Last week, ESPN’s Matt Bowen ranked the fastest players in the NFL. Not through some more-or-less objective measurement of top speed, or average speed, or something like that—but still, Bowen’s a pretty good and experienced analyst, so even his subjective opinion has some value.
And that subjective Bowen opinion says DeSean Jackson is the fifth-fastest player in the NFL. Even at his advanced age (eh....30).
Even at age 30, Jackson hasn't slowed down on the tape. One of the top deep threats in the league, Jackson has the ideal combination of vertical speed, route-running ability and body control at the point of attack.