Legend has it that former Pittsburgh Steelers CB Ike Taylor once ran an unofficial 4.18-second 40-yard dash. We’ve seen that number disseminated throughout the years, naming him one of the fastest players in NFL history. But even he never claimed that he ran quite that fast, and he set the record straight recently.
Former Steelers cornerbacks Bryant McFadden and Patrick Peterson hosted Taylor on their All Things Covered podcast and asked him about the validity of his alleged 4.18 time. “No. Nah, that’s, what do people say, cap?”, he said.
“I think my fastest time was like, 4.