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Fastest Cane RBs of all time?

PalyCane said:
While not as fast as Shipman at RB, my recollection is that Alex Johnson was one of our fastest RB's?
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Yea he could scoot, but it was mostly short area burst from what I remember. He got a FA look with the dolphins and they liked him and then he just quit and said he was done with football.
 
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HurricaneinLA said:
Chris Johnson 10.25 20.40
Lamar Miller 10.56 21.50 HS
Duke Johnson 10.62 22.31 4.54 NFL combo 6.92 60 meter
Clinton Portis 10.6 4.42 NFL Comb
James Stewert 10.64 HS 215 pounds
Lorenzo Lingard 10.71
Don Chaney 10.77 215 pounds
Edgerrin James 10.8 4.38 NFL comb 6’0” 219 pounds Edgerrin was probably faster. He said he never ran slower than a 10.8 100 meter. Cannot find any real track times from him. But the 4.38 NFL laser time is no joke.
Willis McGhee 10.81
Davenport, Najeh 10.98 6’1” 250 pounds
Henry Parrish 11.09 190 pounds
Jaylan knighton 11.28
TreVonte’ Citizen 11.31 6'1" 225 pounds

Overall
Tory Michell 10.12 wind +3.1 1999 signee Tory's freshman year ran track for 2000 UM and practiced as CB during the fall but never played. RIP Tory.
Chris Johnson 10.25 20.40 Johnson's 200 would be a UM track record.
Tyler Harell 10.37 20.83 4.24
Travis Benjamin 10.40 4.31 4.36 NFL comb
Devin Hester 10.42 4.41 NFL comb
Horrace Copeland 10.42 4.3 forty
Terrell Walden 10.43
Tony Gaiter 10.44 21.15 1995
Daryl Jones 10.45
Sam Shields 10.47 4.30 40 4.25 UM Pro day.
Darnell Jenkins 10.47
Sinorice Moss 10.50 4.38
Tanard Davis 10.51
Philip Dorsett 10.51 21.26 4.33 NFL Comb. 4.25 UM Pro day
‘Travarous Bain 10.52
Mark Pope 10.53 21.53
Shane Brown 10.55
Lamar Miller 10.56 21.50 HS
Phillip Buchanon 10.5 4.31
Andre Johnson 10.59 6’3” 229
Willie Dixion 10.60
Duke Johnson 10.62 22.31 4.54 6.92 60
Clinton Portis 10.6 4.42 NFL Comb
James Stewert 10.64 HS 215 pounds
Roscoe Parrish 10.65 21.13
DeMarcus Van Dyke 10.61 4.28 NFL comb.
Akeem Jolla 10.66
Santana Moss 10.70 4.31
Lorenzo Lingard 10.71
Brandon McGee 10.73
Kelly Jennings 10.76
Don Chaney 10.77 215 pounds
Sean Taylor 10.77 6'3" 230 pounds
Willis McGhee 10.81
Malick Curtis 10.81
Artie Burns 10.95 4.46 NFL comb
Frank Ladson Jr. 10.96
Davenport, Najeh 10.98 6’1” 250 pounds Freak of nature but had ACL injury.
Will Mallory 10.99
Chris Graves 11.01
Ja' Dais Richard 11.02
Henry Parrish 11.09 190 pounds

TreVonte’ Citizen 11.31 6’1” 225 pounds
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Horace Copeland running a 4.3 40. .... just wow
 
RedSquare said:
Horace Copeland running a 4.3 40. .... just wow
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Copeland was a freak of nature at 6' 3" and 200 pounds.

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19921101&slug=1522033

That's when Horace Copeland's ungainly jump was measured at 26 feet, 6 1/2 inches, fifth best in the nation, making him an All-American. Not bad for a University of Miami football player who dabbles in track. Copeland is fast, too. He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.31 seconds, and won the Big East Conference 100 meters in 10.42.

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/10/16/full-speed-ahead-for-hurricanes/

More on the speedsters on the 1992 team. Kevin Williams runs a 4.28, Horace Copeland runs a 4.31. Williams, who set the Miami record in the 40 in the spring, also runs track and forms three-fourths of the Hurricanes' sprint-relay team from last season with free safety Darryl Williams (4.34) and cornerback Ryan McNeil (4.39). More pieces from this article. Their linebackers are fast. Darrin Smith runs a 4.42, Jesse Armstead covers the 40 in 4.47, and Micheal Barrow does it in 4.64.

Got to rep froggy. Another clip from back in the day for Orlando Sent. Not a subscriber. Not sure what year but during Erickson's time.
Coach Dennis Erickson said Tuesday that running back Al Shipman has had the best spring of any Hurricane.

But when Miami’s season opens in September against Georgia Southern, Shipman likely will remain stuck behind James Stewart, Larry Jones and Danyell Ferguson.

Still, Erickson said he will find playing time for Shipman. The Palm Beach Lakes alumnus is the fastest Hurricane (4.25 in the 40-yard dash)

Not sure if all of these are stop watch timed or laser 40 times. The 100 meters finals at the big east are laser timed so we know those are more accurate times.
Regardless those UM teams were blazing all over the field. Great teams and miss those days.
 
How fast was Jason Geathers??? Didn't see his name being brought up so I thought I would throw it out there??
 
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Trav said:
Yea he could scoot, but it was mostly short area burst from what I remember. He got a FA look with the dolphins and they liked him and then he just quit and said he was done with football.
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Have no idea how reliable this is, but it claims he was 9.4 100 yard dash guy when he joined the team in '87. That would be elite long speed if true.

(All that said I threw his name in as a lot of our younger fans aren't familiar with the less famous players from the mid/late '80s who were contributors during the glory years.)

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Here’s one for us very old folks here ready?

Anyone remember Johnny Williams RB ?

Try that one on 🙌.

GOCANES
 
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HurricaneinLA said:
Chris Johnson 10.25 20.40
Lamar Miller 10.56 21.50 HS
Duke Johnson 10.62 22.31 4.54 NFL combo 6.92 60 meter
Clinton Portis 10.6 4.42 NFL Comb
James Stewert 10.64 HS 215 pounds
Lorenzo Lingard 10.71
Don Chaney 10.77 215 pounds
Edgerrin James 10.8 4.38 NFL comb 6’0” 219 pounds Edgerrin was probably faster. He said he never ran slower than a 10.8 100 meter. Cannot find any real track times from him. But the 4.38 NFL laser time is no joke.
Willis McGhee 10.81
Davenport, Najeh 10.98 6’1” 250 pounds
Henry Parrish 11.09 190 pounds
Jaylan knighton 11.28
TreVonte’ Citizen 11.31 6'1" 225 pounds

Overall
Tory Michell 10.12 wind +3.1 1999 signee Tory's freshman year ran track for 2000 UM and practiced as CB during the fall but never played. RIP Tory.
Chris Johnson 10.25 20.40 Johnson's 200 would be a UM track record.
Tyler Harell 10.37 20.83 4.24
Travis Benjamin 10.40 4.31 4.36 NFL comb
Devin Hester 10.42 4.41 NFL comb
Horrace Copeland 10.42 4.3 forty
Terrell Walden 10.43
Tony Gaiter 10.44 21.15 1995
Daryl Jones 10.45
Sam Shields 10.47 4.30 40 4.25 UM Pro day.
Darnell Jenkins 10.47
Sinorice Moss 10.50 4.38
Tanard Davis 10.51
Philip Dorsett 10.51 21.26 4.33 NFL Comb. 4.25 UM Pro day
‘Travarous Bain 10.52
Mark Pope 10.53 21.53
Shane Brown 10.55
Lamar Miller 10.56 21.50 HS
Phillip Buchanon 10.5 4.31
Andre Johnson 10.59 6’3” 229
Willie Dixion 10.60
Duke Johnson 10.62 22.31 4.54 6.92 60
Clinton Portis 10.6 4.42 NFL Comb
James Stewert 10.64 HS 215 pounds
Roscoe Parrish 10.65 21.13
DeMarcus Van Dyke 10.61 4.28 NFL comb.
Akeem Jolla 10.66
Santana Moss 10.70 4.31
Lorenzo Lingard 10.71
Brandon McGee 10.73
Kelly Jennings 10.76
Don Chaney 10.77 215 pounds
Sean Taylor 10.77 6'3" 230 pounds
Willis McGhee 10.81
Malick Curtis 10.81
Artie Burns 10.95 4.46 NFL comb
Frank Ladson Jr. 10.96
Davenport, Najeh 10.98 6’1” 250 pounds Freak of nature but had ACL injury.
Will Mallory 10.99
Chris Graves 11.01
Ja' Dais Richard 11.02
Henry Parrish 11.09 190 pounds

TreVonte’ Citizen 11.31 6’1” 225 pounds
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Willie Dixon. The slowest/worst fast guy ever to play here. Guy couldn’t play/catch
 
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AUcane said:
Willie Dixon. The slowest/worst fast guy ever to play here. Guy couldn’t play/catch
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Maybe he should have played defense. Cali kid. The fastest NFL player ever, Jim Hines was named Oops because he could not catch anything. Just a track guy running a 9.95 world record at the time. Played for the Dolphins for a couple of years and some other team from what I could remember. Football is a very hard sport. Bob Hayes was a track star and football player hall of Famer.
 
He never showed it on the field, but Andrew Johnson from Penn Hills HS in Pittsburgh had legit elite track speed. That entire ‘04 RB class was a major disappointment, but on paper was arguably the best in the country. Johnson was a 10.5-6 guy verified, I believe he was the WPIAL champ in the 100m and 60 indoor. He had stupid straight-line speed, but that was about it.
 
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