Denard Robinson - fast?

It's still early in the season, so the times everywhere will be getting faster as the season goes. And not every year is the record broken. That kid who broke it might have it for a while, as that time is really good even for college. To answer your question, 10.44 is really fucking fast. I don't think anyone from Michigan has ever run that.

Also, if you looks at the dates on that list, guys that fast only come around once every 10 or 20 years.

10.44 is BLAZING fast for a high school kid. 2nd of all, you're comparing him to people who have/had world class speed. When you start talking about high school kids running 10.1, you're talking about potential Olympic athletes.

Finally, I'd like to talk real quickly about Tate vs Denard in the speed category. It is completely insane to assert that Tate is anywhere near as close as Denard. I think 40 times are not only less accurate than a 100 time (less room for human error) but a 40 also depends more on how well you get off the start than the 100 does. Now this isn't to say that Tate doesn't run as well as Denard, because he may well be more ellusive (which I seem to have heard). However, as opposed to what a certain poster in another thread keeps saying, Tate Forcier DOES NOT have near the pure straight line speed of Denard.

In this decade, there are only two runners, Samuels and Demps, responsible for the times in your post. Since Robinson seemed to refer to the wind as something that slowed him down, one could infer that the wind created resistance for him, whether it was a cross-wind or it was in his face. And he still has time to run that 10.3 that is is stated goal.

At any rate, we'll find out how fast he is in a few months.

dude....ANOTHER DENARD SPEED THREAD

I'm hoping he's fast enough for the eventual move to WR, should that happen.

At any world competition right now, that would probably get you 2nd place. There were people in the finals of the 100 at the Olympics who ran slower than 10.01. In short, 10.44 is still incredibly fast, and if he can break into the 10.3's he might have a future as a pro sprinter if football doesn't work out. He does have the body of a 100m specialist.

The dreadlocks were holding him back.

Well Kelly Baraka ran a 10.56 and that didn't help us

This 100 meter time really doesn't translate onto the football field in any way other than that Denard is fast. Look at Xavier Carter in 2004, 5 star #22 player in the country according to rivals. He ran a 10.38 100 and now runs a 10 flat. The only play I remember him ever making at LSU was when he fielded a kickoff at the the 1 yard line and took a knee thinking he was in the endzone.

I have been coaching track for 9 years and have never witnessed anything faster than 10.76 (Some dude from Country Day) in person. 10.44 is ridiculous fast. The MHSAA all time record is 10.44.

a downer, but were any of those names listed any good at FOOTBALL?

david cone ran a 10.21 100 and he can rap way better than tate or denard. why aren't we starting him

Anyone think we might use Robinson in a kick return role like LSU uses their ludicrously fast guy, Trindon Holliday?

Dude on my track team ran the 100 in 10.9 yesterday and he slowed down 10 meters before the finish line because he didn't know where the finish line was. It was his first time ever running the 100.

I know Trindon Holliday (LSU) ran a 10.02 at one point. I think Florida State has a guy that ran a sub-10.0 100 at one point. And as someone mentioned, Jeff Demps on that list plays for Florida.