The fastest Giant ever?

I loved when Chris Berman used to say, "look at that little Meggett run!"

a few to think of:

Ron Dixon
Phillipi Sparks - he ran a 4.3 on his proday
Jason Sehorn - early in his career
DRC
Stephen Baker

Odell

i'll guess rocky thompson in the 100
henry carr at 400 ... for the 40 i'll go with eli

I don't think asking this question 2 times is enough.. you should go for the trifecta.

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'94 first round pick ran a 4.29 40

i should have said 200 and 400

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maybe 1951 Willie Mays.

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WR. fast as heck!!!

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That would be for the 100 yard distance.

ran a 4.39 official but is low40 recorded was 4.29

he was crazy fast

Not sure how that translates to a 40, but it's damn fast

as we all know, says Spider Lockhart.
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with Homer Jones 100 yard and 200 yard times, he's pretty close to Usain Bolt fast.

I have a hard time believing that but if true I have a hard time believing others are as fast or faster.

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odell
DRC
David Wilson had a mean accleration
Trindon Holliday

And Da'Rel Scott

and Tim Carter is probably right up there with him.

He was very small - only 5'6" and 150lbs - but he was very fast and agile.

Because of his size, he couldn't play for long stretches since it was single platoon football in that era. But Steve Owen would put him in near the end of halves to take advantage of his peed when the opposition was tiring.

I read a game summary not too long ago (don't remember the exact game) where the reporter marveled at Willis' speed and cutting ability and how he was able to evade tackling attempts that made the defenders look helpless.

It would be great if a newsreel highlight surfaced with him in it.

Smith is also notable for being the last Giant player to wear the #0 on his jersey.


Mel Hein & Willis Smith in 1934

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took on a horse in a race, LOL, hard to ignore him.

I do remember a WR named Mike Miller from the early 80s that could really run. He was only here for a cup of coffee.

Byron Williams (mid 80s) was a guy that I thought was destined for stardom, but never quite made it.

In comment 13084484 Deej said:

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Levingston, 22, has run the 40-yard dash in 4.26 seconds, a time that turned scouts' heads this spring and nearly got him drafted by the Giants in the seventh round.

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He accepted a challenge to race Bob Hayes in a highly publicized 100-yard dash, and a few people thought Jones could actually win it. Unortunately we'll never know, because at the last minute Wellington Mara talked Jones out of it (he was afraid of losing Jones to an injury.)

Holliday was clocked at 4.21, best in that stretch, but his announced time was 4.34.

Terrell Thomas made the best of list in the 10 yard split, at 1.45 second (overall leasers were 3 at 1.40, incl. Chris Johnson).

Wilson and Holliday both made the best of lists in the 20 yard split.

Holliday made the list for 3 cone shuttle and vertical jump (measure of explosiveness).

Holliday has to be right there.
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...Henry Carr. Someone else mentioned his name.

Also, a little surprised to see Homer Jones mentioned so often. Sure, he was fast, but his real threat was that he would cold cock tacklers and then it was off to the races.

he never lost an inch in a sprint with Bullet Bob Hayes

"The most sincere display of NFL speed Hayes produced occurred in the Cotton Bowl against the New York Giants in 1966. It amounted to a 50-yard duel after Hayes caught a short pass and turned toward the end zone with cornerback Clarence Childs, a world-class sprinter, two strides behind. Off they flew in open field, until Hayes scored without Childs gaining an inch on him."
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Henry Carr and Ron Dixon.

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he never lost an inch in a sprint with Bullet Bob Hayes "The most sincere display of NFL speed Hayes produced occurred in the Cotton Bowl against the New York Giants in 1966. It amounted to a 50-yard duel after Hayes caught a short pass and turned toward the end zone with cornerback Clarence Childs, a world-class sprinter, two strides behind. Off they flew in open field, until Hayes scored without Childs gaining an inch on him." Link - ( New Window )

Yep... saw that game!

In comment 13084362 Big Blue '56 said:

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Cha -ching. Agree '56...with Homer not far behind.

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]

Had a terrible career but Sinorice Moss. Ran a 4.38 forty yard dash.

is my guess.If only he ran forward instead of backwards.

was the easy answer here. Tim Carter and ron dixon were also really fast.

or football speed?

If track speed it could be Carr....but football speed, no doubt it was Homer.....

It has to be Hershel. I think he ran a sub 4.3 40 at some point.

I have no trouble accepting Jones as the fastest(in pads)..

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?

Both could fly as well as Clarence Childs I guess
those three are the fastest I have seen on the Giants .
Spider Lockhart was no slouch as modern day guys like
DRC Trindon Holliday and David Wilson .

He was always 5 mins faster then anyone else

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very close to Bob Hayes in the 100 dash time if memory serves me.

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He was always 5 mins faster then anyone else

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I remember him being very fast but a wasted 1st round pick.

in a football uniform, Homer jones was the fastest Giant I ever saw. On the other hand, Henry Carr was the 200 meter gold medalist in Tokyo, so who knows who was faster. Rocky Thompson also was a 10 second sprinter, but why would anyone consider him a football player? I remember being in Los Angeles in 1971 and learning that the Giants had drafted Thompson. The Giants' beat writers knew little about him, and the only good thing the Giants' front office had to say about him was his speed. Of course, other than running a kick-off back for a touchdown in, I think, his first preseason game, we never saw his vaunted speed, and he never scored another touchdown. Needless to say, he could not figure out how to play wide receiver. BUT HJE COULD SURE RUN.

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4.2TIMCARTER

In NFL combine history.

Just amazing. Probly why Thomas played so much faster then his 40 time.

Danny Buggs

In comment 13084389 Marty866b said:

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That would be for the 100 yard distance.

+1

Homer ran a 9.2 hundred, and Carr was on the Olympic 4x100 record breaking group with Hayes and OJ.

You can't coach speed. You can see those hamstrings firing.

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In comment 13085155 SHO'NUFF said:

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You can't coach speed. You can see those hamstrings firing.

He's the fastest Giant QB from Ole Miss not named Charlie or Glynn ...

He had a great motor

But Herschel Walker played for us and I believe he clocked low 4.2's before "official times". I don't think he could run the 4.35 he claims he still can in his 50s though...