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Fastest Clemson player of all time?
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Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:02 AM

My guess is probably jacoby ford. What day you?

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James Trapp?***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:03 AM



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Re: James Trapp?***


Dec 6, 2018, 10:52 AM

I believe Trapp also won the 'fastest man in the NFL' title at least once.

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Trapp, Larry Ryans, Spiller, Ford, Curries


Dec 6, 2018, 6:29 PM [ in reply to James Trapp?*** ]

But I am curious to know what Gary Cooper's 40 time was....Guessing around 4.38

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time? Jerry Butler


Dec 6, 2018, 9:04 AM

was very fast. Airese Currie too

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:04 AM

Jacoby Ford had a 10.01 100 meter... so yes.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:51 AM

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT JACOBY HAD TRACK SPEED, BUT C.J. HAD FOOTBALL GEAR SPEED!

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i saw JF run down CJ on a punt return


Dec 6, 2018, 10:04 AM

to block ahead. maybe just the dynamics of the play, but JF was silly fast.

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Re: i saw JF run down CJ on a punt return


Dec 6, 2018, 10:21 AM

i think you're thinking of the KO return against maryland... but, i believe Ford was faster than spiller... UNLESS... he had a ball in his hand. for some reason, that slowed him down.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 12:02 PM [ in reply to Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time? ]

Spiller had better acceleration/breakaway speed, but Ford was faster.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 7, 2018, 1:05 AM

Correct

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:04 AM

James Trapp or Jacoby Ford.

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Maybe, but Kenny Flowers was pretty fast too***


Dec 6, 2018, 6:30 PM



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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:04 AM

Jerry Butler!

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Probably Ford. Track speed that also translated to the


Dec 6, 2018, 9:05 AM

football field.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:08 AM

Ford

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i Know CJ wasn’t the fastest...


Dec 6, 2018, 9:13 AM

But how many times did he go around someone that had an angle on him?? Etn reminds me just a bit of this

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 9:09 AM

Probably one forgotten that was one of the fastest is Ty Hill

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Jacoby Ford, but don't forget Perry Tuttle***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:12 AM



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Shawn Crawford?***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:15 AM



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Tye Hill***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:22 AM



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According to Wikipedia, Ford faster than Hill.


Dec 6, 2018, 9:28 AM

Ford personal best:
60 6.51
100 10.01
200 20.88

Hill personal best:
60 6.71
100 10.27
200 20.97

0.2 seconds in a 60 is pretty clear daylight between the two.

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Shawn Crawford laughs at 20.88


Dec 6, 2018, 9:31 AM

Lancaster Co. native, former Clemson star wins gold in US sweeps of 200m

August 26, 2004 at 12:03 PM EST - Updated July 12 at 7:36 AM
(Athens, Greece) Aug. 27, 2004 - Former Clemson sprinter Shawn Crawford won the Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters in an American medal sweep. The native of tiny Van Wyck in Lancaster County led an American medals sweep Thursday night in Athens.

Crawford, who owned the fastest 200 this year heading into the race, ran a personal best of 19.79 seconds, "Feels great. It feels great. We as Americans, we came out here. We got the job accomplished the way we set out to do it. We finished gold, silver and bronze in the 200 meter dash."

Crawford wasn't always a track star. In 1999, he had been kicked off the Clemson track team and was looking for a fresh start in football. But, after he was injured in his first game at running back, he decided to talk to track coach Charles Foster again.

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Of course. I just don’t think of Crawford as a football player.


Dec 6, 2018, 9:39 AM

Until your post, I didn’t know that he’s ever worn a Clemson uniform. And given that I can’t even find a rushing yard out of him in the one game he played, I’m going to give credit to Ford.

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Re: Of course. I just don’t think of Crawford as a football player.


Dec 6, 2018, 9:57 AM

If we're talking track stars then it would have to be Travis Padgett. At one time Padgett had the collegiate 100m record at 9.89s.

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Re: Of course. I just don’t think of Crawford as a football player.


Dec 6, 2018, 7:05 PM



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Spiller and Ford both ran faster combines***


Dec 6, 2018, 6:31 PM [ in reply to Tye Hill*** ]



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Jacoby Ford***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:25 AM



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Sammy was the fastest with the ball in his hands.***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:47 AM



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Re: Sammy was the fastest with the ball in his hands.***


Dec 6, 2018, 9:54 AM

I think Sammy's biggest advantage was his quick acceleration. I don't think his top end speed was in the same league as Jacoby though. Sammy was a 100m state champ in track just like Jacoby, but Ford ran a 10.32 in high school compared to something like (I believe) a 10.7 for Sammy. That doesn't look like much, but 4 tenths is a huge difference when it comes to world class sprinters.

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ETN has the fastest 5 yard acceleration of all time


Dec 6, 2018, 10:56 AM

.00000000234 seconds

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James Trapp on a track. CJ Spiller on the field


Dec 6, 2018, 9:49 AM

WIth Jacoby Ford in there somewhere, too.

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William Perry


Dec 6, 2018, 10:13 AM

fastest 10 yard time ever...

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Re: William Perry


Dec 6, 2018, 12:40 PM

I started to say that.

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Re: William Perry


Dec 6, 2018, 2:56 PM [ in reply to William Perry ]

He was quick as a cat ;)

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 10:29 AM

Ford and Spiller both said Ford was faster out of pads and Spiller was faster in pads. Spiller and ETN are the few that I've seen pull away from everyone. The type that won't get ran down when everyone is behind them.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 10:38 AM

Football fast (jump step, cut back, acceleration) CJ Spiller
Track fast on the football field (straight line, top end) Jacoby Ford, Tye Hill & Airese Currie
All around speed with power - Sammy Watkins and Roscoe Crosby
Sneaky fast - Woodrow Dantzler, Derrick Hamilton & Justin Miller

IMO

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 10:59 AM

Fastest tight end was Bennie Cunningham.

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Settle it by asking Pitt D on 1st Play!!! All they saw was


Dec 6, 2018, 11:02 AM

ETN’s azzhole and elbows!!

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 11:07 AM

Don't remember numbers but Craig Brantley was FAST!

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 12:04 PM

60 times best times in & outdoor
Tye Hill. 6.76
Jacoby Ford 6.51
CJ Spiller 6.58
Shawn Crawford. 6.56 Clemson record
James Trapp 6.22 55m
Jerry Butler. 6.2 60 yd
Butler beat Harvey Glance in 60 yd, who was World Record holder in 100m at 10.0 at the time.

100m
Arise Curry. 10.53
Tye Hill. 10.52
Jacoby Ford 10.01
CJ Spiller 10.49
Shawn Crawford 10.15
James Trapp 10.04
Jerry Butler ? (See note on Harvey Glance)

Travis Padgett 9.89
Michael Green 10.02


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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 2:58 PM

These came from a 2011-2012 Track and Field Media Guide and are best times either indoor or outdoor as some didn't post both.

A source below has Spiller at 10.22 and Hill and Curry at 10.27 in 100

Spiller 6.65 and Feaster 6.88 in 60


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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 11:19 AM

Kenny Flowers was fast too. Don't know numbers before his knee injury.

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Easily Shawn Crawford***


Dec 6, 2018, 12:06 PM



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Jacoby Ford. Maybe Brian Wofford?***


Dec 6, 2018, 12:30 PM



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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 1:35 PM

CJ football not track

Sammy football not track

on the field performance including kickoffs

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 1:44 PM

But none of them had the SEC speed that Forest Gump had at Bama.

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Ford........here are the official track comprisons


Dec 6, 2018, 2:23 PM

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/SchoolRecords.aspx?SchoolID=20751

also, James Trapp was on the Olympic team as an alternate. His PR was 10.03(after college) in the 100M.

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 3:03 PM

Has to be Superman or Flash!

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 3:10 PM

Maybe Amari?

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KB heading out the door after being demoted...***


Dec 6, 2018, 5:29 PM



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jimmy greenbeans


Dec 6, 2018, 5:56 PM

Aka the flash

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 6:59 PM

William Perry.

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Don't know about fastest, but the most momentum


Dec 6, 2018, 7:00 PM

(m x v) was one of the Perry brothers.

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might be TL16


Dec 6, 2018, 7:24 PM

After seeing him run past ETN 50 yards down the field to throw that black against Pitt...

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 7:30 PM

You have to put big Jock McKissoc(sp?) in this conversation. Remember the S Carolina game?

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Re: Fastest Clemson player of all time?


Dec 6, 2018, 11:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i28MU8-lcw

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