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Players know importance of 40-yard time

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 27, 2002

For some players, the socio-economic ascent from college poverty to NFL stardom is a pothole-pocked marathon requiring years of perseverance to reach the finish line. For others, the road is compressed into a 40-yard stretch traversed in less than five seconds. Whether run on AstroTurf, a rubberized track or a corridor of freshly-clipped Bermuda, the 40-yard dash is the road paved with gold for top college prospects when the NFL holds its annual player draft on April 20-21. Despite contentions ...

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