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That is all very nice, but there is no proof that the best high jumpers make the best WRs. Certainly the taller you are, the bigger advantage you would seem to have, but timing in making the jump while the ball is in the air is probably just as, if not more important.Herman Moore the old Lion and Carl Pickens the Bengal WR, Cowboys Alvin Harper were NCAA high jumpers. As was Wilt Chamberlain at Kansas
I think he's just making conversation. He's new to the board. You were the one that pointed out the possible correlation between high jumpers and success at WR.
Who said anything about .....best WR's? Just pointing out a few that did high jump.
Watkins was a 10.45 guy which is a good HS time. Olympic sprinters could give him a head start, dead serious.reminds me of Cart Can Fly's Sammy Watkin's Olympic speed claim... because Sammy ran faster than a guy who pulled up short with a hammy in the Olympics.
Back in 1976 Texas HS footballer/sprinter Johnny Jones made our Olympic team in the 100m and Arizona HS sprinter Dwayne Evans made the 200m team. Both made the final with Evans winning the bronze. And way back in 1924 HSer Francis Hussey blew the Olympic 100m champ Harold Abrahams away on the leadoff of the 4x1 relay.
Well he does (or did) hold the Marshall indoor 200m school record at 21.1 something, which is cooking.
Well Moss ran a 4.25 at the 1998 NFL combine. However it was also reported that he ran times faster than this leading up to the combine, such as a 4.2 and Dennis Green said they clocked Moss as 4.15 seconds in the 40 yard dash.
That article is a great read, one I have read before. In that top 20 list, the only real legit has ran in world class 100m sprints was Christain Coleman. The number one sprinter in the world today.
Yeah I realize you can't just extrapolate the 40 time to the 100m result.
In my opinion we have to give Don Hutson his props, obviously Jerry Rice then here comes Randy Moss, three on my WR Mount Rushmore. the other..?
Jackson another guy without actual speed credentials who always gets big respect for his jets.
The only RB in NFL history to average nothing less than a 5,0 for his first 8 seasons, and he was having 1000 yard seasons.
Interestingly enough Deion ran in the Superstars Competition 100 YARD dash in '90 and was left by Willie Gault (9.4) and "Flipper" Anderson (10.1) and finished about a step and a half ahead of Barry Sanders in 10.3
