Benny Snell told reporters he had marks in mind he wanted to meet during his drills at the NFL Combine. He didn’t disclose his goal in the 40-yard dash, but it’s likely running a below-average speed wasn’t his hope.
Snell ran an unofficial time of 4.65 seconds in his first 40 attempt, tied for the third-slowest time among all running backs who participated in the drill on Friday. It’s also more than a 10th of a second slower than the average speed run by last year’s top NFL rushers.
The average 40-yard dash time posted at either the pre-draft combine or their college pro day by the top 20 rushers last NFL season was 4.