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If time is money, there’s no place where fractions of a second can mean so much to the bottom line as in the 40-yard dash. In the half-second it takes to blink an eye twice, a cornerback’s NFL stock plummets from a sure first-round pick making around $4 million to likely going in the fifth or sixth round, where he’ll expect to earn around $350,000. Another blink and he’s trying to catch on as an undrafted free agent just hoping to make a roster.
Here’s a breakdown of what a split second can cost some of the NFL’s fastest players in terms of draft position. As the chart reveals, a 4.9 in the 40 for speed positions will likely boot you out of the draft.
