Winner: Christian McCaffrey, running back, Stanford
Everyone was talking about Fournette’s 40 time Friday, but one player who wowed even more overall was Stanford product Christian McCaffrey.
Let’s just say he was pretty fly for a white guy. He posted a top-five 40-yard dash time of 4.48 seconds, tying lightning in a bottle Donnel Pumphrey out of San Diego State. He also notched top marks in the vertical, 3-cone drill, 20-yard and 60-yard shuttles.
In fact, McCaffrey’s time of 6.57 seconds in the 3-cone was the second-fastest of any running back since 2003, per NFL Research.
286 running backs have participated in the 3-cone drill at the combine since 2003
Only 1 completed it faster than Christian McCaffrey pic.twitter.com/6oz8yqfuwQ
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) March 3, 2017
Now, workout warriors fail at the NFL level all the time. But McCaffrey’s not a guy who is coming out of nowhere with these numbers. He put them on display every single weekend playing for the Cardinal.
And on top of his measurables, McCaffrey was — by far — the most fluid running back during the field drills. His ability to change direction on a dime is unrivaled among this draft class, as is his ability to catch the ball. He likely vaulted himself into the first round with his strong performance and appears to be the ideal back for today’s NFL game.