Okay, so the other day, I got curious about Tony Pollard. You know, the running back. Fast guy. And the first thing that pops into my head when I think ‘fast football player’ is always the 40-yard dash. It’s just one of those numbers, right?
So, I figured, let me just look this up real quick. Shouldn’t be hard. Fired up the computer, went straight to my usual search engine.
My Search Begins
Typed in something simple like “Tony Pollard 40 time”. Pretty straightforward. And bam, results started popping up. But here’s where it got a little messy, like it sometimes does with these things.
I saw a few different numbers thrown around. Some sites mentioned times in the 4.4s, others were saying maybe closer to 4.5. You see this sometimes, unofficial times get leaked or maybe high school times get mixed in. It wasn’t immediately clear which one was the ‘real’ number people go by.
Digging a Little Deeper
Alright, I thought, let’s narrow this down. Usually, the big number everyone cares about is from the NFL Combine. So, I tweaked my search. Added “NFL Combine” to the mix.
- Searched “Tony Pollard NFL Combine 40 time”.
- Looked through the top results.
Turns out, he didn’t actually run the 40 at the official NFL Combine. Okay, that explains why there wasn’t one definitive Combine time listed everywhere. Fair enough. Lots of players skip drills there for various reasons.
So, the next logical place to check? His Pro Day. That’s when scouts come to the player’s college campus to watch them work out. Almost everyone runs the 40 at their Pro Day if they didn’t do it at the Combine.
Finding the Pro Day Time
Changed my search again. This time, “Tony Pollard Memphis Pro Day 40”. Much better. Now the results started looking more consistent.
Multiple sources, reputable ones too, pointed to the same number from his University of Memphis Pro Day back in 2019. The time was 4.52 seconds.
Yeah, I still saw mentions of those faster, maybe hand-timed 4.4s here and there, but the 4.52 seemed to be the most official, recorded time from a standardized event before he got drafted. That felt like the solid answer I was looking for.
So, there it was. Took a few tries, a bit of sifting through different claims, but I landed on the Pro Day time. 4.52 seconds. Still pretty quick, confirms what you see on the field. Just a little process I went through to satisfy my curiosity. Done and dusted.
