'm sure.

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