2. I used to report 40 times in the stories on Husker commits, but rarely do so now because I just flat don't trust what I hear and say unless you know it was posted at a major camp where the time was electronic.
You see all these high schoolers running 4.3s and 4.4s, yet all you have to do is pay attention to the NFL Combine to realize guys who were incredibly fast in college might still run 4.5s when officially timed.
Fake 40 times have made people not understand a 4.6 is actually pretty darn fast. A 4.5 fast is really fast. A 4.4 can be accomplished by very few.
Remember Denard Robinson? He ran a 4.43 at the combine. USC's Adoree Jackson, who had the fastest kickoff return I ever saw against Nebraska, ran a 4.42.
I mention that before sharing this: A Husker commit and Husker target both ran 40s at the IMG Academy this week that were supposedly below both those numbers.
According to what Brendan Radley-Hiles reported on Twitter, his time was a 4.32. And wide receiver Joshua Moore, who will announce his commitment on June 18, said he posted a 4.38.
Both are really fast guys. Even if those came from a handheld time, that tells you that. I'm just saying it should be understood by now that not all 40 clockings are created equally.
