Fastest 2023 NFL Combine 40-yard dash times by QBs, tight ends, wide receivers

Those with a need for speed weren’t disappointed during the third day of the 2023 NFL Combine workouts. Current and rookie linebackers are going to have a few sleepless nights on the eve of games versus the coming rookie class’s tight ends. As if that isn’t bad enough there’s a speedy bunch of wide receivers coming AND quarterbacks who might actually be faster than their wide receivers and skill position players that they’re charged with distributing the ball to. One of them spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, and it appears leadership walked away impressed.

Who are we kidding? Using our best descriptive phrases to describe these guys is a waste of time, right? All we care about is those 40 times, so let’s get down to business.

Every tight end invited to the 2023 NFL Combine ran a sub-five-second 40-yard dash.

There are no misprints there. You read that correctly. Here’s what the tight end group did in the 40-yard dash. For a full list of results, click here. Click on the other position groups for their times as well.

1. Will Mallory, Miami – 4.54 seconds
2. Zack Kuntz, Old Dominion – 4.55 seconds
3. Sam LaPorta, Iowa – 4.59 seconds
4. Luke Musgrave, Oregon State – 4.61 seconds
5. Luke Schoonmaker, Michogan 4.63 seconds

Did we mention these guys were fast?

Here’s a look at what the QBs did and a look at the top ten 40-yard dash times among wide receivers.

Anthony Richardson’s sub-4.44-second 40-yard dash time stole the show. Might we have a bigger and right-handed Michael Vick on our hands? Here’s every QB’s 40 time from the NFL Combine.

Quarterbacks

1. Anthony Richardson, Florida – 4.43 seconds
2. Max Duggan, TCU – 4.52 seconds
3. Malik Cunningham, Louisville -4.53 seconds
4. Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA – 4.56 seconds
5. Clayton Tune – Houston – 4.64 seconds
6. Stetson Bennett, Georgia – 4.67 seconds
7. Tyson Bagent, Shepherd – 4.79 seconds

Wide receivers 

Here are the top-ten official times among WRs. Click here for the full list. Click on the other position groups to view their times.

1. Trey Palmer, Nebraska – 4.33 seconds
2. Derius Davis, TCU – 4.36 seconds
3. Matt Landers, Arkansas – 4.37 seconds
4. Bryce Ford-Wheaton (WVU, Marvin Mims (Oklahoma) – 4.38 seconds
5. Jalin Hyatt (Tennessee), Jalen Moreno-Cropper (Fresno State), Tre Tucker (Cincinnati) – 4.40 seconds
6. Zay Flowers (Boston Scott), Jacob Copeland (Maryland) – 4.42 seconds
7. Charlie Jones (Purdue), Andrei Iosivas (Princeton) – 4.43 seconds
8. (TIE) Tyler Scott (Cincinnati), Demario Douglas (Liberty), Rakim Jarrett (Maryland) – 4.44 seconds
9. Jayden Reed, Michigan State – 4.45 seconds
10. Jonathan Mingo, Mississippi – 4.46 seconds

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