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Michigan cornerback Turner leads list of outstanding combine performances

Michigan cornerback D.J. Turner II posted the fastest time in the 40-yard dash at this year's NFL scouting combine and his 4.26-second performance is the fifth-fastest ever, regardless of position.

Turner is projected as a second-round pick in the NFL draft next month. Also producing a top-five all-time performance at this year's event was Illinois safety Jartavius Martin with a 44-inch vertical jump.

While starring at the scouting combine can foreshadow NFL stardom like in the case of Deion Sanders, who blazed to a 4.27-second hand-clocked time in the 40-yard dash in 1989, superlative performances at what some call the “Underwear Olympics,” don't necessarily foretell exemplary NFL careers.