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John Ross

Official NFL Combine electronic 40-yard dash of 4.22 seconds on 4 March 2017. Lower is faster.

Also known as John Ross III, Ross 4.22
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Race time

4.22s

Official electronic 40-yard dash at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine, Washington wide receiver John Ross. NFL.com and ESPN print the official 4.22. CBS Sports dates the official result 4 March 2017. Unofficial team times of 4.16 and 4.19 on the CBS page are not the rank. Lower is faster.

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Why it's so fast

An NFL Combine 40 is a 40-yard sprint from a still start, timed electronically. Lower is faster. Hand times and pro-day times stay off this list.

  1. No running start

    The clock starts from a set position. Acceleration over the first ten yards is most of what separates the fastest times.

  2. The official clock

    The ranked time is the electronic time the NFL posts. A number that flashes on a board and is later revised is not stored as its own row.

This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 4.22sRanked figure

    Official electronic 40-yard dash at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine, Washington wide receiver John Ross. NFL.com and ESPN print the official 4.22. CBS Sports dates the official result 4 March 2017. Unofficial team times of 4.16 and 4.19 on the CBS page are not the rank. Lower is faster. · NFL Scouting Combine, official electronic 40-yard dash

    ESPN prints that the NFL confirmed the official time of 4.22 seconds. CBS Sports prints the official 4.22 when the results were released, in a story dated 4 March 2017.

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Reference

Specs

Runner
John Ross
Event
2017 NFL Scouting Combine
Time
4.22 seconds
Date
4 March 2017

Context

Background

NFL.com prints an official 40-yard dash of 4.22 seconds by John Ross III on Saturday at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine. ESPN prints 4.22 seconds and says the NFL confirmed that official time later Saturday. CBS Sports prints the official 4.22 when the results were released, and the story is dated 4 March 2017.

The ranked figure is 4.22 seconds. Lower is faster. CBS also prints unofficial team times of 4.16 and 4.19. Those are not the official electronic time, so they are not the rank. The stored day is the CBS date, 4 March 2017.

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