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it seems alot harder to run 4.4 fourties

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Eric Berry will post a 4.37, watch.

hand timing. always benefits the players.

So you don't think Sam Montgomery runs a 4.4?

Most of the time rivals and scout recruiting profiles have unofficial hand timed 40's. The combine 40's are electronic. Typically hand timed 40's tend to be .1-.2 faster than a electronically timed 40's. Thus, a 4.4 on Rivals (unless it's an official electronic time from a Nike event) is probably more like a 4.5 or 4.6.

Holiday ran an official 4.34. I don't know why people keep saying he ran a 4.2

Recruit 40 times are an outright lie. Very few people actually run sub 4.5 40's.

keep in mind that they are NOT running on a track like some of these sub-4.5 times are. It makes a difference when you are talking tenths of a second.
The "track" at the combines are line a playing surface.
Trindon has great take-off speed out of the blocks. What kills him in the 100 is he doesn't have the upper body strength and he has to use WAY more energy b/c of his stride. Dude is AMAZING at what he can do given his "shortcomings".

The surface they run on can play a huge factor in these times.

Almost every year scout has a camp in Atlanta that is known for having a veryyyy slow track. The best times are typically in the mid 4.5 range, no matter the position. A lot of very fast people put up 4.6s and 4.7s there.

You have to remember a lot of these reported times are personal bests and not the best out of two like the conditions of a combine 40.

Sure it might be slightly deceitful, but I bet a lot of these kids that can run consistently in the 4.5 range could squeeze out a 4.4 or lower on their best day with perfect conditions.