The fastest NCAA footballer in the nation....

[Avante]

..in 2014 will be LeVonte Whitfield at FSU. He is a legit 10.2 cat as a high schooler, keep in mind when the great USSR sprinter Valery Borzov won his 72 Olympic gold he ran a 10.14. This kid would have been right there with him.

You do remember this, right?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...layers/page/25

This would be the All Time College Football 100m

lane

1.Bob Hayes Florida A&M 1964 Olympic gold (10.06) medalist, histories fastest running back**
2.Jef Demps Florida 10.01 High School record holder
3.Trindon Holliday LSU 10.00
4.Leonard Scott Tenn 9.94 the fastest time ever ran by any football player
5.Jacoby Ford Clemson 10.01
6.Xavier Carter LSU 10.00
7.John Capel Florida 9.96
8.Sam Graddy Tenn 10.09****

Notice how the SEC has six guys there?

** a 10,06 ran on a dirt track some 50 years ago is superior to what Holiday who was also a running back ran.
**** a few others have ran a little faster time wise but Graddy was an Olympic 100m silver medalist.

"B"

lane

1.Alvis Whitted NCSt 10.07
2.Darrel Green Texas A&I 10.08
3.Mel Gray Missouri 9.2
4.Andrew Hopkins SFAustin 9.2
5.Curtis ey Texas A&M 10.10
6.Willie Gault Tenn 10.11
7.Cliff Branch Colorado 9.2
8.Ron Brown ASU 10.06

Houston McTear was just a HS junior when he broke the world record in the 100 yard dash with a sizzlin' 9.0. As a Baker HS (Fla) running back he averaged over 13 yards a carry. Florida wanted him real bad, what a bummer the kid was dumb as a rock. He'd end up out in Cali at SMCC and then Cerritos JC. Imagine a world class talent in with JC guy. What might have been.