Fastest player you’ve seen

[MS4EVER]

The 40 time post got me thinking about who was the fastest player I’ve seen.
Here are a few.

Rashard Mendenhall(Nile’s West)- top end speed was nuts! Super strong too!

Scotty Miller(Barrington)- He was electric! Why MS kicked off to him I’ll never understand!

Coco Patton-(Zion)youth football - when I played for Portage Park in the late 80s
Zion had a QB that was lights out. No one could catch him! At least I couldn’t.

Jayden Reed(NC)- Great route runner and super fast.

Who’s on your list?

 

[crusader_of_90]

The LSU RB recruit from Atacocita ... ooooh Lawd! Bye bye!

 

[wickerpark wildcat]

Watched Harley Rizzs from Saint Laurence last year. He could fly. State champ 2A 100m (10.6) champ confirms it. I believe he is going to run track & play football at ASU.

Played against Steve Havard (Wheaton North -> Illini) and he was extremely fast, but that was a long time ago 🤣

 

[rocketnation]

Both these guys were big, which made their speed even more impressive to me.

RB-Myson Johnson Cook (Decatur MacArthur). Only played his freshman year before moving to Texas but had sprinter's speed at 6'3" and 205 pounds.

TE-Albert Okwuegbunam (SHG). Went on to Missou and the NFL. Saw him take a quick sideline pass 80 yards against Rochester, leaving the Rockets secondary far behind.

 

[Cross Bones]

Trying to think...

Whoever was the Dunbar RB in 2001 has to be up there, was that Harvey?

 

[tjjrr]

If I can only pick one, I would say a kid whose first name escapes me. His last name was 0'bebe. Played at SHG in 2014 in a reserve role. He was injured halfway through the season and before his senior year the family moved back to their home country which I cannot remember where that was but that kid had to have run a 4.2 40. Never quite saw anything like it. I can't not mention a couple others, also all SHG players. Jatron Bevely, (2020), Tremayne Lee (2016) and Brian Adams, also 2016.

 

[brucealmighy]

Trying to think...

Whoever was the Dunbar RB in 2001 has to be up there, was that Harvey?

Illini Legend Rocky Harvey. Graduated high school in 1998

 

[forlouann]

Mike Conley Sr. Luther South late 70's early 80's . Look him up to see his track and field accomplishments

 

[Cross Bones]

Illini Legend Rocky Harvey. Graduated high school in 1998

Makes sense. I wasnt thinking correctly since he shared a backfiels with Harris. Whoever the Mighty Men had at RB in 2001 somehow got around the corner and was gone over and over on a D that completely shut down a potent Hinsdale South option.

 

[jha618]

Anthony Pierson from ESL (and then KU) was probably the fastest straight line guy I've seen.

 

[brucealmighy]

Makes sense. I wasnt thinking correctly since he shared a backfiels with Harris. Whoever the Mighty Men had at RB in 2001 somehow got around the corner and was gone over and over on a D that completely shut down a potent Hinsdale South option.

Internet says it is this guy
https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/football/roster/steve-holden/33

 

[chitown-irish]

Jeff thomas esl. Never seen that kind of speed on a high school field.

 

[crusader_of_90]

Jeff thomas esl. Never seen that kind of speed on a high school field.

Forgot about him! He was sub 4.4 at camp, fastest at Rivals.

 

[tomloner]

Tony Simmons attended St. Rita High School. In 1993, he was named Chicago Sun-Times Prep Athlete of the Year for his participation in both football and track. As a senior, Simmons won the state championship in the 100- and 200-meter dash events with times of 10.5 seconds and 21.58 seconds, respectively. He shares a distinction with two other NFL players who also attended both St. Rita and the University of Wisconsin–Madison: former high school and college teammate Ahmad Merritt, and former Chicago Bear Dennis Lick. Simmons and Merritt played against each other and caught touchdown passes in World Bowl IX.

 

[johnndoe]

Mike Conley Sr. Luther South late 70's early 80's . Look him up to see his track and field accomplishments

Try not to miss what he did at the University of Arkansas and in the Olympics, also.

 

[McCaravan]

Ricky Smallings at Brother Rice.

 

[cornerrat]

If I can only pick one, I would say a kid whose first name escapes me. His last name was 0'bebe. Played at SHG in 2014 in a reserve role. He was injured halfway through the season and before his senior year the family moved back to their home country which I cannot remember where that was but that kid had to have run a 4.2 40. Never quite saw anything like it. I can't not mention a couple others, also all SHG players. Jatron Bevely, (2020), Tremayne Lee (2016) and Brian Adams, also 2016.

All.... Brian "B B " Adams was a burner for sure. Was getting my Tacoma serviced at Green's dealership last year. Waiting in the customer area I hear this hey "Rat" how are you. He is a salesman at the dealership. We talked a little Cyclone football while I was waiting. Ratsy P.S. ( Obebe, James #9)

 

[Golden Warrior]

Sterling's Nyrel Sullivan (2018 grad) is up there. He ran 10.57 in the 100m

Zach Washington, currently at Wheaton St. Francis, is up there too.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

In my search for some names from my youth, I ran across WWS 96/97 team, below are their average height/weights, how times have changed.

Averages​

Offense
Line: 5-11, 202
Backs: 5-8, 159

Defense
Line: 5-10, 197
Linebackers: 6-1, 191
Backs: 5-10, 165

Steve Havard, Wheaton North, I was young but I remember seeing him and thinking how fast that dude was.

 

[PowerI66]

Marcellus Moore from Plainfield North had the best straightaway speed. 6.56 in the 60m and 10.12 in the 100m in college.

 

[eagles2k3]

Makes sense. I wasnt thinking correctly since he shared a backfiels with Harris. Whoever the Mighty Men had at RB in 2001 somehow got around the corner and was gone over and over on a D that completely shut down a potent Hinsdale South option.

Steve Holden

 

[doctor_d]

Still Ser Whitaker from Carthage for me.
Went to Mizzou on a track scholarship.

 

[FormerCrusaderNowHawk]

For me, it's Garrett Wolffe.

Overlapped some of my years at Holy Cross while he was there. Whether kickoffs or runs, he'd find a hole and just be gone. Went on to NIU and starred there and then had a few seasons with the Bears.

Just one of those 'this guy is not like the others' type of player.

 

[PowerI66]

For me, it's Garrett Wolffe.

Overlapped some of my years at Holy Cross while he was there. Whether kickoffs or runs, he'd find a hole and just be gone. Went on to NIU and starred there and then had a few seasons with the Bears.

Just one of those 'this guy is not like the others' type of player.

4.4 flat. He's the baseline for the other thread!

 

[CCfan]

Damien Anderson from Wilmington could go around end faster than anyone I ever watched. Also as far as pure speed, perhaps Dondre Adams from Plainfield South who won the Edgy's fastest man contest, 3 times if I remember right.

 

[doctor_d]

Damien Anderson from Wilmington could go around end faster than anyone I ever watched. Also as far as pure speed, perhaps Dondre Adams from Plainfield South who won the Edgy's fastest man contest, 3 times if I remember right.

Damien was outstanding

 

[missingwalter]

Marcellus Moore (Plainfield North) was easily the fastest kid I've seen on the football field.

 

[Coach Percy]

I coached Brian Carter at Kelvyn Park. 2 time state champion in the 100 and 200. We ran 38 and 37 sweeps and counters and if he got the corner it was over!

 

[RoaminCatholic]

Still Ser Whitaker from Carthage for me.
Went to Mizzou on a track scholarship.

Ditto... I didn't believe track speed mattered on a football field until that game his Jr. year in Carthage against QND. #1 in 3A v. #1 in 4A and Ser the Blur showed up and showed out crushing the Catholic QND hearts in the process. His highlight tape for his Jr. year was insanity.

 

[doctor_d]

Ditto... I didn't believe track speed mattered on a football field until that game his Jr. year in Carthage against QND. #1 in 3A v. #1 in 4A and Ser the Blur showed up and showed out crushing the Catholic QND hearts in the process. His highlight tape for his Jr. year was insanity.

Yeah his junior year they were loaded. Still can’t believe they lost to Stillman Valley. Cardinals played a perfect game to beat them.
Still one of the best games I ever watched was Wilmo @ Illini West in 2009 the week prior. Whitaker did some kind of voo doo to get loose on a shovel pass and scored a 70 yd TD on 4th and forever to force OT and IW won it 43-41. Wilmo had one of their all time best rosters that year.

 

[RoaminCatholic]

Yeah his junior year they were loaded. Still can’t believe they lost to Stillman Valley. Cardinals played a perfect game to beat them.
Still one of the best games I ever watched was Wilmo @ Illini West in 2009 the week prior. Whitaker did some kind of voo doo to get loose on a shovel pass and scored a 70 yd TD on 4th and forever to force OT and IW won it 43-41. Wilmo had one of their all time best rosters that year.

Unruh on the sidelines still at that point too, right? IW/Carthage with Unruh were always going to be in the game, Unruh can probably count on one hand the amount of times he got running clocked in his entire tenure.

Ser was special man... Jim Unruh was so special. Carthage back in the day was special. An absolute palace for corn-fed boys with chips on their shoulders. And Unruh made them all believers... each and every year.

Ironically, that season was the last real powerhouse run for them. The program has only reached double-digit wins in a season once since 2010 Jim Unruh retired as head coach. Not even an aging Lafferty could swing the tides right after Unruh left... The legend came and went with Unruh. And that's what makes it so cool to look back on now.