Fastest Tech Player cont......
by JohnGoTech on Nov 22, 2010 10:23 AM CST
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I liked the question about who is the fastest Tech footbally player ever and the proposal that Ben McRoy may indeed by the fastest. That question didn't get a lot of play in the aftermath of Seth's post, so I thought I'd throw it up here for a little discussion.
One mention on that other thread was Tyrone Thurman. I was at Tech during Tyrone's career and while he may indeed be the best kick/punt returner in Tech history - another wide receiver during this period I believe was the fastest player to ever play for Tech - WR Wayne Walker. Does anyone agree, disagree or have some other names to throw out there?
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Speed kills!
Tyrone (smurf) was my days at Tech as well and he was lightening fast on returns. It’s hard to campare McRoy to him yet but I think McRoy has better athletes around him which will help his game. I’ve mentioned that I would really like to see McRoy as an inside receiver or in a similar capacity to Welker. Obviously, we would be missing out not having this guy as return guy on special teams play. At running back I think we already have plenty of depth and more horses on the way. Things could be really dangerous for opposing defenses going up against Ward, Corker, Torres and McRoy. All we need now is a QB that can throw to a receiver in stride.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
"We started too late" - Neal Brown
One more thing...
The decision to pull this kids(McRoy) red shirt is pure stupidity. A few plays in a season is worthless and makes no sense at all.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
"We started too late" - Neal Brown
I didn’t think Thurman was exceptionally fast, but he was very quick with good speed. His mom, however, was exceptionally loud…she brought a coffee can full of coins to the games and sat next to the band. She would shake that thing as hard as she could when he went back to field a kick. Pretty funny, actually.
Carlos Francis
Carlos Francis was a fast son of a gun. I don’t remember exact times, but I do remember when he was going through the combine they kept retesting him because they didn’t believe how fast his times were. Can anyone back this up?
I do remember that,
he played backup to Randy Moss in Oakland for a while. My thought was it was somewhere around 4.3 in the 40.
hands of stone, too
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by Tortilla Pirate on Nov 23, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Combine Times and Carlos Francis
I found this at http://www.topendsports.com/sport/gridiron/nfl-draft-results-top.htm
I cannot find combine results on the actual NFL website. Maybe someone knows where to find them…? Anyways, here is the table from this other website (which I assume is accurate b/c why would someone make it up??)
4.24 – Rondel Melendez, (WR), Eastern Kentucky – 1999
4.28 – Jerome Mathis, (WR), Hampton – 2005
4.28 – *Champ Bailey, (CB), Georgia – 1999
4.29 – Stanford Routt, (CB), Houston – 2005
4.29 – Jay Hinton, (RB), Morgan State – 1999
4.29 – *Fabian Washington, (CB), Nebraska – 2005
4.30 – Yamon Figurs (WR), Kansas State – 2007
4.30 – Darrent Williams, (CB), Oklahoma State – 2005
4.31 – *Johnathan Joseph, (CB), South Carolina – 2006
4.31 – Aaron Lockett, (WR), Kansas State – 2002
4.31 – Santana Moss, (WR), Miami – 2001
4.32 – *Troy Williamson, (WR), South Carolina – 2005
4.32 – *Chad Jackson, (WR), Florida – 2006
4.32 – Jason Hill (WR), Washington State – 2007
4.32 – Tim Jennings, (CB), Georgia – 2006
4.32 – Chris McKenzie, (CB), Arizona State – 2005
4.32 – Tim Carter, (WR), Auburn – 2002
4.32 – Kevin Garrett, (CB), Southern Methodist – 2003
4.32 – Antwan Harris, (CB), Virginia – 2000
4.33 – Carlos Francis, (WR), Texas Tech – 2004
4.33 – Karsten Bailey, (WR), Auburn – 1999
4.33 – Chris Chambers, (WR), Wisconsin – 2001
4.34 – *Ahmad Carroll, (CB), Arkansas – 2004
4.34 – Domonique Foxworth, (CB), Maryland – 2005
4.34 – Tyrone Calico, (WR), Middle Tennessee State – 2003
Heard Rich Eisen on DP show
Talking about Deon Sanders having what most recognize as one of the fastest 40 times at the combine, ever. But he isn’t on the list which is odd.
He ran his 40, kept running out the tunnel and the stadium to a waiting car and drove off. So the story goes…
IMWTx
"We thought we were too good to play Texas f-ing A&M. Now how in the F can that be?" ML
by imisswesttexas on Nov 23, 2010 3:02 PM CST up reply actions
Deon
Here is a link that says he ran a 4.28.
IMWTx
"We thought we were too good to play Texas f-ing A&M. Now how in the F can that be?" ML
by imisswesttexas on Nov 23, 2010 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
What about CJ?
Where is Chris Johnson on this list?
Joel Filani?
Believe he was the fastest at the time
"It's fun to do bad things"- Latarian
by oldschoolraider on Nov 22, 2010 12:55 PM CST reply actions
Vincent Meeks
From the competition day website that Tech used to host, he had the fastest recorded 40 time at Tech – an absolutely blazing 4.16!
Too bad he ran a 4.9 at his combine…
could be... my money is on inflated times, though...
kinda like what the Florida program did recently
4.21
In hs had a classmate that ran a 4.21 as timed by good old coaches hand held., white guy at that and he was the final leg of the 4A state championship sprint relay
Dont buy the Espn/Disney/ABC hype ! Playoffs are just spin to hide their agenda of owning our favorite sport.
O yea, kid had a track scholorship at Tech, tried to walkon football, voided his scholorship and ended up playing football in Alpine, not too smart
Dont buy the Espn/Disney/ABC hype ! Playoffs are just spin to hide their agenda of owning our favorite sport.
I'm all about modern technology and the electronic clock.
Although, as seen by the players listed there, a good 40 time obviously doesn’t translate over to a good football player. And I didn’t even know they had a football team in Alpine… weird.
Sul Ross
"It's fun to do bad things"- Latarian
by oldschoolraider on Nov 22, 2010 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
Tarleton mightt
have something to say about that….
"It's fun to do bad things"- Latarian
by oldschoolraider on Nov 27, 2010 12:21 AM CST up reply actions
Bo knows
Recently on the radio I heard that Bo Jackson ran an electronically timed 4.18 at the combine.
I recently heard that Jacoby Franks was the fastest person on our team but that was before McRabbit.
Fastest ever? Probably Francis
Slowest ever? Potts and Cumbie need to race. Someone please set that up at halftime for the Houston game. We need a way to get fans to the game.
shame on you for only thinking of skilled positions...
Brandon Carter vs. Jonathan Gray (class of ‘99?)… that’s the clydesdale race I want to see.
Did you ever see Jonathan Gray cannon ball off the high dive in the Men’s Gym. Most water displacement I have ever seen.
no...
but I did see him try to fit into a desk in my algebra class. Those things weren’t even big enough for even one of his enormous hams!
Ivory McCann was fast!!
I don’t know what happened after the 2001 season, I don’t remember him in 2002.
High School…Forest Brook High School in Houston, Texas � Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Top 100 … rushed for 1,456 yards on 105 carries in 2000 … ran the 400 meters in 46.7 and ranked fifth nationally … chose Texas Tech over Texas A&M, Nebraska, Kansas and LSU … member of the Junior National USA Team … won state in 4×100 and 4×400 senior season … broke state record in the 4×100M.
2001…All-Big 12 Third Team by the coaches … Associated Press Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Must have dropped football for track.
2002 OUTDOOR: All-American…ran a 46.06 split in the 1,600-meter relay that ran the second fastest time ever in school history (3:04.40) as it placed seventh at Nationals…earned four All-Conference honors as a leg of the 4×100 and 4×400, in the 200 and in the 400…ran the third leg of the 4×100 relay and gave Tech a lead in the race as it took first at a conference meet in a relay for the first time since the 60�s…as the second leg on the 4×400 he ran a split time of 47.60 as Tech finished second… finished 8th in the 400 and 7th in the 200 at the Big 12 Championships (5/18)…and ran the second leg of the 4×400 relay that placed first with an NCAA provisional time of 3:05.71, also was the second collegiate in the 100 with a time of 10.54 at the ACU Open (5/9)…took second in the 400 at the Texas Tech Open (5/4) with a time of 46.53…he ran the first leg in the spectacular 1st place finish in the 1600 Medley with a time of 3:17.25, a good two-seconds better than the next competitor in the 14-team field, and he ran the third leg in the 4×100 team that competed against a 33-team field finishing 3rd in a six team final with a time of 39.46 at the 75th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (4/3-4/6)…dashed his way into 3rd place in the 100M with a 10.53 run in the Texas Tech Invitational (3/28)…placed 11th in the 400M with a time of 51.08 at the Longhorn Invitational (3/23).
His first kickoff return
went 108 yards against New Mexico. Googled his name and found quite a bit of info, including this: “Ivory is so fast, he can jump out of bed, shower, shave and get dressed before the sheets hit the bed.” LOL!
Rodney Blackshear
Not sure what his 40 time was, but he could run. Was pretty good with running back kicks vs TAMU as I recall.
IMWTx
"We thought we were too good to play Texas f-ing A&M. Now how in the F can that be?" ML
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