Rich Eisen: Xavier Worthy’s Record-Setting 4.21 40-Yard Dash Is Greatest NFL Combine Moment Ever

Rich Eisen breaks down the 2024 NFL Combine and says why the 4.21 40-yard dash by Texas WR Xavier Worthy was the greatest moment he’s seen in 20 years of covering the event.
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[@mystickiwi5174]

As someone who lives in Texas and is a big longhorns fan, this is a W for us

[@jacquesonu5905]

Hopefully he’s picked at 23 by the Texans

[@TEXASBIRDS27]

Mitchell killed it too man

[@tyreek.6815]

@@jacquesonu5905 Texans don't need a WR so why would that even happen?

[@jacquesonu5905]

@@tyreek.6815 we definitely need another WR outside of Tank and Nico. Our offense was completely bogged down when Tank got hurt. Adding another high quality weapon for CJ is a priority for the team this season.

[@geodog6854]

X-man is an ultra-competitive dude. I hope he does well in the NFL.

[@austinavila7884]

Worthy putting on for Fresno! We’re proud of bro!

[@Yellowshirtmann]

That boy kept running like Forest Gump did going out of the building and beyond.

[@mavrick6088]

Its funny the first thing that popped in my head watching that was al davis drafting every fast reciever lol

[@sbrown9020]

Just win baby

[@catherinewilliams9680]

The fact that he wanted the record so he ran a second 40 yard dash- that competitive nature is what you want for your no 1 receiver.

[@NorthMsWx]

Rich risen could get me sentimental about paper football.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Seriously.

[@DrumBum561]

Are we forgetting about Stephen Paea, who repped out 49 bench press reps?

[@jarodestevenson9001]

Someone hit 51 reps this year I believe

[@runnin3216]

@@jarodestevenson9001nobody topped 40 this year. The record is 51 set in 1999 by Justin Ernest, who went undrafted and never played in the NFL.

[@user-rr7bu9fe3k]

Don’t let that man go to the Chiefs.

[@Heisman-em8gp]

Why not?

[@danmorgan7775]

The 40 is a fun athletic spectacle to watch and Worthy's run was a great example of that. The NFL network has a vested interest in having people believe it is important because they want eyeballs on their broadcast. The reality from a scouting perspective is that with GPS technology teams already know who the fastest players are (with pads on, which matters a lot more) so the 40 really isn't necessary anymore from an evaluation standpoint. If the only route Worthy ever runs is going 40 yards in a straight line I guess he's going to be a good at that. But we continue to see people with refined route running dominate the league. even those that run in the 4.5/6 range (see Davante Adams, Keenan Allen etc.). It's definitely a good thing to have elite straight line speed, it just isn't predictive of who will be a great football player (see John Ross).

[@jay____l]

Good thing Worthy is an elite route runner also

[@user-en9qd5nx8w]

The last setter of the 40 record, John Ross, ended up being over-drafted and a bonafide bust.

[@Ballin-97]

Tyreek Hill was 5th rounder with a 4.29

[@danmorgan7775]

@@jay____l That's great. Probably means he should be picked pretty high then. But the tape told you he was an elite vertical threat. The 40 time just confirmed it.

[@danmorgan7775]

@@Ballin-97 Tyreek had major off the field red flags coming into the draft and was also used as much at RB as WR. KC got one of the all time steals taking that risk though for sure.

[@theRevWontBeOnTv]

I was watching it on Tv. And man I enjoyed that.

[@AJDAMR11]

Great story telling here

[@onenutmia8323]

Can't be better than Chris Jones' 40 yard dash...lol

[@stealth1344]

People going to realize Worthy is a dynamic player

[@jaimepatena7372]

Jerry Rice ran a 4.6..some say he ran 4.5 at other times. One scout claimed Jerry ran faster in games..same scout said Rice ran fastest sideways than any player he had seen. Same scout said Rice could turn on a dime. More to receiving than 40 times.

[@Chris-ed1pw]

Worthy should definitely go in the first half of the first round. Most guy's running that fast are stiff. Worthy's got the agility to go with it though. College production is also there.

[@broncosstampede494]

Id Say His "Worthy" Of A First Round Pick 😂❤

[@scruffd0g193]

He’ll be a great fit with a good QB, a team like Chiefs or Bills would be perfect.

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

If Al Davis was still around, he’d be a raider

[@Zansaldo1]

People forget the several players who were Olympic level sprinters who were failures in the NFL. Speed alone doesn’t make a good football player. Nothing changes about his potential in this league.

[@markodell4717]

Welcome to the KINGDOM Xavier!!!!!! Tyreek Who?

[@carl13220]

Xavier Worthy should go to the Olympics and participate to the 100 metres dash !

[@SoulKingKurosaki]

Bro went zoomin. Decide to put Lightning McQueen to shame

[@dougreynolds6930]

Thats dead on for the hand time guy. Maybe 🤔 Bo Jackson really did run that fast lmfao 🤣.

[@TeJaYY]

Xavier Worthy haves a Legand name already

[@sbrown9020]

The NFL hasn't improved everything but ..... this they did very much

[@MF_DOOMer]

He's not falling passed the Raiders.

[@tylerprince3496]

Hope the chiefs can draft this guy

[@Tony-dc1qt]

I agree with everything you said, but you have to mention Byron Jones breaking the broad Jump world record.

[@disgruntledtaco3640]

Worthy was indeed worthy

[@johnmausen8369]

We didn't get earbuds this year

[@rodypma6051]

when I watched it was 4.22, why the change!

[@Zebbmanbuku85]

Tv stopwatch the official electric comes out after

[@SuperAudionut]

Great entertainment moment.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

40 times are interesting to talk about & it makes for good TV content however it doesn't mean much of nothing. John Ross hasn't done much of anything in the NFL and I'm not even sure he's still in the league. Jerry Rice ran a 4.71 and is the GOAT. You have some guys like Bo and Deion who were blazing fast but knew how to use their speed & others who use it as a crutch but can't play dead. I'd like to know more about how he is as a prospect than his 40 time honestly because football isn't played in a straight line.

[@DudeRX]

Worthy was elite in college. He was already at worst a 2nd round draft pick before the 40.

[@jameskwon7617]

Although Bo Jackson did run faster, it wasn't at the combine, and it was hand timed, so it's not the "official" fastest time "at the combine."

[@jacobsalinas7580]

Fastest receiver ever you say must be a top 3 pick

[@PianoUniverse]

Daniel had me tearing up on his honoring Mort..

[@wandersongustavosilva8210]

As giants fan , dear Rich , don't give me hope sir , i've already suffer enough. DO NOT GET ME STARTED!!

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

Won’t matter because the Giants have a qb that SUCKS!

[@tyreek.6815]

LMFAOOO I'm sorry yes I'm a cowboys fan but I respect y'all but a WR is the LEAST of y'all's worry's.

[@JordTheeNord]

Funnily enough I almost see running this fast as a negative. Outside of CJ2K most players with this sort of speed never work out. I see it as to have a body that can run that fast you probably had to sacrifice in other areas and if you look at all the top performers of the 40 yard dash over the years you'll see that most aren't well rounded players never lived up to the hype.

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

If the Bears take him at 9 after drafting Williams at 1…The NFL would go Bonkers!

[@prooveditt4839]

Can't play the footage? That's sad

[@chrisneuman550]

Riddle how they got a 4.21 out of a 4.25 and 4.22 1st and 2nd attempt 🤔

[@ojuice54]

Don’t exactly know what you’re insinuating, but everybody knows the time immediately announced is unofficial.

[@badsabre5917]

He said in the video. 4.22 was hand timed from their guy in the booth. 4.21 is the official laser timed on the field.

[@tyreek.6815]

You need to learn how life works. It's literally common sense. On the screen it CLEARLY said UNOFFICAL TIME. IN BIG LETTERS. His OFFICIAL TIME. THAT ALSO WAS IN BIG LETTERS on the screen said OFFICIAL. Unofficial means man held timing... where the human reaction makes it unreliable.. OFFICIAL means computer assisted timer.

[@jamieruehl5198]

W0-40? More like WD-40!!! super quick!

[@raymondking1793]

This is incorrect,in 1986 at the NFL Combine BO Jackson Ran a 4.13 40 Yard Dash and He was a Much Larger Man. Fact Check

[@kobelewis8792]

That was hand timed though so the official time is debatable

[@raymondking1793]

@@kobelewis8792 Hi My FRIEND Here is something to take into consideration Worthy Weight is 170 lbs Bo Jackson Weight was 230 lbs and Bo's first unofficial time was 4.12 His second time was 4.13. GOD BLESS YOU AND Have a Wounderful Blessed Day 😇

[@squintohighlights]

A 4.13 hand timed is around a 4.3 to 4.4 laser timed

[@Noahvon503]

Hand time is at least 0.1 off so it's likely it was a 4.23-4.3 but still impressive. This is the true record now no debates. 4.21 official is wild

[@johnmausen8369]

This story is thoroughly embellished. Some people cheered. I clapped. The posted time was a tie for the record. I didn't see anyone wearing earbuds this year. Nobody even checked for passes.

[@robertriteman3227]

Hopefully he will have a good career but not a good sign to to have his name in the same sentence as John Ross.

[@hightide7662]

For pure running it’s a great thing

[@tyreek.6815]

If you know football he is no where close to John Ross. Hes clearly better. Also the topic is SPEED. that's an amazing thing to be compared to. What are you talking about dude.

[@robertriteman3227]

1- I think you did not read my comment appropriately 2- I am certain you are not an NFL scout and time will tell 3- I am not a dude but a grown up with 2 professional degrees and a mortgage free million dollar home whereas I am fairly sure you are underemployed and living at home with your mother . @@tyreek.6815

[@marcomcdowell8861]

Can he catch?

[@tyreek.6815]

If he couldn't he wouldn't have been invited to the combine. You're clearly a hater. Stop being a weirdo.

[@KING_OF_NEW_YORK]

KC will get this Kid Xavier Worthy with Rice Pat will have some fun next season

[@dsfddsgh]

Watch the Chiefs get him.

[@SunniMerlot]

Correction: They don’t want to work out for teams that can’t draft them

[@tjtribble.]

Why not? What’s the difference between working out for a few teams and working out at the combine? And why would they want to risk falling even further if the few teams they work out for pick someone else?

[@senorhood2878]

No one that runs these insanely fast times ever produces in the league. He won’t do anything significant in the NFL, just like John Ross. Then some other small decent receiver will break it again in 2-3 years. We gotta stop acting so mind blown over 40 times, it clearly doesn’t correlate to playing well.

[@davidblack1639]

Congratulations Buddy you will be drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders even if means they gotta trade up. Raiders never pass on the fastest guy

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

Go Chiefs

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

Kat Williams fast

[@hugonnava]

I recalled watching several texas games, he was good, but I wouldn't draft him in the 1st round. You can't get open on speed alone, then once you get open you have to catch the ball. Let the raiders draft him, ruggs was also fast, where is he now.

[@Saltytacoz]

If you watched Texas you would know he got open a lot with his speed lol . He got overthrown and under thrown a lot and wasn't used to the best of his ability but he still had a productive year.

[@hugonnava]

Not in the pros. John Ross was fast. Puka nacua wasn't fast, neither was Jerry Rice. Yes some players were fast and succeed like moss, marvin harrison sr, but they also run good routes, have good hands. Mvs is fast yet the chiefs released him, cause he drops. Christian watson is fast but I think the best wr in green bay is doubs.

[@tyreek.6815]

You have no idea of what you're talking about. "I watched Texas games" I wouldn't draft him in the first round. LMFAOOO. Yea you totally "watched Texas games." You obv have bias. Stop hating. He catches the ball the same amount of times as every other WR ever. He drops the ball the same amount of times as every other WR ever. Go be a hater somewhere else.

[@Saltytacoz]

@@hugonnava have you actually seen him run routes ? If you watch Texas games you would know when he dropped balls he was playing with a broke hand lmao this is such a bad take

[@florida1289]

Xaiver Worthy was signed at Michigan on campus & would've been a national chamion if Michigan admissions wasn't so impossible to get past. Just makes what Michigan did all the more impressive not having access to all players. Something tells me Michigan may have 2 Natty's and JJ throwing to Worthy is QB 1, 2, 3.

[@charlesjohnson536]

ACTUAL COLLEGE TAPE > PLAYERS WORKING OUT IN SHORTS .. WITH NO PADS ..

[@DudeRX]

Good thing worthy was elite in pads too.

[@streetcreature]

Bo Jackson...........wtf is going on

[@isaiahboffill5692]

Can we agree the all time record belongs too Bo Jackson until someone breaks 4.1 on the 40 there no new record holder

[@Saltytacoz]

Hand timed ain't the same as laser timed sorry lil bro

[@DeepDishPizza]

Still can’t beat BO. BO KNOWS!!!! 4.13

[@danmorgan7775]

Hand timed and not at the combine but there's no question Bo's speed was all time elite. Just have to watch the highlights to know that.

[@DeepDishPizza]

@@danmorgan7775 Who cares? Still can’t be BO and it doesn’t matter if it was at the combine or not. 4.13 is the record and if you think differently or reply to me I’ll doxx you.

[@343Films]

@@DeepDishPizza You're such a clown 😂

[@yuddinwarri6824]

Running from the police has prepared these people well for sports.

[@kharilane1340]

Caleb is only being medically examined by QB needy teams at the team workouts. The Bears will get their info. Stop spreading misinformation, Rich. You're better than that.

[@tjtribble.]

He’s still hiding his medicals from everyone else though

[@badsabre5917]

He knows that. Just like he knows that Jayden isn’t going to weigh until he knows it’s going to be 220+. If he weighs in at 215 or he’ll probably even 219 people are going to point to that and say he’s too thin. But he knows all of this. Just saying it so we will comment.😂

[@Boogersugar83]

Bo Jackson ran a 4.12!!

[@michaelwhite5955]

I wonder if Rich knows that Xavier Worthy was almost a Wolverine…

[@TheOneTrueChris]

Well, since Rich says at 8:18 that Worthy transferred from Michigan to Texas, I'd say he knows.

[@gonzokaepernick8155]

Tell me you didn't watch the vid without telling me you didn't watch the vid