Top Ten Fastest Wolverines of All-Time?
September 8th, 2010 at 9:36 AM ^
M. Trent?
September 8th, 2010 at 9:44 AM ^
He said fastest WOLVERINES. Call me bitter, but I no longer consider Trent one.
September 9th, 2010 at 2:49 AM ^
I don't have many points, but I'm going to sacrifice one here. Morgan Trent did more than any of us can say for the team.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:35 AM ^
Yeah...he gave his sweat, blood, time, and talent to Michigan for five years...
...but he said something bad about Rodriguez.
HE'S NOT A WOLVERINE!!!
Fans are so fickle.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:37 AM ^
Any list without the Space Emperor is incomplete.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:39 AM ^
also a track man, if I remember correctly.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:38 AM ^
T wolf
September 8th, 2010 at 9:39 AM ^
I would put Denard and Tyrone 1 and 2. Denard blew everyone away at the indoor 60m big ten championships. Tyrone was a very good 100m and 60m sprinter. Tyrone was also a track coach at Michigan before started his college football coaching career at Ohio Northern.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
...Denard finished ninth, missing the finals by a few thousands of a second.
Still, quite impressive.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:41 AM ^
Butch Woolfolk was pretty fast - top sprinter if I recall - guessing he would be in the top 10
September 8th, 2010 at 9:42 AM ^
out on just putting Denard in all ten spots
September 8th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Tony Boles would have to be on that list
September 8th, 2010 at 10:13 AM ^
tony boles would have beaten half these guys after he blew his knee out. he was that fast.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:10 AM ^
If I remember correctly, Allen Jefferson was faster than Boles. I remember we were about to play Notre Dame and Bo made it a point to mention that "Tim Brown is the fastest guy we'll face this season."
From the back of the room, Jefferson chimes in with "Uh.......SECOND fastest."
September 9th, 2010 at 2:55 AM ^
Michael Shaw reminds me of him.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:42 AM ^
sam mcguffie had some speed.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Don't forget Marvin. At least that's what Fred Jackson used to tell me when I brought him his morning Danish back in the 90s.
Also Tony Boles.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^
Was it Odoms that beat Denard in a sprint in practice? The list seems a little biased toward the last decade too.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:46 AM ^
Breaston was shifty, not fast. There are a lot of guys faster than him.
Fargas ran a 4.3 at the NFL Combine. Not that he really counts.
September 8th, 2010 at 11:22 AM ^
Breaston has a rep for speed but he only looked fast after drinking 8 beers
September 8th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
Before he had some minor surgery and went on the Gittelson Speed Reduction Plan, Stevie B was straight up blazing fast. Go back and watch some kick returns from his RS Fr and So years.
He's pretty darn fast in the NFL right now, too.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
Michael Shaw should be on this list. He doesn't get a lot of love speed wise, but that guy is FAST.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:45 AM ^
Thomas Wilcher holds U of M 60 meter indoor and 110 meter outdoor records.
Butch holds outdoor 200 meter dash record.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:48 AM ^
win the fastest man competition during Spring Practice? If so, then he deserves to be on this list.
September 9th, 2010 at 1:24 AM ^
We need to see it during a game first. I keep waiting for him to catch a screen and go the distance. Hasn't happened yet.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:38 AM ^
Those screen passes aren't really designed to "go the distance."
He did have a punt return for a TD against Purdue that went "the distance" though.
September 9th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
A bubble screen, if timed correctly and blocked properly, can go the distance. Defenses have been jumping it, but Roundtree still had considerable success with it late last year, more than Odoms was having before that.
And this is the height of nitpicking, but even on that punt return, I felt like it was more Odoms's shiftiness than acceleration that got him free. You don't really have to be a burner to be a good PR - you just have to be shifty enough to get past the gunners, and after that it's mostly a matter of your up men blocking properly.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:55 AM ^
Leon Hall ran a 4.38 at the combine.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:03 AM ^
Acceleration, I think it's either Denard or Desmond or Breaston. Those guys could (can) go from stopped to full speed so fast. Hart was a hell of an accelerator too.
Top velocity is maybe Carlos Brown, or Troy Woolfolk (supposedly his dad was even faster). Kelly Baraka, too, could reach ludicrous speed. Leon Hall is another candidate. And Justin Fargas.
Combining both, meaning the guys who could accelerate faster and then go faster, I'd go with Desmond Howard or Anthony Carter.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:08 AM ^
Unfortunately.
September 8th, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
Kelly Baraka.......the facepalm of facepalms..... what a waste of talent
September 8th, 2010 at 10:04 AM ^
manningham wasn't that fast. awesome yes, but not super fast.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
Agree. His double-move was killer, and he had a knack for adjusting to the ball extremely smoothly. Though, he did blow past Justin King that one time!
September 8th, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
In addition to that move, Mario had great timing and awareness (something both Braylon and Woodson had):
September 8th, 2010 at 10:16 AM ^
Manningham could catch flaming blowdarts while blindfolded, but I never really thought of his as a true burner.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:07 AM ^
Dating myself somewhat, but I recall several articles in which Bo said that Allen Jefferson was the fastest player on the team. I believe he overlapped with Tony Boles,
He could never stay healthly and it turned out that his career was cut short by some sort of tumor or bone growth in his leg that required surgery.
September 8th, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^
Just going to post AJ. While in HS he beat Jesse Owens' record in the 100M at the Mansfield relays. Yes, that Jesse Owens. He was big and very fast. Was in front of Tony Boles on the depth chart behind Jamie Morris when he broke his leg the first time.
September 8th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
Boles was super fast before his injury too.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:09 AM ^
It seems like the list is mostly sticking with recent starters or semi-recent top performers, but I'll throw out a suggestion/question... What bout AC?
Was he also plain fast, or simply one of the best receivers ever?
September 8th, 2010 at 1:43 PM ^
Both.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:10 AM ^
How about Antonio Bass? I know he only played 10 games or so.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:12 AM ^
End of the year and 5-7 of this years players will be on that list.
September 8th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
Is the one who beat Denard in that race at practice. And what about Carlos Brown? This list is kind of suspect..
September 9th, 2010 at 3:06 AM ^
That was definitely Odoms (place where link should be)
September 8th, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
how does Darryl Stonum make this list???
Sure, he's fast, but... really?
September 9th, 2010 at 1:20 AM ^
Yeah, I'm not 100% sold on his speed. He had a tough time outrunning the MSU secondary on his TD last season. And on kickoff returns, I see him more as a guy who gets yardage through good, decisive cuts - but not necessarily by flying by people.
September 8th, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
run down percy harvin from all the way across the field
September 8th, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
Tony Boles and Allen Jefferson are arguably both top 5