'15 GA RB Taj Griffin

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In total it's about 3.5 yards longer. Not the biggest difference when running 40, but it'll definitely bring that time down a little bit.
 
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volamite86 said:
In total it's about 3.5 yards longer. Not the biggest difference when running 40, but it'll definitely bring that time down a little bit.
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thats nearly 10% of the distance. think about if you took nearly 10% of his time away.

im not saying its accurate, just a thought
 
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chandler bing said:
lol you can't measure his last 40 yards....he is already at full speed. Most of your time in the forty yd dash is getting up to full speed. Its why quickness and technique is important and sometimes get overvalued when looking at 40 times. Running anything more than 40 for football is useless as its rare that a player does. A 40 time is just a good indicator of speed and quickness, but it's not a perfect system. Just like taking a IQ test is more likely to indicate a persons intelligence and therefore ability to learn quickly. Just like the 40 test, lots of people without high IQ's have become very successful and have other abilities that are so great that they make up for some shortcomings in other areas. However on average these tests are excellent at predicting success, but a good evaluator recognizes the outliers. But in the cases of outliers, these guys always have elite and unbelievable abilities in other areas to compensate for average to below average abilities in the most obvious area.

Also back to the point of this thread, Taj Griffin is fast. He won the FL night lights race last year as a sophomore beating out guys 1-2 years older than him. He blew everyone out of the water in the final as sophomore... You guys can debate 40 times and their validity all day, but results trump all. Taj Griffin is fast and the stop watch shows that, his film shows that, and he was the fastest guy at UF's Friday night lights event last year and whooped everyone. The kid has some wheels, hence why he is a 5 star guy despite being small. He has elite speed.
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You can measure his last 40.
 
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40 yards is 36.576 meters.

so if we take his first 3 stints as 3.78s and use

6.576/10 * 0.87 = 0.572112

3.78s + 0.572112s = 4.352112s

Obviously that is very fast for any size, but I bet that the best 40 yard dash times are usually run by 5'10"-6'0" dudes. You need a good mix of acceleration and long striding. That is a sick 40 yard dash for a 6'5" guy.
 
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chandler bing said:
lol you can't measure his last 40 yards....he is already at full speed. Most of your time in the forty yd dash is getting up to full speed. Its why quickness and technique is important and sometimes get overvalued when looking at 40 times. Running anything more than 40 for football is useless as its rare that a player does. A 40 time is just a good indicator of speed and quickness, but it's not a perfect system. Just like taking a IQ test is more likely to indicate a persons intelligence and therefore ability to learn quickly. Just like the 40 test, lots of people without high IQ's have become very successful and have other abilities that are so great that they make up for some shortcomings in other areas. However on average these tests are excellent at predicting success, but a good evaluator recognizes the outliers. But in the cases of outliers, these guys always have elite and unbelievable abilities in other areas to compensate for average to below average abilities in the most obvious area.

Also back to the point of this thread, Taj Griffin is fast. He won the FL night lights race last year as a sophomore beating out guys 1-2 years older than him. He blew everyone out of the water in the final as sophomore... You guys can debate 40 times and their validity all day, but results trump all. Taj Griffin is fast and the stop watch shows that, his film shows that, and he was the fastest guy at UF's Friday night lights event last year and whooped everyone. The kid has some wheels, hence why he is a 5 star guy despite being small. He has elite speed.
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Yep. All of this...
 
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volamite86 said:
In total it's about 3.5 yards longer. Not the biggest difference when running 40, but it'll definitely bring that time down a little bit.
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If you do a quick conversion, 1 meter ~1.094 yards so 40m ~ 43.76yards. Use this conversion factor to set up the equation and you'll come up with an answer of ~4.25 40 time.

That's hellaciously fast
 
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kmkemp11 said:
40 yards is 36.576 meters.

so if we take his first 3 stints as 3.78s and use

6.576/10 * 0.87 = 0.572112

3.78s + 0.572112s = 4.352112s

Obviously that is very fast for any size, but I bet that the best 40 yard dash times are usually run by 5'10"-6'0" dudes. You need a good mix of acceleration and long striding. That is a sick 40 yard dash for a 6'5" guy.
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Easier to just set up the equation as 4.65sec/43.76yds = xsec/40yds
 
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MockingVol said:
If you do a quick conversion, 1 meter ~1.094 yards so 40m ~ 43.76yards. Use this conversion factor to set up the equation and you'll come up with an answer of ~4.25 40 time.

That's hellaciously fast
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What is even scarier is that 40 meters once he's up to full speed. He covered the 50-90m marks in 3.38. Nearly 44 yards in 3.38s. Scorching fast.
 
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What ever happened to this guy named....Taj Griffen?? Everyone has gotten WAY off subject here.
 

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MockingVol said:
Easier to just set up the equation as 4.65sec/43.76yds = xsec/40yds
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That would be significantly less accurate since you're assuming that the extra 3 yards should be distributed over his entire time rather than his last time (which is obviously faster than his first 3 times since he's finished accelerating by then).
 
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This is like the "TOO HIGH" fan argument on MAJOR LEAGUE :tease2:
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SigNu_VolFan said:
What's his 43.675 time?
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Back to Taj though...he have an interview to the AJC basically saying that Georgia taking 2 5-stars at RB last cycle was a concern.

Wonder what he feels about UT taking 3 RBs?
 
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VolsnCards5 said:
Back to Taj though...he have an interview to the AJC basically saying that Georgia taking 2 5-stars at RB last cycle was a concern.

Wonder what he feels about UT taking 3 RBs?
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UGA has recruited that way at RB 3 yrs in a row so that may effect him more than us doing it once
 
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No bueno.
“Oregon, USC, Clemson, Ohio State and Florida State are my top five,” Griffin said. “USC, Oregon and Clemson are the three schools recruiting me the hardest and trying to get me the most right now.”
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- 247 Sports
 
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