Fastest Player on the Field

[Husker Sledge]

Ahman. 4.17. EOD

Always heard he had the potential to be a world class sprinter.

 

[HBK4life]

Always heard he had the potential to be a world class sprinter.

He's in an elite group with Bo, Joey, Darrell Green and Deion.

 

[HBK4life]

The two that stand out in my memory are Dana Brinson and Fabian Washington. Both were 4.3 40 guys.

Fabian is on list I posted at 4.25 combine.

 

[Wyldcard]

I think he might have actually been the fastest player on the 95 team. Jay Sims may have been the fastest running back according to 40 time. I That's saying a lot considering Green, Phillips, Childs, and Benning were all 4.4 guys (Green was 4.3).

LP was a 4.3 guy

 

[Wyldcard]

Ahman. 4.17. EOD

We are talking while he played here which was not a 4.1, not after all of the excessive training he did for the combine

 

[HBK4life]

We are talking while he played here which was not a 4.1, not after all of the excessive training he did for the combine

Ok. Well. Good luck with that.

 

[kakdawg]

I think he might have actually been the fastest player on the 95 team. Jay Sims may have been the fastest running back according to 40 time. I That's saying a lot considering Green, Phillips, Childs, and Benning were all 4.4 guys (Green was 4.3).

Childs and Benning were not 4.4 guys.


Holla

 

[kakdawg]

Childs and Benning absolutely were not 4.4 guys.

Lol...jus posted same thing. Shouldve finished the thread first .You are absolutely right.


Holla

 

[Suhrreal]

Difference between 40 speed and football speed.

QB - Taylor Martinez, Eric Crouch
RB - LP all day, Ahman, Roy Helu, special consideration for Dan Alexander

 

[kakdawg]

LP was a 4.3 guy

Nah....mid 4.4 guy. Think his fastest time at NU was 4.47.

One of those guys who played faster than he timed imo. I always knew Ahman was faster but to me LP game speed was faster than Ahmans was.


Holla

 

[dinglefritz]

Riley Washington was pretty fast

faster than a speeding bullet....

 

[dinglefritz]

Nah....mid 4.4 guy. Think his fastest time at NU was 4.47.

One of those guys who played faster than he timed imo. I always knew Ahman was faster but to me LP game speed was faster than Ahmans was.


Holla

You can not discount the rage factor in how hard LP ran. At his size, he had an amazing ability to see a hole, cut and either outrun you or give you a hip and just keep going.

 

[Crazyhole]

faster than a speeding bullet....

Riley didn't have to be the fastest. Just faster than the cops.

 

[dinglefritz]

Riley didn't have to be the fastest. Just faster than the cops.

Wasn't he the one who took a bullet in the buttocks?

 

[kccornhusker]

Wasn't he the one who took a bullet in the buttocks?

Abdul Muhammad

 

[kccornhusker]

Nah....mid 4.4 guy. Think his fastest time at NU was 4.47.

One of those guys who played faster than he timed imo. I always knew Ahman was faster but to me LP game speed was faster than Ahmans was.


Holla

This is spot on

 

[dinglefritz]

Abdul Muhammad

We had more than a few gang bangers on those teams.

 

[kccornhusker]

We had more than a few gang bangers on those teams.

True - and a few wannabes in Lincoln that wanted to make a name messing with football players

 

[dinglefritz]

True - and a few wannabes in Lincoln that wanted to make a name messing with football players

So I guess Abdul wasn't faster than a speeding bullet like Riley was. Riley was involved with some target practice too as I recall.

 

[c3o]

He's in an elite group with Bo, Joey, Darrell Green and Deion.

Randy Moss was faster than all of them

ETA: Bo and Moss would be possibly the best 60m dash ever

 

[Husker5]

What about Johnny Rogers, he was quick.

 

[Crazyhole]

Randy Moss was faster than all of them

ETA: Bo and Moss would be possibly the best 60m dash ever

Thats a fun race to think about. Bo blows randy away in the 40 but randy, with that long stride takes the 100. Where are they at 60 or 70?

 

[Mr.Scary13]

Randy Moss was faster than all of them

ETA: Bo and Moss would be possibly the best 60m dash ever

Absolutely. Moss looked like a gazelle out there on the field. Never seen anything like it his first couple of seasons.

 

[kakdawg]

You can not discount the rage factor in how hard LP ran. At his size, he had an amazing ability to see a hole, cut and either outrun you or give you a hip and just keep going.

No question. LP was still the best Husker RB ever for me. He was so natural as a runner. I remember watching the 93 orange bowl against FSU and thinking if he had played the entire game I think we win it. Calvin Jones was a good running back. But by that time ALREADY LP was better imo.


Holla

 

[cornhustler]

Football speed? Scott Frost

 

[SLOHusker]

You can not discount the rage factor in how hard LP ran. At his size, he had an amazing ability to see a hole, cut and either outrun you or give you a hip and just keep going.

Ahman was a great running back for NU, but I just never quite saw the football speed to match the 40 time. He may actually have been better in the NFL than at NU. LP had agility and burst and exploded downfield. No question in my mind that if LP plays the whole game against FSU in the 94 Orange Bowl it's a win.

 

[NUSouth]

Keith endzone Jones

The human blur

 

[hexumhawk]

Tim Dwight

 

[bigredhunter]

Pre injury Matt Herian was far from one of the fastest Huskers but he was FAST for a tight end!

 

[BigRedBeliever]

How about Zach Taylor? Some say he could be timed with a calendar...