WR breaks NFL Regional Combine 40-yard dash record

Mar 07, 2016, 09:52
WR breaks NFL Regional Combine 40-yard dash record

The Minnesota Vikings might be able to explain the unseasonably warm temperatures in the Twin Cities this weekend.

Wendall Williams from the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky broke an NFL Regional Combine record by running a 4.19-second 40-yard dash Saturday, according to the NFL Regional Combine's official Twitter.

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Williams was so impressively physically on Saturday that scouts from the Vikings, Packers and Chiefs pulled him off the field at Winter Park to get a quick interview.

Those ridiculous numbers were enough to get him an invite to the NFL Regional Scouting Combine, where he couldn't have done much more to get noticed. The NFL Combine uses lasers to record dash times. Let's pour one out (unofficially) for Johnson, whose 4.24 seconds in the 40-yard dash back in 2008 had been the coveted mark to beat.

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The 2015 Cup series champion could find some solace in a victory in Sunday's Daytona 500, however, which would be his first. Besides, the first race of the season is exciting that no one has won yet so far in 2016. "I don't really get too confident.

In a league where speed kills, Williams is now Clark Kent absent the flying, although his 45-inch vertical leap did probably show up on the radar of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport nearby. The best vertical leap in the 2016 NFL Combine was set by California running back Daniel Lasco with 41.5 inches.

NFL Regional Combines are meant to serve as showcases for undiscovered prospects who didn't earn an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

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On the other hand, 165 Palestinians have been killed during clashes with the military and during attacks on Israeli citizens. The Washington Post's West Bank correspondent Sufian Taha, who witnessed the battle, described Qalandiya as a "war zone".

Williams amassed 1,119 total yards of offense in his junior and senior years at Cumberlands. He also scored four touchdowns on special teams off of kick and punt returns.

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