I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
Wilson had amazing acceleration but his pull away deep speed wasn't great. You can find an interview with him about the olympics and he admits as much.
I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
Hokie pro day times are notoriously suspect. Me-Lo Hall had a ludicrous pro day 40 time, too. His 4.49 at the combine is likely much more accurate.
Fastest Giants I've ever seen are Ron Dixon and Tim Carter. Carter ran a 4.32 at the combine. Don't know what Dixon's time was (don't think he was invited to the combine) but I sure never saw anyone running him down from behind.
I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
I'm pretty sure it was the 2014 game against the Falcons.. I know it was one of the games against ATL in either 2014 and 15 but I am 99% sure it was the 2014 one.. Odell's debut.
Anyway.. They ran a screen to a back named Antione Smith I believe.. and it wound up going like 75 yards for a TD.. DRC was totally out of the play when the guy caught the pass and I think he was on the complete opposite side of the field and he actually came very close to catching him before he got into the endzone. He made up like 20 yards of ground between where the guy caught the pass and the endzone.. I remember watching it and being like "holy shit.. how did he even get back into the play?".. he was FLYING. When he really turns on the jets he's fun to watch. He's so fast.
but I don't recall a 40 time for him, just a 100 time -
"Homer not only excelled in football during his high school years. He was blazing fast, and was a top notch track star. He could run the hundred yard dash in 9.3 seconds, and the 200 yard dash in 19.9 seconds."
He still holds records, I believe, as to average length of catch and average length of TD catch.
Actually, I went back and watched the play I was talking about.. DRC was in the play when he caught the ball but he gets pushed out of bounds and totally off track and still recovers enough to get close to stopping him before he gets to the endzone. Crazy recovery speed.
Doesn't make it false. Just to corroborate....Me-Lo Hall ran a 4.34 at the combine but a 4.15 at Tech. It's just the magic of Blacksburg at work making all those guys so much faster there. Maybe Hokie Stone has some sort of a geochemical effect that makes football players significantly faster.
but I don't recall a 40 time for him, just a 100 time -
"Homer not only excelled in football during his high school years. He was blazing fast, and was a top notch track star. He could run the hundred yard dash in 9.3 seconds, and the 200 yard dash in 19.9 seconds."
He still holds records, I believe, as to average length of catch and average length of TD catch.
that's Usain Bolt fast. Even with yards to meter conversion. Still ridiculously fast. That's probably world record time in the 100. Bolt owns the world record in the 100m at 9.58. So 9.3 in the 100 yards sounds pretty close to 9.58 in the 100 meters.
100
10.11 - (WR, Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans
200
20.15 (A) - (Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans)
Trindon Holliday
60 Meter Dash
2006 Indoor - 6.74a
2008 Indoor So 6.54a
2009 Indoor Sr 6.55a
100 Meters
2007 Outdoor So 10.02a
2008 Outdoor Jr 10.05a
2009 Outdoor Sr 10.0
that's Usain Bolt fast. Even with yards to meter conversion. Still ridiculously fast. That's probably world record time in the 100. Bolt owns the world record in the 100m at 9.58. So 9.3 in the 100 yards sounds pretty close to 9.58 in the 100 meters.
Not quite. A track and field conversion calculator says a 9.3 in 100Y converts to 10.17 in 100M. Link - ( New Window )
100
10.11 - (WR, Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans
200
20.15 (A) - (Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans)
Trindon Holliday
60 Meter Dash
2006 Indoor - 6.74a
2008 Indoor So 6.54a
2009 Indoor Sr 6.55a
100 Meters
2007 Outdoor So 10.02a
2008 Outdoor Jr 10.05a
2009 Outdoor Sr 10.0
this is comparing 100 yards and 100 meter results.
they're different. 100 meters is longer.
RE: RE: RE: I recall Homer Jones being very fast, Â
that's Usain Bolt fast. Even with yards to meter conversion. Still ridiculously fast. That's probably world record time in the 100. Bolt owns the world record in the 100m at 9.58. So 9.3 in the 100 yards sounds pretty close to 9.58 in the 100 meters.
Not quite. A track and field conversion calculator says a 9.3 in 100Y converts to 10.17 in 100M. Link - ( New Window )
still olympic level times. 8th place in the finals was 10.06.
In the 1964 Olympics, roughly the time when Jones ran his 9.3, Bullet Bob Hayes set a WR with 10.0 in the 100M. Second place was 10.2, so Jones definitely had world class speed for his time.
I was always impressed with Nicks speed with the ball in his hands. The fact that he wasn't caught from behind by a crazy fast DRC on that tipped ball TD vs Arizona is a prime example.
Clarence Childs was fast with the football in his hands. Homer Jones, Rocky Thompson, Dixon, we're all fast.
Gotta go with Henry Carr. Someone needs to find the video where he ran past the ball carrier and turned around to tackle him head on. Of course, it wouldn't have happened if the Giants were better defenders.
checked, and Homer Jones still holds the NFL career record Â
I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
Hokie pro day times are notoriously suspect. Me-Lo Hall had a ludicrous pro day 40 time, too. His 4.49 at the combine is likely much more accurate.
Fastest Giants I've ever seen are Ron Dixon and Tim Carter. Carter ran a 4.32 at the combine. Don't know what Dixon's time was (don't think he was invited to the combine) but I sure never saw anyone running him down from behind.
dixon claimed to run a 4.27 at one point and later fell around a 4.43
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Dixon said he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.27 seconds, though he concedes he has slowed some. The Giants timed him recently in 4.43.
Richmond Flowers
At Tennessee, Flowers was a three-time NCAA All-American in track. At the All-Eastern Games in Baltimore in February 1966, Flowers registered a time of 6.9 seconds in the 60-yard high hurdles, just one-tenth of a second off the world record.[1] At the National AAU meet in the Spring of that year, he finished second to future Olympian Willie Davenport in the hurdles, and second to Billy Gaines in the 60-yard dash.[2] At the SEC Championships in May 1967, he won the 120-yard high hurdles and the 100-yard dash, and was named Most Outstanding Performer. At the NCAA Championships the following month, he set the NCAA record in the 120-yard high hurdles.[1]
Along with track, Flowers joined Tennessee's football team, which Coach Doug Dickey had been rebuilding into a national contender. Starting at wingback during his sophomore year in 1966 (freshmen were ineligible to play varsity before the 1970s), Flowers caught 35 passes for 405 yards, and was named to the sophomore All-SEC team.[1] He registered five catches for 80 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee's 18-12 win over the Larry Csonka-led Syracuse Orange in the 1966 Gator Bowl.[6] During his junior season in 1967, he caught 41 passes for 585 yards and four touchdowns, and was named an All-American by The Football News.[1]
By his junior year in 1968, Flowers was considered a leading contender for the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metres hurdles. Davenport had dominated the previous three seasons, but in 1968, Flowers beat him handily at several early season meets, to the point that the future gold medalist quit his college team that he thought was hurting his chances. Flowers ran the high hurdles in 13.3 seconds, a tenth of a second off the world mark, and went on to win eight consecutive hurdles races, which included wins over Davenport, Ervin Hall, and world-record holder Earl McCullouch.[4][5] While training at UT on June 2, however, he tore his right hamstring. He showed up at the September high altitude Olympic Trials in Echo Summit just barely recovered,[7] but struggled to a non-qualifying 5th place.[8]
If we're talking in Pads, I still say Carr, but would have no trouble Â
I would say the most dynamic player, but not the fastest top end speed. There are highlights were he is running to the sideline and cutting up the field and the defenders have the angle and he explodes past them. I think he would have been an all-pro at some point.
Clarence Childs. Saw him chase Bullet Bob Hayes the length of the field on a long catch and run. Was three steps behind initially but closed it to 1/2 step near the end zone.
And obviously... Tim Carter.
Gold medal Olympic sprinter
Sinorice Moss?
DRC
Wilson had amazing acceleration but his pull away deep speed wasn't great. You can find an interview with him about the olympics and he admits as much.
Hokie pro day times are notoriously suspect. Me-Lo Hall had a ludicrous pro day 40 time, too. His 4.49 at the combine is likely much more accurate.
Fastest Giants I've ever seen are Ron Dixon and Tim Carter. Carter ran a 4.32 at the combine. Don't know what Dixon's time was (don't think he was invited to the combine) but I sure never saw anyone running him down from behind.
Two Olympic gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics says bingo - in the 200m dash and the 4*100m relay.
Got to be the guy.
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I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
Hokie pro day times are notoriously suspect.
Didn't see this coming....
Anyway.. They ran a screen to a back named Antione Smith I believe.. and it wound up going like 75 yards for a TD.. DRC was totally out of the play when the guy caught the pass and I think he was on the complete opposite side of the field and he actually came very close to catching him before he got into the endzone. He made up like 20 yards of ground between where the guy caught the pass and the endzone.. I remember watching it and being like "holy shit.. how did he even get back into the play?".. he was FLYING. When he really turns on the jets he's fun to watch. He's so fast.
"Homer not only excelled in football during his high school years. He was blazing fast, and was a top notch track star. He could run the hundred yard dash in 9.3 seconds, and the 200 yard dash in 19.9 seconds."
He still holds records, I believe, as to average length of catch and average length of TD catch.
"Homer not only excelled in football during his high school years. He was blazing fast, and was a top notch track star. He could run the hundred yard dash in 9.3 seconds, and the 200 yard dash in 19.9 seconds."
He still holds records, I believe, as to average length of catch and average length of TD catch.
that's Usain Bolt fast. Even with yards to meter conversion. Still ridiculously fast. That's probably world record time in the 100. Bolt owns the world record in the 100m at 9.58. So 9.3 in the 100 yards sounds pretty close to 9.58 in the 100 meters.
Personal Bests: 100y – 9.2 (1965); 100 – 10.2 (1964); 200 – 20.4 (1966).
Henry Carr
Personal Bests: 100y – 9.3 (1963); 100 – 10.2 (1964); 200 – 20.1y (1964); 400 – 45.4 (1963).
Homer Jones
9.3 second 100-yard dash
Mike Miller
100
10.11 - (WR, Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans
200
20.15 (A) - (Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans)
Trindon Holliday
60 Meter Dash
2006 Indoor - 6.74a
2008 Indoor So 6.54a
2009 Indoor Sr 6.55a
100 Meters
2007 Outdoor So 10.02a
2008 Outdoor Jr 10.05a
2009 Outdoor Sr 10.0
Not quite. A track and field conversion calculator says a 9.3 in 100Y converts to 10.17 in 100M.
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Personal Bests: 100y – 9.2 (1965); 100 – 10.2 (1964); 200 – 20.4 (1966).
Henry Carr
Personal Bests: 100y – 9.3 (1963); 100 – 10.2 (1964); 200 – 20.1y (1964); 400 – 45.4 (1963).
Homer Jones
9.3 second 100-yard dash
Mike Miller
100
10.11 - (WR, Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans
200
20.15 (A) - (Tennessee - NY Giants/New Orleans)
Trindon Holliday
60 Meter Dash
2006 Indoor - 6.74a
2008 Indoor So 6.54a
2009 Indoor Sr 6.55a
100 Meters
2007 Outdoor So 10.02a
2008 Outdoor Jr 10.05a
2009 Outdoor Sr 10.0
this is comparing 100 yards and 100 meter results.
they're different. 100 meters is longer.
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that's Usain Bolt fast. Even with yards to meter conversion. Still ridiculously fast. That's probably world record time in the 100. Bolt owns the world record in the 100m at 9.58. So 9.3 in the 100 yards sounds pretty close to 9.58 in the 100 meters.
Not quite. A track and field conversion calculator says a 9.3 in 100Y converts to 10.17 in 100M. Link - ( New Window )
still olympic level times. 8th place in the finals was 10.06.
The playoff TD vs the Falcons is another.
It's an fn shame what happened to him.
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Gotta go with Henry Carr. Someone needs to find the video where he ran past the ball carrier and turned around to tackle him head on. Of course, it wouldn't have happened if the Giants were better defenders.
DRC
Tim Carter
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Everyone else
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I think David Wilsons 4.28 time at his pro day has to be the fastest Giant ever. When he ran it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. His neck injury was such a shame.
Hokie pro day times are notoriously suspect. Me-Lo Hall had a ludicrous pro day 40 time, too. His 4.49 at the combine is likely much more accurate.
Fastest Giants I've ever seen are Ron Dixon and Tim Carter. Carter ran a 4.32 at the combine. Don't know what Dixon's time was (don't think he was invited to the combine) but I sure never saw anyone running him down from behind.
dixon claimed to run a 4.27 at one point and later fell around a 4.43
40 Low: 4.28 40 Time: 4.38 40 High: 4.49 ... 40 Time Range: 4.40/
Richmond Flowers
At Tennessee, Flowers was a three-time NCAA All-American in track. At the All-Eastern Games in Baltimore in February 1966, Flowers registered a time of 6.9 seconds in the 60-yard high hurdles, just one-tenth of a second off the world record.[1] At the National AAU meet in the Spring of that year, he finished second to future Olympian Willie Davenport in the hurdles, and second to Billy Gaines in the 60-yard dash.[2] At the SEC Championships in May 1967, he won the 120-yard high hurdles and the 100-yard dash, and was named Most Outstanding Performer. At the NCAA Championships the following month, he set the NCAA record in the 120-yard high hurdles.[1]
Along with track, Flowers joined Tennessee's football team, which Coach Doug Dickey had been rebuilding into a national contender. Starting at wingback during his sophomore year in 1966 (freshmen were ineligible to play varsity before the 1970s), Flowers caught 35 passes for 405 yards, and was named to the sophomore All-SEC team.[1] He registered five catches for 80 yards and a touchdown in Tennessee's 18-12 win over the Larry Csonka-led Syracuse Orange in the 1966 Gator Bowl.[6] During his junior season in 1967, he caught 41 passes for 585 yards and four touchdowns, and was named an All-American by The Football News.[1]
By his junior year in 1968, Flowers was considered a leading contender for the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metres hurdles. Davenport had dominated the previous three seasons, but in 1968, Flowers beat him handily at several early season meets, to the point that the future gold medalist quit his college team that he thought was hurting his chances. Flowers ran the high hurdles in 13.3 seconds, a tenth of a second off the world mark, and went on to win eight consecutive hurdles races, which included wins over Davenport, Ervin Hall, and world-record holder Earl McCullouch.[4][5] While training at UT on June 2, however, he tore his right hamstring. He showed up at the September high altitude Olympic Trials in Echo Summit just barely recovered,[7] but struggled to a non-qualifying 5th place.[8]
I was at the game in Yankee Stadium where Carr was chasing Bob Hayes and actually ran him down..Of course, angles are everything..Am I misremmbering?
the sundial isn't as accurate as once believed.
I would say the most dynamic player, but not the fastest top end speed. There are highlights were he is running to the sideline and cutting up the field and the defenders have the angle and he explodes past them. I think he would have been an all-pro at some point.
If you're going to use his name, get it right.
It's Tim Carter 4.28