NFL Combine 2025: Fastest 40-Yard Dash Times By Position

The 40-yard dash is the premiere event annually at the NFL Combine. It allows prospects to show off their speed, and the results are often the biggest piece of information that scouts take away from the weekend.

Defensive backs and wide receivers typically dominate the leaderboard, and this year has been no different. Of the 15 fastest recorded times, only one came from outside those two positions, as Virginia Tech running back Bayshul Tuten came in 5th. There weren’t any notable records broken this year, but one player was able to move into the top-10 of fastest recorded times in the history of the Combine.

Below are the fastest 40-yard dash times at the 2025 NFL Combine, sorted by position.

Best 40-Yard Dash Times At The 2025 NFL Combine

Top Times Overall

Kentucky cornerback Maxwell Hairston clocked the best time of any prospect in this year’s 40-yard dash event. His time of 4.28 topped the 4.29 time that Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden posted, and now ranks as the 10th fastest 40 time ever recorded.

Quarterbacks

Only three quarterback prospects participated in the 40-yard dash this year. It isn’t typically a sought-after measurement for scouts of the position, as the prospects are mostly there to showcase their arm talent.

1. Brady Cook (Missouri): 4.59s
2. Tyler Shough (Louisville): 4.63s
3. Seth Henigan (Memphis): 4.76s

Running Backs

One running back stood up above the rest in this year’s NFL Combine. Bayshul Tuten posted a 40 time of 4.32 seconds, well ahead of the next closest competitor at 4.38. Tuten’s number was the 5th best of any player at any position.

1. Bayshul Tuten (Virginia Tech): 4.32s
2. Jaydon Blue (Texas): 4.38s
3. Brashard Smith (SMU): 4.39s
4. RJ Harvey (UCF): 4.40s
5. Montrell Johnson Jr. (Florida): 4.41s

Wide Receivers

Matthew Golden was this year’s fastest receiver, posting a time of 4.29 seconds. It ranks as the 8th fastest time by a WR in the history of the Combine, just behind Jacoby Ford and and ahead of Darrius Heyward-Bey.

1. Matthew Golden (Texas): 4.29s
2. Dont’e Thornton Jr. (Tennessee): 4.30s
3. Chimere Dike (Florida): 4.34s
4. Jaylin Lane (Virginia Tech): 4.34s
5. Arian Smith (Georgia): 4.36s

Tight Ends

One of the standouts at this year’s NFL Combine was Oregon tight end Terrance Ferguson. He not only posted the best vertical and third-best broad jump numbers, but he was the top at his position in the 40-yard dash as well.

1. Terrance Ferguson (Oregon): 4.63s
2. Joshua Simon (South Carolina): 4.65s
3. CJ Dippre (Alabama): 4.69s
4. Gavin Bartholomew (Pittsburgh): 4.70s
5. Thomas Fidone II (Nebraska): 4.70s

Defensive Ends

James Pearce Jr was the ran away with the competition amongst defensive ends. His time was nearly a full tenth of a second better than the next-fastest, and it ranks in the top-10 ever at the position.

1. James Peace Jr. (Tennessee): 4.47s
2. Collin Oliver (OK State): 4.56s
3. Fadil Diggs (Syracuse): 4.57s
4. Shemar Stewart (Texas A&M): 4.59s
5. Jah Joyner (Minnesota): 4.60s

Defensive Tackles

Plenty of defensive tackles participated in the 40-yard dash this year, though it isn’t exactly the best measurement for scouts at the position. Nebraska’s Ty Robinson was the DT with the best clocked time this year.

1. Ty Robinson (Nebraska): 4.83s
2. Jared Harrison-Hunte (SMU): 4.86s
3. Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins (Georgia): 4.86s
4. Aeneas Peebles (Virginia Tech): 4.94s
5. Darius Alexander (Toledo): 4.95s

Linebackers

UCLA’s Kain Medrano was had the fastest time of any linebacker this year at 4.46 seconds

1. Kain Medrano (UCLA): 4.46s
2. Eugen Asante (Auburn): 4.48s
3. Jihaad Campbell (Alabama): 4.52s
4. Danny Stutsman (Oklahoma): 4.52s
5. Nick Martin (OK State): 4.53s

Cornerbacks

Two of the top three fastest times this year were clocked by cornerback prospects. Maxwell Hairston topped the list at 4.28 seconds, the fastest of any player in 2025, and the 10th fastest time in the history of the NFL Combine regardless of position.

1. Maxwell Hairston (Kentucky): 4.28s
2. Darien Porter (Iowa State): 4.30s
3. Caleb Ransaw (Tulane): 4.33s
4. Jacob Parrish (Kansas State): 4.35s
5. Zah Frazier (Texas-SA): 4.36s

Safeties

There weren’t any safeties who finished in the top-10 overall, but one player did post the 9th fastest time ever at the position. Marques Sigle of Kansas State came in with a time of 4.37 seconds, on par with guys list L’Jarius Sneed and LaRon Landry.

1. Marques Sigle (Kansas State): 4.37s
2. Nick Emmanwori (South Carolina): 4.38s
3. Kitan Crawford (Nevada): 4.41s
4. Billy Bowman (Oklahoma): 4.42s
5. Andrew Mukuba (Texas): 4.45s