Okay, let’s talk about Deuce Vaughn’s 40 time. This one had me scratching my head for a bit, you know? You see a guy play like him, so quick and shifty, and you immediately wonder, how fast is he really?
So, my first step, like always, was to check the usual spots. I went looking for the official NFL Combine results. That’s the big show, right? Where everyone gets timed under the same conditions. But here’s the thing – I searched, scrolled through the lists, checked the running back times…
Nothing. Zip. Zilch.
Turns out, Deuce Vaughn didn’t run the 40-yard dash at the Combine. Okay, fair enough, sometimes players opt out of certain drills for different reasons. Maybe an injury thing, maybe strategic, who knows?
Finding the Pro Day Info
So, the next place to look is the Pro Day. Colleges host these events for their players who are heading to the draft. It’s another chance to showcase skills. I started digging into reports from Kansas State’s Pro Day. This took a bit more effort, sorting through different articles and tweets from reporters who were actually there.
Here’s what I found people generally reported:
- His 40 time was clocked somewhere around the 4.56 seconds mark.
- Some reports might have varied slightly, maybe a tick faster or slower, like 4.6, which is pretty common with hand times at Pro Days.
Now, you gotta take Pro Day times with a grain of salt compared to the electronic timing at the Combine. Sometimes they’re a bit faster. But still, it gives you a ballpark figure.
My Take on It
Honestly, after finding that number, I thought about it. Is 4.56 blazing fast? Not in the elite, top-tier burner category. But for a guy like Vaughn, does it even matter that much?
I went back and watched some tape again. His game isn’t built purely on straight-line speed. It’s about:
- Incredible quickness in short spaces.
- Vision to find the hole.
- That low center of gravity making him hard to tackle.
His shuttle times and 3-cone drill times, which measure agility and change-of-direction, were actually pretty darn good, and maybe more important for his style. So yeah, I looked up the 40 time, found it wasn’t a Combine official time, but a Pro Day one around 4.56. But watching him play tells you more than that number does, in my opinion. He plays faster than that stopwatch number might suggest because of how shifty he is. It was an interesting little search, though, confirmed he relies more on agility than just pure track speed.
