Add University of Michigan's Quarterback, Denard Robinson, to the list of athletes who have claimed they can beat world class sprinters in a foot race
According to Yahoo! Sports the Michigan QB says he could take Usain Bolt in a 40 yard dash. This comes just two weeks after Tennessee Titan Running back, Chris Johnson, told the Tennessean that he could also beat Bolt in a 40 yard dash.
And why shouldn't they believe they can beat Bolt in a race, even if it is only 40 yards? If Bolt’s six Olympic Gold medals aren't a testament to his lack-luster speed, I don't know what is.
As of right now, the fastest 40 time recorded for these two boisterous young men are 4.32 (Denard Robinson) and 4.24 (Chris Johnson) seconds. From my limited knowledge of football, that’s fast. But if I apply my below average math skills to those two splits I get 100m times of roughly 10.80 and 10.60 seconds. Now this isn’t taking into consideration acceleration, top speed, timing systems, physics and science in general, but I’m going to give it a 100% accuracy stamp and say that Denard Robinson and Chris Johnson, though fast, are full of malarkey.
Though my science seems fairly conclusive, I am always up for a good run off. It would be pretty radical to see the two, and all the other hooligans who claim they're faster than Bolt, have some sort of field day where Usain Bolt shows up and they test these things on different surfaces and conditions—football pads/no football pads, etc..
I think either way Bolt would trounce everyone, but hey, if someone out there is better with maths and numbers and calculators, have a crack at it.
Source: Titan Running Back Thinks He Can Beat Olympic Sprinting Legend
Michigan QB Denard Robinson Thinks He Can Beat Usain Bolt In The 40
Updated on May 20, 2013, 11:42am
Dennis G, thank you for pointing me to the 4.64 40M split time, I didn't know it was published. I agree that the 40 yard conversion would be 4.24. But I still think that Bolt would beat both football players in the 40 because, if he is running 4.24 on his way toward the 100M then, I'm not sure he is expending everything he's got just to get to the 40. If Usain was only running the 40 yards, his reaction time might be the same but perhaps between 30 and 40 years he would shift into a different gear. Who knows but I think he might have a little headroom in his split time to lower a 40 yard time around 4.10 or 4.15. I also agree with some of the posters that this kind of race is lame. In the wild, cheetahs run 70 Miles an hour so who cares what they can do in the first 40 yards right?