The 40-yard dash is the biggest television event of the NFL Scouting Combine. Every year, it gets the most air time and the most discussion. And for many positions, the 40-yard dash is relevant. There are correlations between draft position and 40-yard dash times for many players coming out in the draft annually, and watching running backs and wide receivers have their public perception altered in real time can make for fascinating entertainment.
But running in the 4.4s isn’t that important for safeties.
Buffalo Bills fans are more tuned into this information than most, having spent the last five years watching safety excellence from Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer, who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.