It’s no secret the Ohio State football program has is a football factory and has churned out defensive back widgets better than any other program over the last few years. There have been great cover corners, and impact safeties because of a happy marriage between talent and development in Columbus.
Obviously technique and heart has something to do with all the talent heading to the NFL at the defensive-back position, but there have also been some fast-twitch burners on the team that jump out.
The next in line might just be cornerback Cameron Brown, and perhaps at a historical clip if his confidence and rumors are accurate.
Brown showed off some of that confidence when he posted a comment to his Twitter profile last week, calling himself the “fastest DB in college football.”
There’s of course no way to prove that without hard and fast numbers. If you believe what Brown says, he unofficially ran a 4.3 forty-yard dash back in May but that was coming off of a hamstring injury.
“I just came off a torn hamstring, so I think I was faster than that,” Brown told Eleven Warriors after the Big Ten championship game last December. “I tripped in it too, so you never know. I think I can run a 4.2.”
A 4.2 would be historic if Brown could pull it off officially at the NFL combine. The fastest by a Buckeye is Parris Campbell and Curtis Samuel with 4.31 times, but the fastest of all-time was a 4.22 turned in by Washington’s John Ross back in 2017.
We’ll see if these claims hold water. Either way, there are plenty of reports from within the team that confirm Brown’s ability to burn, and if he earns enough playing time on the field in 2020, you’ll see it for yourself.
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