Usain Bolt Tied NFL Combine Record Holder John Ross With A 4.22-Second 40-Yard Dash

Back in 2017, then-NFL Draft hopeful John Ross got the chance to show off his wheels at the Combine. The blazing fast receiver from the University of Washington did just that, running a 4.22-second 40-yard dash en route to getting drafted ninth overall by the Cincinnati Bengals. It was the fastest 40 ever recorded at the Combine, breaking the 4.24-second sprint Chris Johnson threw down in 2008.

Because it was a human doing a thing that involved being extremely fast, it led to questions about how Usain Bolt, the fastest person ever, would do comparatively. It took a few years, but we finally got the answer on Saturday afternoon. The answer, unsurprisingly, is “very well.”

Bolt, now 32, showed off his 40-yard dash time in Atlanta, the host city for Super Bowl LIII. Bolt threw down a 4.22-second sprint, which ties Ross. To make it a little crazier, Bolt was wearing sweats and a pair of sneakers as opposed to football apparel and, more importantly, cleats that athletes wear at the Combine that are designed to make them fractions of a second faster.

While Bolt has spent some time playing soccer recently, he retired from competitive sprinting back in 2017, so it stands to reason he could have gone faster if he weren’t a bit rusty and, perhaps, trained for this. He’s also doing this way past his prime years as a sprinter, which is all to say that a relatively washed up Usain Bolt tying the fastest 40-yard dash time in Combine history in 2019 while wearing the clothing he probably wears around his house is completely insane.