Wendell Williams 4.19 Forty

[Hoofbite]

at the regional combine I guess. 45" vertical as well.

http://larrybrownsports.com/football/wendell-williams-runs-record-4-19-40-at-combine/295292

Let it be known, from this day forth Wendell Williams shall forever be known as, SPARQtacus!

 

[hendog]

I wonder if the NFL recognizes this as official?

 

[KingintheNorth]

It was at a NFL Regional Combine so they should. They might distinguish the actual NFL Combine (in Indianapolis) as a unique set of records though.

NAIA football is hard to gauge. There are NAIA teams that we ( a Division 1 JuCo team) would smoke and there are NAIA teams that could compete at D2 (NCAA) levels. Cumberlands was ranked just outside the Top 25 (NAIA poll) last year. I wonder if Williams could have a John Brown type impact for a team. Brown played at D2 school Pittsburg State.

Fast is fast, and they obviously thought he was a decent football player if he earned a regional combine invite.

I believe there are currently 3 NAIA players in the NFL.

 

[Hoofbite]

It was at a NFL Regional Combine so they should. They might distinguish the actual NFL Combine (in Indianapolis) as a unique set of records though.

NAIA football is hard to gauge. There are NAIA teams that we ( a Division 1 JuCo team) would smoke and there are NAIA teams that could compete at D2 (NCAA) levels. Cumberlands was ranked just outside the Top 25 (NAIA poll) last year. I wonder if Williams could have a John Brown type impact for a team. Brown played at D2 school Pittsburg State.

Fast is fast, and they obviously thought he was a decent football player if he earned a regional combine invite.

I believe there are currently 3 NAIA players in the NFL.

He'll get a chance with that 40 alone. Someone will take him to camp and at least give him a shot on KR.

 

[Leadbelly]

Williams was also honored as an All-American in football. He was Cumberlands’ leading receiving with 15 catches for 457 yards and eight touchdowns last season. He rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns on seven attempts. He also scored four special teams touchdowns — three on kicks and one on a punt.

Averaged 30 yards per catch and 29 yard per run lol

 

[KingintheNorth]

Averaged 30 yards per catch and 29 yard per run lol

15 catches, 8 of them TD's.

Umm, Coach, just give me the damn ball?

 

[Thatkidbob]

15 catches, 8 of them TD's.

Umm, Coach, just give me the damn ball?

For real... Sounds he was criminally under utilized.

457 yards on 15 catches... Imagine if he had 45 receptions.

I wonder if his 40 was electronically timed, but with his track bonafides I'm inclined to believe that # is legit. Wow.

 

[KingintheNorth]

He's also a 3-time indoor All-American and 5-time outdoor All-American in Track.

http://www.cumberlandspatriots.com/article/5353.php

It also looks like the junior college he attended first did not have a football program.

 

[Hoofbite]

For real... Sounds he was criminally under utilized.

457 yards on 15 catches... Imagine if he had 45 receptions.

I wonder if his 40 was electronically timed, but with his track bonafides I'm inclined to believe that # is legit. Wow.

I guess electronically he was a 4.32.....4.19 might be hand time. I dunno how they report it anymore.

 

[SportsGuru80]

He will definitely get a chance...

 

[Hoofbite]

I guess Adidas had a promo at the combine that would have given any player to run faster than CJ $1M. Sucks for this guy.

 

[Hoofbite]

And damn, you know you played an obscure college when you don't even have a highlight video on YouTube. I can't find one...haha

 

[mattjames2010]

He'll end up with the Saints to pair up with Cooks and Snead.

 

[Vinnie2u]

For real... Sounds he was criminally under utilized.

457 yards on 15 catches... Imagine if he had 45 receptions.

I wonder if his 40 was electronically timed, but with his track bonafides I'm inclined to believe that # is legit. Wow.

He'll fit right in in Dallas... We got criminally under utilizing perfected...

 

[jnday]

Speed, speed, speed. Jimmy Johnson used speed to win Super Bowls. I would like a repeat.

 

[darthseinfeld]

For real... Sounds he was criminally under utilized.

457 yards on 15 catches... Imagine if he had 45 receptions.

I wonder if his 40 was electronically timed, but with his track bonafides I'm inclined to believe that # is legit. Wow.

Hand timed.

Electronically it was 4.3ish

 

[darthseinfeld]

I guess Adidas had a promo at the combine that would have given any player to run faster than CJ $1M. Sucks for this guy.

Wouldnt have won it. His hand times was 4.19. His electrionic time didn't touch CJ

 

[CCBoy]

Darrell Green was playing NAIA with the A&I Javelinas, when he was close to that time...and he stayed NFL fast well into his forties. That is interest grabbing for sure.




https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/naia-prospect-smashes-chris-johnsons-174500495.html


For years, Chris Johnson's 40-yard dash time of 4.24 seconds has stood as the pinnacle of speed at the NFL Combine.

No more.

MORE: Fastest Combine prospects | What NFL teams thought at the Combine

Wendall Williams, a receiver from NAIA Division I school University of the Cumberlands, shattered Johnson's record by clocking 4.19 seconds in the NFL Regional Combine in Winter Park, Minn., Saturday.


That is, of course, if Williams' official time holds up. He shouldn't feel too bad if it doesn't, though: The 5-10, 175-pound receiver also turned in a 45-inch vertical jump, which would tie Kansas City Chiefs receiver Chris Conley's record (which he set in 2015).


Williams appears to have been used in myriad ways for the Patriots. In the 2015 season, he caught 15 catches for 457 yards and eight touchdowns, rushed seven times for 205 yards and three touchdowns and returned six punts for 141 yards and a touchdown.

If that wasn't enough, maybe his impressive showing at the Combine did enough to improve his draft stock.

 

[Teague31]

That's Alexander Wright type speed

 

[Risen Star]

I wonder if the NFL recognizes this as official?

No. Different track. Can't compare. He isn't the first guy to allegedly run a 40 in the 4.1s. If it doesn't happen at the combine, it didn't happen to the record books.