Running a 4.48-second 40-yard-dash at 6-foot-5 and 227-pounds is fast, and it’s borderline unfair. That’s what the newest Arizona Cardinals’ receiver Hakeem Butler did at the 2019 NFL Combine, but it may not have done him justice.
At the day-one rookie mini-camp press conference, Butler noted that he’s tested faster in front of other teams. How much faster? Well, Butler said it was fast enough to be within the top-five for receivers at this year’s combine. He said at the press-conference;
One team clocked me at a 4.35.
If this is true, Butler shouldn’t have been a fourth-round pick or even a third-round pick.