USC Taylor Mays 4.24 40 Yard Dash at NFL Combine

#2 USC FS Taylor Mays, 6'3" 230 lb, runs an astounding unofficially timed 40 yard dash in 4.24 seconds in the 2010 NFL Combine.

[@donswayze7587]

He would be an excellent OLB today

[@ASIC81]

If you hand clock him on a stop watch it's never over 4.33. I started when he moved and 15 times he ran under 4.4. Based on size, speed, and athletic ability he is the most gifted athlete I have seen. Sean Taylor spitting image. Same tackling speed and bone crushing power. From what I heard he is uncoachable and thick headed. Unteachable. Shame. I still think he can do something.

[@Landon40009]

"Big physical specimen, oh god he look good" hahahah

[@eureka0521]

had me dying lol

[@badddd]

😭😭😭😂😂

[@SaveUsDCS2003]

Ayo!

[@monsta46]

Im watchin this 10 years later 😂, 2021 on the way ⏩...

[@DJH4209]

Lol me too

[@lxl8139]

@@DJH4209 same

[@julesrandolph7910]

More like a 4.25 but he stil got hated on. One of the best raw athletes in college history

[@c.r.whitlock285]

He's been playing the wrong position his entire NFL career. Taylor is not built to play the safety position at the pro level. He is a linebacker and should have been moved there coming out of college. Last year when the Bengals finally moved him into the LB position, he started to shine.

[@ibeondat9629]

What are you talking about?! If he's in the right scheme like Kam Chancellor playing in Seattle, more in the box like a LB he would be a good Safety, i guess the Bengals used him more there this past year and he had success.

[@c.r.whitlock285]

i beondat If calling him a box safety makes it sound better fine. It's the same thing. He was being lined up as a LB though, I think it's silly not to call him a LB.

[@MikeHawkbaby]

C.R. Whitlock it’s a sub package lol if a dc calls a corner blitz does that mean the db blitzing is a edge rusher or is he still a corner?? Same thing here. Just because you line up at a position doesn’t mean that’s what you play

[@jamesisajeweler]

Taylor Mays is amazing! I do hope to see him in the NFL this man's body is physical in every way!

[@sterlingwitherspoon5709]

They screwed him over. People just fine know.

[@kirkindog]

Deion had it right. He didn't run a 4.24, after it was adjusted, the tine was 4.35. Still impressive, especially for his size. PS, so far, Taylor Mays, despite his impressive combine, has yet to make an impact in the NFL which goes to show that the draft is still a gamble...

[@WillTrollsworth]

The noises he makes. They sure don't make him seem less scary

[@StinkyyPete]

One thing I can say about him is that if your looking for a guy to play safety with in madden, he's fast as all hell.

[@42444424]

LMAO....Primetimes' analysis and reaction are priceless

[@sterlingwitherspoon5709]

Basically he’s the fastest player ever. I Hurd they deleted the simulcast video for the comparison.

[@sydboski]

The 40 does not determine who is the fastest. The fastest players don't even reach top speed in the 40.

[@toon_on_24s]

Yeah they deleted it

[@road3557]

As a USC fan, I had huge hopes for May’s. Ronnie Lott, Troy Polamalu and then Taylor May’s. But he didn’t pan out, I don’t know why.

[@doctorfresh3856]

The NFL was moving away from the hitting era when he was drafted so his play style was no longer necessary so he was phased out. Took him too long to develop and he also couldn't do anything but hit people. Wasn't even a good tackler.

[@Lorenzoalpo]

​@@doctorfresh3856 true but definitely not true....Kam chancellor shined as a big hard hitting safety in Seattle who was drafted by Pete carrol who convinced mays to stay his senior year. If mays left out his Jr year he would've been first round top 3 pick. When mays senior yr was up Pete dipped to Seattle and drafted earl Thomas and Kam chancellor no Taylor mays. Dirty ass Carroll but hey 🤦‍♂️

[@Lorenzoalpo]

I say that cause Pete was obviously head coach at usc and coached Taylor mays and literally leaves for NFL when mays does and has intentions of going without mays

[@martinzubero9526]

Super nice guy. I will always be a fan. Fight on!✌🏽

[@RastaToad]

I remember watching this dude play for O'dea. glad to see him in the NFL

[@AllenPB]

Impressive specimen lol

[@linkinparkdrift]

HOLY FUCK I've never seen anyone get off the line that fast :O Even in track

[@DanielBrown-yw5zc]

Your crazy lol watch asafa Powell , Justin gatlin Olympic runners run in the high 3s buddy

[@linkinparkdrift]

@@DanielBrown-yw5zc 10 year old comment man lol

[@flelite3994]

They robbed him his official time should be faster than the 4.4 they gave him

[@viperdude281]

I would love to see someone like Asafa Powell come out here and run like a 3.97 lol

[@MyMoneyMyOnlyConcern]

So much potential

[@lbtxboi]

the reason his official time was 4.43 was because they start the clock when any part of your body is moving, and if you go and watch it in slomo you can see where his whole upper body was moving before he took a step

[@mintchipster]

That's a beast looking DB

[@jamiefoxx2161]

I still think it was right tbh especially looking at the draft from this year.

[@Novinte]

How is he playing these days in the Bengals? I always thought he was a beast.

[@josealv1991]

I ran a 12.69 on the 40. :) can that get me in the NFL

[@topramen1694]

Did you ever get in?

[@TIPSYCLIPSY00]

@@topramen1694 are you here watching Taylor mats stuff because of madden?

[@rickrollingisgay]

time it yourself with a stop watch just by watching it. he still goes under 3.9 .. haters gonna hate just because Olympians are faster then football players

[@collinhughes6897]

Also untrue John Ross “a football player” is tied with Usain bolt for the fastest 40 yard time ever

[@whiskeypickles7256]

Nuttytuber Tv no bud Usain does not run 40s and neither of them have the record my friend

[@SuperChaosTTV]

Collin Hughes no lol

[@2kcheatsboy19]

@@collinhughes6897Usain had on no cleats fully dressed on turf relaxed.

[@collinhughes6897]

WHISKEYPICKLES usain did run a 40 and got a 4.22 just like Ross. While bo Jackson and others are fabled to have a faster 40 or jakeem grant with is hand timed 4.10 Ross and usain have the fastest “recorded” 40

[@jayxiong28]

It was his strides.

[@RagingBaby]

this dudes a free agent...I hope he gets into his zone and gets some PT with the 49ers or another team

[@iZenZation]

imagine that tackle.....woohh

[@4jiggaman]

i got 4.14- 4.23- 4.23- and 4.23 again damn!

[@marvelandgroup]

Speed is a just a small part of the game because his career isn't going very well

[@chookymooky9607]

marvelandgroup truer words have never been spoken

[@hillco.8530]

He was born to be a linebacker period, it depends on how much steroids he's been taking to play strong side or weak side backer, football is all about how the scheme is using you period..

[@tsbrshots]

deion sanders reaction is hilarious

[@lupodemayo7243]

He officially ran a 4.4

[@greenzone3000]

lol the first name they said was chris johnson hahaha so much respect for my favorite tennessee titan

[@MrSPIDEY21]

Because he’s the only one that ran a 4.24

[@scarmy23987654]

ive never seen someone cloke that fast let alone someone cloke at all

[@ruushmore]

lol that might have been the most unofficial hand time of ALL time

[@Afterglow037]

Thank god, I thought you guys were talking about Barry Sanders.

[@user-hx1jk1te5r]

Taylor Gang

[@apuccipucci]

Best linebacker in history if taught

[@tolu515]

this was adjusted to an official 4.43, but it was clearly wrong because he was ahead of jahvid best when they did the simul-cam and jahvid ran a 4.35

[@gregthomas82]

Top 15 pick. Will dominate!

[@tahtubechannel]

all that was just his strength powering through

[@lordvoldemort578]

@Malcolm311 Thats not a bust Thats a kid with more heart then a lion

[@jobomafo]

4.43 officially

[@moeb113]

Shame he didn’t stick around…. Idk if he was against it, but he should’ve been converter to Lb.

[@aoneofficial13]

That is scary! He's a freak! I clocked 4.2 as well.

[@dukeman6308]

They’re compared him to jahaad bests 2.3 in a simulcam and he beat him by a lot so it could have actually been a 2.24 and they could have messed up in the official timing

[@sterlingwitherspoon5709]

Duke Man lol damn that’s very fast

[@SWhite-du3hw]

@@sterlingwitherspoon5709 lol

[@michael13martinez]

He really ran a 4.43 there deviance with the timer

[@hakkenadventure]

@980GARZA yeah im not from the US so i don't know what that is haha, but sounds good mate keep training hard!

[@stockjonebills]

Their responses are hilarious. This is a 230 pound guy jesus.

[@flelite3994]

*That looked fast to me not sure what the commentators were talking about dude was moving*

[@nathanpena2124]

he is a beast novinet

[@stylezNout]

he was 2nd fastest at the combine according to the video of the top of each position, jahvid best ran 3rd fastest at 4.35, so taylor is probably a 4.30

[@AfrikunBoy]

How do it time it that badly? D'Anthony Thomas 40 looked way faster than this but he was .07 seconds slower

[@lntrication]

D'Anthony Thomas is way smaller too.

[@chookymooky9607]

It wasn’t a 4.24 it was corrected to a 4.43 still impressive for his size

[@RayDude4115]

Hmm, if you're still on youtube, i just wanted to say, im sorry, I dont even remember posting that comment :o, might've been me, might not, but sorry. Taylor Mays is a really good prospect and could still be good, he's got the physical attributes, but cant do much right now.

[@KeonuSenseii]

on my stop watch he ran 4.22

[@bwareist]

That means he tied Chris Johnson for the fastest time in the 40 yard dash.

[@ITKerp]

Timing it twice, I got 4.27 and 4.28 using an iPhone stopwatch.

[@cyumadbrosummit3534]

Taylor just might be the fastest jewish person, ever. He ran a 10.54 100m in tenth grade.

[@ccstarz19]

unreal

[@isaiahnieves8150]

PRETTY BIG PRETTY FAST.

[@adamk4747]

@WildDawgz13 he ran a legit 10.6 his sophmore year of high school he was running 10.3 as a senior. He could have been faster if he focused on it. If he tried and lost some weight i guarantee that big ol boy could be in the olympics. Hes just got those special freak genetics that one must have.

[@ATN5]

@jordan24303 if im not mistaken those are newer nike air legends but if he was gonna wea a soccer shoe id expect him to wear some light vapors.

[@bigdog1002]

You haters all fail.. NFL Network superimposed the fastest guys at each position on top of each other and Mays was the 2nd fastest guy to only Jacoby Ford.. that 4.43 wasn't right.. every NFL scout on the field (the teams have their own guys down there) hand timed him between 4.29 and 4.33..

[@mark84g5]

4.24 was unofficial.... he really ran a 4.41!!

[@flelite3994]

No way there should be that big of a difference they robbed him he was moving

[@Jerry11606]

"good physical specimen. god he looked good" haha sounds like they got a thing for him

[@Pinotelli]

how much do we have to add if it was a 40-meter. +0,3 or some?

[@18lilwest]

he really ran a 4.41

[@allprog]

i got 4.16 i guess it depends on when you start

[@Rambler1995]

I'm an egg carton, and I run 2.53.

[@53knights]

You timed the video with your own stopwatch?

[@Lebron23KING23James]

That was a legit 4.24 the reason the lazer got him at 4.5 is cause he gets up without even moving his legs just bad start technique laser

[@CnCProductions1]

Track and on a field are different. Meters, yards, and surface.

[@Triekki]

What was the electronic time? Usually you add .24 for an estimate.

[@Godlybuilding]

ME = 13 yrs, 5'8 & 3/4, 194lbs, fat, 5.2 sec would you consider me kinda fast? or slow or mediocre?

[@Laiboy86]

should be the 1st DB takin.

[@cjtownjc]

@RayDude4115 its high school. everyone plays both ways.

[@Localkinehawaiian]

@mark84g5 he's huge. that's fast.

[@SkinsFan000021]

unofficial 4.24, got changed after

[@jbjohnson4728]

4.43 official

[@TheAdrianFlo]

he ran in the 4.2's he was between trindon hollyday and jacoby ford that 4.43 is very wrong

[@ceowonemic]

I know somebody who runs 4.23 and has never played college ball in his life! He needs to be on somebody team check him out his name is William Speed Barnes

[@ShadyMike]

WOA.....

[@KillaORssbm]

If only his brain was as big as his muscles

[@LightofRenewal]

oh wow, if he was closer exactly on the line, he would of had a better time.

[@theNYJ95]

why he is not a pro bowler yet is beyond me

[@ricosuavepr1207]

He just wanted to make the highlight tackle and wouldn't play the ball in coverage.

[@zwarriorkid]

Actually it does. That's pretty fast

[@Bears85yemi]

I run a 4.24 on a 10 yard dash.

[@croplaya]

can someone tell me how the hell this guy ran a 4.24 and has done virtually nothing noteworthy in the nfl. how did he run that? he looks so damn big

[@sterlingwilliams8645]

croplaya he doesn't really have good football iq. he can run fast, jump high and hit hard that's all.

[@commandershepard1838]

Shoulda been a LB

[@deleon5456]

i clocked 3.97

[@nan1344]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@corderodenny22]

I'm 5'5 179 pnds 24 yrs old nd run 4.4

[@Repete255]

HAHHAHA you know whats funny at my highschool Noel Divine holds the 40yd dash record of 4.21 no joke i go to North

[@Ronaldboskett]

his official time was like 4.5 or 4.4

[@derrick1234gg5]

He ran like a 4.45

[@steeleX42]

*Bro hug

[@THEONETHEONLYEM21]

he still a backup

[@GBillups15]

I like how the next whiteboy is like dam I gotta up after THAT

[@chrismoss8104]

i finally got laser time and i got 4.59 my coach probaly stop the watch to late

[@MassClimate]

bulko9 ur crazy