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Christian McCaffrey runs 4.49 40 at NFL Combine

By Brad Berreman

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 02: Running back Christian McCaffrey of Stanford answers questions from the media on Day 2 of the NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on March 2, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 02: Running back Christian McCaffrey of Stanford answers questions from the media on Day 2 of the NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on March 2, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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The running backs took their turn at the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine on Friday, and Christian McCaffrey posted a good first run.

The running back class for the 2017 NFL Draft is considered the deepest at the position in years, with a few first-round prospects and plenty of others that will drafted with an expectation to contribute meaningfully right away.

Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey and the other backs in this year’s class are going through on-field drills at the NFL Combine on Friday, including the Olympic-style events that have little to do with football when it comes down to it.

But the 40-yard dash is still a must-watch event for the skill position groups, if only to see how players compare to others from the past and their current peers. North Carolina running back T.J. Logan set the pace with a 4.37-40 time in his first attempt, then Cook posted a 4.50-second 40 time and Fournette posted a 4.51 in his first run. Then McCaffrey took his first turn.

After being whistled for a false start and having to reset, McCaffrey posted a 4.49-second 40 time in his first run. That of course bested Cook and Fournette, who are the two running backs above him in most running back rankings and posted 4.50 and 4.52 40 times in their respective second turns.

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McCaffrey’s own second run at the 40 was not nearly as good as his first, with a much-slower 4.59-second run. It’s hard to know what to take from that especially poor second run, outside of nerves or some level of fatigue. But the 40-yard dash is also not a be-all, end-all when it comes to football speed, and McCaffrey has put an ample amount of that on tape.

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