Game speed is different then track speed. Jerry Rice was the same way out there he wasn't close to being a 4.4 guy but he always got behind DBs and was rarely if ever caught from behind either. Hell he'd out run guys with angles. It doesn't make a ton of logical sense other then it's just a real thing. When guys put the pads on and ball is snapped it's just different.An All-American in 2024 after rushing for 1,537 yards and 21 TDs, he’s a very big back (6-1, 224) with 4.57 speed. An opportunity here to step into the starting role vacated by Najee Harris' departure to the Chargers.
Watching him play I could have sworn he'd have run a 4.4 in the combine...I can't remember him getting chased down from behind by anyone.