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I could not agree more, very few kids get past 4.6 in high school. People do not realize it takes a freak of nature to be a D1 propsect. The size, strength, speed and smarts are hard to find. I would say that less than 5% of the high schools kids qualify.

I ran a 4.3to4.4 in high school, but can tell you that does not make you a running back. You also have to have the right type of stride. I had a very long stride that made me a good middle distance runner. You need quick and short strides to be a running back in my opionion. I ran a 4.3 but still was not fast enough in track to do better than 7th or 8th in 100meter dash as a sophmore, so there are some fast kids out there. Kids also do more wt training now than in my day, so I think kids are running faster.Proud to say I still do hold some school and NKY track records after 23 years.