They need to bring this back. We been cheated from this competition. I am sure plenty of players would love to showcase their speed. It’s like the dunk contest.
Wish they had this in the 70s when I was a youngster. We had some fast players, but not like these guys. We had: Cliff Branch, Mel Gray, Roy "Jetsream" Green, Isaac Curtis, Johnnie "Lam" Jones and Wesley Walker, Curtis Dickey, Wes Chandler and John Jefferson.
@@joeschmo5021 Roy green West Chandler and John Jefferson Are not in the same class as the other guys you mentioned. And those guys were just as fast as these players were statistically possibly faster.
Its actually 1986 the first one. Thanks for posting. Does anyone have the 1988 one. It features. Mark Duper. Darrell Green Vance Johnson. Haywood Jeffries. Ricky Nattiel. Rod Woodson to name a few. I had it on video but lost it in the 92 hurricane in Miami.
*This was actually the 1986 NFL's Fastest Man Competition, not 1984. Thanks for uploading this classic which I haven't seen since it originally aired. And some of the guys here are laughably out of place: Anthony Carter?! Vance Johnson, Eddie Brown, etc.
This was the first of 4 NFL Fastest Man competitions that Green won. He finished undefeated & after winning his final one, at age 31, said: “ This is my final race. I’m going to give somebody else a chance to win”…lol A drop the mic statement…🖐🏾🎤 Btw, this was 1986, not ‘84…😎
Right, right your right on the year that's the same thing I was thinking. Cause we won the Super Bowl in the 1985/86 season and this was the summer of 1986.
Anthony Carter played in the USFL from 1983-1985 (Michigan Panthers and Oakland Invaders). Are you sure this event was held in 1984? The video references AC playing for the Vikings which happened in 1985 after the USFL folded.
I think DG just needed a little more coaching on his stride to really burn the 100..but 10.08 is still pretty dam fast in the 100....I see alot of the NFL players now have pretty quick 40 times but their 100 time is no where near Greens, he was all-around fast..from behind, on the field, on the track..I used to just watch the Skins to watch him play!
@@kennyeverett318 definitely. One of the top 5 fastest ever for sure. Definitely couldve competed in the Olympics if he trained for it. I'd love to see him race jett or galloway though
Green ran faster times in the 100 as well with less experience and Trindon Holliday, Curtis Dickey and Rocket Ismail would be untouchable in a 40-60 race
@@croplaya I definitely do he ran 23 races in his career and lost once by a hundreth of a second, he beat Jett all 3 times they raced in College despite very limited practice as a Track guy and Galloway ran a 10.71 as a Sr and Rocket ran 10.41....In '91 Rocket had the World's Fastest 55m time up until April with a 6.07....Galloway wasnt close after 35-40 yds and Jett was much more experience in Track so he would take over around 85 meters but was an excellent 200 meter runner.
its said that darrell greene once challanged deion primetime sanders to a race twice,but primetime declined the challanged, because deion would have got smoked
@@croplaya Flipper Anderson, Hunter Smith Michael Haynes, Randy Moss to name a few as well as ALL the Raiders receivers who had a noodle armed Hostetler underthrowing it 3-5 yds every time
Much respect I have been searching RUclips for year trying to find this,if you find 1986 NFL fastest man with Herschel Walker that would be awesome! Thank again!
During the countdown of the NFL’s all time 100 greatest players, Carl Lewis did the intro for Daryl Green & let it be known that Green NEVER beat him…lol 🏈
Y’all forget and bye y’all I mean you just because you ran against a great sprinter doesn’t make you one. Y’all do know that in college he lost to Willie Gault in the hundred both times they raced.
This looks like 1986, if I am not mistaken. If it is, this is the competition where Green had not eaten in 24 hours and had a 102 degree fever the night before.
You are correct about The track being faster than grass. What you don’t take into account is that all official 60s are done indoors. This is outdoors and was wind aided considerably. They were notorious for running whichever way the wind was blowing. So what they lost in track footing They made up for in wind.
@@johnnwako2488 artificial tracks are only four 100th of a second faster than cinders? where in the hell did you get that nonsense. It was considerably more than that.
He’s only fastest because of his abnormal long strides. Definitely wasn’t the quickest within 30-40 yards on the field. But boy could he fly. I once saw a race by Jim brown and franco harris in tv around 1980.. brown was close to 50 and franco smoked him. They were very competitive before the race. Talking real trash.
There was another world class speedster in the NFL in the early to mid 80's named Renald "Skeets" Nehemiah. He played for the 49ers. You can find him competing in the "Superstars" competition videos here on RUclips.
Green still would’ve smoked both of them. Bo’s best time in the 60 yd dash was 6.19. Green’s was 6.09. In the 100 meters: Bo:10.39. Deion: 10.23. No documented time for the 60. Green: 10.08.
@@ryangulley2051 I don’t think Ross could run a 4.22 anymore. Moreover, it’s more so he just put together a perfect run at the combine than it is him consistently being able to run that fast. His game speed is also lacking.
He caught Dorsett from an angle, to which many forget Dorsett gave it a go for that game with the sprained ankle, but Darrell showed he was the new sheriff in town that Monday night, and he caught Dickerson from straight behind, but he didn’t catch Herschel. Herschel beat Darrell twice in the 100 yard dash in the NFLs superstars competition.
@@TruthProvidedRemnant Herschel never beat Darrell Green in a race period. If you go to Herschel Walkers highlights here on youtube you will see Green catching Walker on a "angle" but he still got em.
@@kennyeverett318 I respectfully disagree bc in college Phillip was a track star as well and held the record at tcu for years but who knows it was a great race which should have been the finals lol
I've been looking for this competition for years now. This is a treasure so thank you for sharing. Salute.
All goats
They need to bring this back. We been cheated from this competition. I am sure plenty of players would love to showcase their speed. It’s like the dunk contest.
Wish they had this in the 70s when I was a youngster. We had some fast players, but not like these guys. We had:
Cliff Branch, Mel Gray, Roy "Jetsream" Green, Isaac Curtis, Johnnie "Lam" Jones and Wesley Walker, Curtis Dickey, Wes Chandler and John Jefferson.
@@johnnwako2488 No coverage that he could not outrun! He had that cool name also.
@@joeschmo5021 Roy green West Chandler and John Jefferson Are not in the same class as the other guys you mentioned. And those guys were just as fast as these players were statistically possibly faster.
Finally they brang it back
@@joeschmo5021 that Cliff Branch and Roy Green was some fast guys in their time.
Thanks for posting this. I still remember it. Darrell Green was beating everybody!
Crazy, because Green didnt have the smoothest running style, compared to Gault and Brown. Knees kind of wobble too. But man, could he burn it.
Darrell is now logged. It's amazing that he was that fast.
Correct no pretty running style but he could fly
Pure power
Absolutely right but that burst in every step was amazing
@Jimmy Jammy 100%. Darrell was first and foremost a football player who also just so happened to have world class speed!!! #HTTR
Green and Epps was pretty much a dead heat, but Epps had a huge false start. It was justice they gave it to Green.
Epps definitely had a FS.
Ron Brown running like he stole something
I had no idea what you were talking about until I watched...lmao, you're exactly right! 😂
@@caiaphasflagg673 He was flying
Its actually 1986 the first one. Thanks for posting. Does anyone have the 1988 one. It features. Mark Duper. Darrell Green Vance Johnson. Haywood Jeffries. Ricky Nattiel. Rod Woodson to name a few. I had it on video but lost it in the 92 hurricane in Miami.
SORRY NOT ME
*This was actually the 1986 NFL's Fastest Man Competition, not 1984.
Thanks for uploading this classic which I haven't seen since it originally aired. And some of the guys here are laughably out of place: Anthony Carter?! Vance Johnson, Eddie Brown, etc.
On the other hand, I had no idea that Phillip Epps was that fast.
Facts this was the first year
Yeah the announcer even says Willie Gault of your World Champion Bears
This was the first of 4 NFL Fastest Man competitions that Green won. He finished undefeated & after winning his final one, at age 31, said: “ This is my final race. I’m going to give somebody else a chance to win”…lol A drop the mic statement…🖐🏾🎤 Btw, this was 1986, not ‘84…😎
Right, right your right on the year that's the same thing I was thinking. Cause we won the Super Bowl in the 1985/86 season and this was the summer of 1986.
I was thinking that too being Bears won it in 85
They need to bring this back and add en route 40 yd times.
Thanks for this post. I've been looking for this for 25 years. Do you the other NFL Fastest Man Races?
no not yet !
@@gerlofholkema3110 Thanks for your response! Please let me know if you're able to obtain any of the other races. Thanks so much
Yes please I want every year!!!
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Anthony Carter played in the USFL from 1983-1985 (Michigan Panthers and Oakland Invaders). Are you sure this event was held in 1984? The video references AC playing for the Vikings which happened in 1985 after the USFL folded.
dan brugger also mentioned in the video that Willie Gault played for the world champions (Chicago Bears) and they won the Super Bowl in 86
1986 Fastest Man
86
Willie Gault may be technically correct, but Darrell Green is pure power.
Ron brown was catching up to him. In the 100 I have no doubt brown wins, maybe willie too. But in the 40 and 60 no one was ever beating green
I think DG just needed a little more coaching on his stride to really burn the 100..but 10.08 is still pretty dam fast in the 100....I see alot of the NFL players now have pretty quick 40 times but their 100 time is no where near Greens, he was all-around fast..from behind, on the field, on the track..I used to just watch the Skins to watch him play!
@@kennyeverett318 definitely. One of the top 5 fastest ever for sure. Definitely couldve competed in the Olympics if he trained for it. I'd love to see him race jett or galloway though
Green ran faster times in the 100 as well with less experience and Trindon Holliday, Curtis Dickey and Rocket Ismail would be untouchable in a 40-60 race
@@GuapoSantana idk about rocket. I think he was more of a media creation. Jett and galloway were definitely faster
@@croplaya I definitely do he ran 23 races in his career and lost once by a hundreth of a second, he beat Jett all 3 times they raced in College despite very limited practice as a Track guy and Galloway ran a 10.71 as a Sr and Rocket ran 10.41....In '91 Rocket had the World's Fastest 55m time up until April with a 6.07....Galloway wasnt close after 35-40 yds and Jett was much more experience in Track so he would take over around 85 meters but was an excellent 200 meter runner.
Awesome video. #28 a legendry man. He is a good guy too. His son played at VT and was fast too rant about a 4.3
His son didn't play at VT.
Nice footage. Thanks for sharing.
No upset Green won everytime he entered!
Epps is shameless. Knew he false started and kept running anyway. Lame
Willie Gault was my man. If this competition really was from 1984 he probably would have won... 1983 definitely for sure.
Thank you, Gerlof.
its said that darrell greene once challanged deion primetime sanders to a race twice,but primetime declined the challanged, because deion would have got smoked
He wouldve. He wouldn't have beat DG. Deion had some of the greatest game speed ever though. Never seen anyone outrun him on the field
No doubt Deon was fast...I don't know about DG fast though
@@croplaya Flipper Anderson, Hunter Smith Michael Haynes, Randy Moss to name a few as well as ALL the Raiders receivers who had a noodle armed Hostetler underthrowing it 3-5 yds every time
Nobody really knows how fast Deion was... He was never pushed to hit top speed 🤷🏾♂️
Deion may have beaten him in 89 or 90. Darrell was a good bit older. Green vs Deion vs Bo, man what a race.
AT 3:40 if Brown has afterburners what does Green have?
Man this brought back some good memories, I almost forgot how close that first race was it looked as if Mike Epps had won
Much respect I have been searching RUclips for year trying to find this,if you find 1986 NFL fastest man with Herschel Walker that would be awesome! Thank again!
Remember the Superstars competition on NBC? They are here on RUclips.
And the battle of the network stars.
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I’d rather see this than the pro bowl
Yall forget he raced against Carl Lewis in College. He was a World class Sprinter.
During the countdown of the NFL’s all time 100 greatest players, Carl Lewis did the intro for Daryl Green & let it be known that Green NEVER beat him…lol 🏈
Y’all forget and bye y’all I mean you just because you ran against a great sprinter doesn’t make you one. Y’all do know that in college he lost to Willie Gault in the hundred both times they raced.
@@kirkindog Only one guy who played in the NFL beat Carl Lewis, and it was not Darrell Green.
This looks like 1986, if I am not mistaken. If it is, this is the competition where Green had not eaten in 24 hours and had a 102 degree fever the night before.
This was ‘86 because they mention Willie Gualt as a member of the “world champion Chicago Bears” who won the SB earlier that year. 🏈
Agreed.
Plus Eddie Brown or Vance Johnson weren't in the league in 84.
This was a double NBC double header if I remember correctly.
This event followed by the NFL exhibition game from Wembly. Cowboys vs Bears?
He said it's only .09 off the world record time! And they are on GRASS.
@@johnnwako2488 It's Darrell Green though. He had a recorded 10.0 in the NCAA 100M and a 4.09 second 40 yard time.
@@dennisrobinson8008 He never ran 10 flat at the NCAA’s where the hell do you get that from?
@@finnfinn7703 Darrell Greene was clocked at 10.09.
@@dennisrobinson8008 Not at the NCAA’s he wasn’t.
@@finnfinn7703 i don't know what he ran at ncaa but its said he ran a 10.09 sr year.
They said that 6.09 was .09 off the WR at the time... Think about this, they are on grass. A track will be faster by .1-.2 for this distance.
You are correct about The track being faster than grass. What you don’t take into account is that all official 60s are done indoors. This is outdoors and was wind aided considerably. They were notorious for running whichever way the wind was blowing. So what they lost in track footing They made up for in wind.
Yes Lee McRae’s WR at the time for 55m was 6.00.. Darrell had burners
For sure
@@johnnwako2488 artificial tracks are only four 100th of a second faster than cinders? where in the hell did you get that nonsense. It was considerably more than that.
So 5.89 or 5.99 55m or 6.39 to 6.49 60m. I have no doubt 6.5 60m or slightly better.
All I have to say is Thankyou
He’s only fastest because of his abnormal long strides. Definitely wasn’t the quickest within 30-40 yards on the field. But boy could he fly.
I once saw a race by Jim brown and franco harris in tv around 1980.. brown was close to 50 and franco smoked him. They were very competitive before the race. Talking real trash.
This is 1986, not 1984.
This is actually 1986.
83
Epps was as fast as Green
Epps false started
6:14 WoW!
Who else is here because Darrell Green sent you here? #HTTR
I wanna see the one with deion in it!
I don’t recall ever seeing Deion Sanders in the NFL Fastest Man Competition as he was probably playing baseball when the competitions were held.
Green was the ugliest running style but he was fast as hell
Looks likea tie to me
Imagine if Bo Jackson could have entered this...
Yes, Bo vs Deion woulda been interesting.
There was another world class speedster in the NFL in the early to mid 80's named Renald "Skeets" Nehemiah. He played for the 49ers.
You can find him competing in the "Superstars" competition videos here on RUclips.
Green still would’ve smoked both of them. Bo’s best time in the 60 yd dash was 6.19. Green’s was 6.09.
In the 100 meters: Bo:10.39. Deion: 10.23. No documented time for the 60. Green: 10.08.
@@kirkindog Bo Jackson posted those times as a Sophomore in College... Keep that in mind
The last time an NFL player could beat an olympic sprinter over 60 yards.
Would love to see Tyreek Hill vs DG in his prime.
Why jon ross can smoke hill.hill isnt even the top 2 or 3 in the nfl now
@@ryangulley2051 I don’t think Ross could run a 4.22 anymore. Moreover, it’s more so he just put together a perfect run at the combine than it is him consistently being able to run that fast. His game speed is also lacking.
Darrell Greene is faster...
Green caught Dorsett, Herschel Walker, and Eric Dickerson from behind!
I know he caught Dorsett and Dickerson from behind, but I seriously doubt if he did that to Herschel.
He caught Dorsett from an angle, to which many forget Dorsett gave it a go for that game with the sprained ankle, but Darrell showed he was the new sheriff in town that Monday night, and he caught Dickerson from straight behind, but he didn’t catch Herschel. Herschel beat Darrell twice in the 100 yard dash in the NFLs superstars competition.
@@TruthProvidedRemnant Herschel never beat Darrell Green in a race period. If you go to Herschel Walkers highlights here on youtube you will see Green catching Walker on a "angle" but he still got em.
@@terrenceliburd8655 Can you provide a link for that vid?
@@lwmson Physical Freak Herschel Walkers Career highlights.
Phillip Epps beat Darrell Green wooooow!!! They just gave it to Mr. Green
Might have been a photo finish with Green winning , but 2 out 3 I bet the house Darrell wins!
@@kennyeverett318 I respectfully disagree bc in college Phillip was a track star as well and held the record at tcu for years but who knows it was a great race which should have been the finals lol
@@smooth8819 I agree it was very close
Also Phillip Epps was the only one that gave Green a race
@@kennyeverett318 yes indeed I wish they still did things like this for the pro bowl