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The defensive backs matched up well in terms of 40 times at this year’s NFL combine in contrast to year’s past where it looked like the wide receivers were just the better athletes.<\/p>\nThe defensive backs matched up well in terms of 40 times at this year’s NFL combine in contrast to year’s past where it looked like the wide receivers were just the better athletes.<\/p>\n
Miami’s DeMarcus Van Dyke (pictured right<\/em>) put himself on this illustrious list: http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/the-fastest-40-yard-dash-ever\/ when he clocked an amazing 4.28.\u00a0\u00a0 It was the fastest 40 yard dash time in the combine this year and one of the fastest times ever in Indianapolis.\u00a0 Van Dyke’s run will send teams scurrying back to the video tape to take another look at his career at Miami.\u00a0\u00a0 Van Dyke is helped by the success of former Miami teammate Sam Shields playing for the World Champion Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n What’s frightening is the speed of some of the bigger players that are being produced these days.\u00a0 Patrick Peterson weighing 220 as a 6’0″ cornerback is not normal.\u00a0 More abnormal is him putting down a 4.34 while weighing 220 lbs.\u00a0\u00a0 Ohio St.’s Chimdi Chekwa proved faster than people thought with a 4.40 as did Nebraska’s Prince Amukamara with a 4.43 time.<\/p>\n The defensive backs matched up well in terms of 40 times at this year’s NFL combine in contrast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[587,588,589],"class_list":["post-1937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-demarcus-van-dyke","tag-patrick-peterson","tag-prince-amukamara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n <\/td>\n Top DB 40 times 2011 Combine<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/strong><\/td>\n Player<\/strong><\/td>\n School<\/strong><\/td>\n Position<\/strong><\/td>\n Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n DeMarcus Van Dyke<\/td>\n Miami<\/td>\n CB<\/td>\n 4.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Patrick Peterson<\/td>\n LSU<\/td>\n CB<\/td>\n 4.34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Chimdi Chekwa<\/td>\n Oh.St.<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Chris Culliver<\/td>\n S.Car<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Prince Amukamara<\/td>\n NEB<\/td>\n CB<\/td>\n 4.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Joe Lefeged<\/td>\n RUT<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n Ras-l Dowling<\/td>\n VIR<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Curtis Marsh<\/td>\n UT St.<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Byron Maxwell<\/td>\n CLE<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Jimmy Smith<\/td>\n COL<\/td>\n CB<\/td>\n 4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Shareece Wright<\/td>\n USC<\/td>\n DB<\/td>\n 4.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"