Sub-4.5 Combine 40 Times by WRs from West Since 2000


  By SuperWest Sports Staff


Among the positions participating in the 40-yard dash at each NFL Combine, the wide receivers tend to be faster across the board.

That generally seemed to be the case again this year.

But how did the 2025 participants from schools in the West compare to other Combine classes in the region dating back to  2000?

To find out, we updated our historical 40-yard dash results, extracted the wide receivers, and selected those who ran a sub-4.5, as listed in the table below.

But before we get to the rankings, it’s worth exploring how the NFL’s 40-yard dash came to be used by scouts to evaluate a player’s speed and acceleration.

According to Michael MacCambridge in America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation, 40 yards is the average distance of a punt, and it takes 4.5 seconds to reach that distance, as determined by Paul Brown in the mid-1940s.

Theoretically, if a player can run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, he could reach the point where a punted ball comes down as it arrives.

Here’s the 40-yard dash time for every wide receiver from the West who has run a sub-4.5 at the NFL Combine since 2000, along with their school and the year they participated, collected in a searchable, sortable table.

(Since the Combine wasn’t held in 2021 due to the pandemic, we’ve included the team Pr0-Day drill results for that year instead).

Washington’s John Ross still owns the fastest 40-yard dash time among players from schools in the West at 4.22, as well as the second-fastest all-time nationwide.

Washington State’s Kyle Williams recorded the fastest time in 2025 at 4.4.

Name Time Team Year
John Ross 4.22 Washington 2017
Mike Thomas 4.30 Arizona 2009
Jason Hill 4.32 WSU 2007
Brandin Cooks 4.33 OSU 2014
R. Jay Soward 4.34 USC 2000
DeSean Jackson 4.35 California 2008
Chris Owusu 4.36 Stanford 2012
Cliff Russell 4.36 Utah 2002
Jacob Cowing 4.38 Arizona 2024
Anthony Gould 4.39 OSU 2024
Samie Parker 4.39 Oregon 2004
Kyle Williams 4.40 WSU 2025
Jalen Cropper 4.40 Fresno St 2023
Paul Richardson 4.40 Colorado 2014
Kyle Williams 4.40 ASU 2010
Jeff Webb 4.40 SDSU 2006
Todd Watkins 4.40 BYU 2006
Tory Horton 4.41 Colorado St 2025
Troy Franklin 4.41 Oregon 2024
DeMarco Sampson 4.41 SDSU 2011
Brandon Breazell 4.41 UCLA 2008
Legedu Naanee 4.41 Boise St 2007
Steve Smith 4.41 Utah 2001
Jalen Royals 4.42 Utah St 2025
Michael Rector 4.42 Stanford 2017
Trevor Davis 4.42 California 2016
Byron Marshall 4.42 Oregon 2016
Nelson Agholor 4.42 USC 2015
Kealoha Pilares 4.42 Hawaii 2011
Kevin Curtis 4.42 Utah St 2003
Kareem Kelly 4.42 USC 2003
Khalil Shakir 4.43 Boise St 2022
John Hightower 4.43 Boise St 2020
Titus Young 4.43 Boise St 2011
Marko Mitchell 4.43 Nevada 2009
Shaun McDonald 4.43 ASU 2003
Eddie Berlin 4.43 New Mexico 2001
Dennis Northcutt 4.43 Arizona 2000
Elic Ayomanor 4.44 Stanford 2025
Simi Fehoko 4.44 Stanford 2021
Jaelen Strong 4.44 ASU 2015
Steve Smith 4.44 USC 2007
Adam Jennings 4.44 Fresno St 2006
Rome Odunze 4.45 Washington 2024
Bailey Gaither 4.45 SJSU 2021
Markus Wheaton 4.45 OSU 2013
Kevin Jurovich 4.45 SJSU 2010
Sammie Stroughter 4.45 OSU 2009
Paul Williams 4.45 Fresno St 2007
Derek Hagan 4.45 ASU 2006
LaJohntay Wester 4.46 Colorado 2025
Jimmy Horn Jr. 4.46 Colorado 2025
Dillon Mitchell 4.46 Oregon 2019
Marvin Jones 4.46 California 2012
Ronald Johnson 4.46 USC 2011
Craig Bragg 4.46 UCLA 2005
Tab Perry 4.46 UCLA 2005
Freddie Mitchell 4.46 UCLA 2001
Devaughn Vele 4.47 Utah 2024
Jalen McMillan 4.47 Washington 2024
Connor Wedington 4.47 Stanford 2021
Jordan Payton 4.47 UCLA 2016
Jeremy Childs 4.47 Boise St 2009
Jaison Williams 4.47 Oregon 2009
Dezmon Patmon 4.48 WSU 2020
Robert Herron 4.48 Wyoming 2014
Brian Poli-Dixon 4.48 UCLA 2002
Jordan Addison 4.49 USC 2023
Travis Brown 4.49 New Mexico 2008
Jordan Kent 4.49 Oregon 2007
Jeremy Bloom 4.49 Colorado 2006
Kendrick Starling 4.49 SJSU 2004
Ashley Lelie 4.49 Hawaii 2002

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