UPDATE:
Welp, so much do that! The NFL just released the “official” 40-yard dash times and the record still stands.
NFL now has issued these official 40-yard dash times from tonight’s Combine:
🔥Baylor WR Tyquan Thornton: 4.28 seconds.
🔥Ohio State WR Chris Olave: 4.39.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2022
PREVIOUS REPORT:
There is fast and then there is FAST!
On Thursday, Baylor wide receiver Tyquan Thornton was at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana and he made sure that everybody will remember his name for a very long time.
Watch as Thornton breaks the NFL Scouting Combine 40-yard dash record by posting a time of 4.21 seconds!
Tyquan Thornton 4.21!!!! New combine record! pic.twitter.com/a8QTYQRNTq
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 4, 2022
Here is another view for ya.
You are watching what could be the new 40-yard dash record at the combine (4.21u).
Tyquan Thornton, take a bow. @BUFootball
📺: #NFLCombine on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/tiuHQoz5iM
— NFL (@NFL) March 4, 2022
The previous record for the fastest 40-yard dash at the scouting combine was held by John Ross, who clocked in at 4.22 seconds in 2017.