Sherrard Harrington is fast
Has anyone seen this video on YouTube?
Sherrard Harrington is an athlete prospect from DC. He usually plays receiver, but recently made a switch to corner. He wants to be known as a bigger corner, with speed and good hips. Here he is, running fast.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jiIsXHZwe8
...and that guy behind him thinks he will catch him if he falls...
she was ugly, but that was a woman grabbing his ass the whole time
She was pushing him.
Seriously, how fast is 21 MPH, relative to other athletes?
Someone will have to check my math, but I'm pretty sure 20 mph would be roughly a 11.25 100-meter time. While that's definitely fast, he didn't seem to be able to keep pace on his own (he was holding onto the bar for a good chunk of time and the woman was pushing him). To keep it all in perspective, D-Rob ran a 10.2 something recently, and I think a couple of our other recruits have ran sub 10.8s lately.
I seem to remember on one of Bush's punt returns on MNF this season he peaked at 26mph using their fancy tracking system they had.
I'm not 100% positive on that speed, but it's what i'm remembering.
I remember Michael Johnson being clocked at just under 28mph in Atlanta, on a track, without football pads, as a trained sprinter.
Reggie Bush is pretty fast though:
"Reggie Bush came shooting down the right sideline at a maximum speed of 22.6 miles per hour during the first of his two punt return touchdowns Monday night against the Minnesota Vikings.
He topped out at 21.5 mph on the second one, at least according to the graphic displayed by ESPN during its coverage of the game."
From here: http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2008/10/reggie_bushs_spectacular_retur…
11.25 for 100 meters is correct. From what I remember from when I ran track in high school, 11.25 is fast but not a real elite time for 100 meters.
You guys have to put into account that this does not include acceleration from a stopped position. That speed isn't really all that impressive. I interned at an Athletic Republic when I was in college and did the treadmill program. By the end of summer I did this same thing (21 mph for 6 seconds) I played defensive end in Division 3 and wouldn't consider myself to be very fast.
Alrighty then. I stumbled on this, and it looked fast from where I was sitting, which is at my desk eating a turkey sandwich.
I guess that turkey wasn't fast enough! :-)