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2023 NFL Combine: Fastest 40-yard dash times through Day 2

On3-Social-Profile_GRAYby:On3 Staff Report•03/03/23
Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State Bulldogs cornerback
Mississippi State cornerback Emmanuel Forbes runs the 40-yard dash at the 2023 NFL Combine on March 3, 2023. (Stacy Revere / Getty Images)

As the 2023 NFL Combine warps into high speed as more and more position groups go through the various measurements and testing, more results are in. The 40-yard dash is always a headline-grabber, and there were definitely some head-turning times among the group that ran on Day 2.

With defensive backs getting their crack at the 40-yard dash the leaderboard was basically completely refigured on Friday afternoon.

The fastest time yet was turned in by Michigan cornerback DJ Turner II, who blazed a 4.26 during one of his attempts. So far Turner is the only participant in the 2023 NFL Combine to run sub-4.3.

Not far behind him was Maryland Jakorian Bennett, who just missed the 4.2s when he turned in a 4.30 flat.

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But the group has pretty broad representation when backing out to the Top 25 performers in the 40-yard dash through the second day of on-field work at the NFL Combine.

Among the Top 25 performers (27 with ties included), there were 18 cornerbacks, four safeties, three linebackers and two edge rushers turning in blazing-fast 40-yard dash times.

You can view each of the qualifying performances below.

40-yard Dash – Top 25 Times – Through Day 2

1. 4.26 – CB DJ Turner II, Michigan
2. 4.30 – CB Jakorian Bennett, Maryland
T-3. 4.35 – CB Deonte Banks, Maryland
T-3. 4.35 – CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
T-5. 4.36 – CB Kelee Ringo, Georgia
T-5. 4.36 – CB Darius Rush, South Carolina
7. 4.38 – CB Christian Gonzales, Oregon
T-8. 4.39 – EDGE Nolan Smith, Georgia
T-8. 4.39 – LB Owen Pappoe, Auburn
T-10. 4.41 – CB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
T-10. 4.41 – CB Terell Smith, Minnesota
12. 4.42 – CB Kei’Trel Clark, Louisville
T-13. 4.43 – EDGE Byron Young, Tennessee
T-13. 4.43 – S Brandon Hill, Pittsburgh
T-13. 4.43 – LB Trenton Simpson, Clemson
T-13. 4.43 – CB Cam Smith, South Carolina
T-17. 4.45 – S Daniel Scott, California
T-17. 4.45 – CB Riley Moss, Iowa
T-17. 4.45 – CB Tyrique Stevenson, Miami
T-20. 4.46 – S Jartavius Martin, Illinois
T-20. 4.46 – CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
T-20. 4.46 – CB Darrell Luter Jr., South Alabama
T-23. 4.47 – LB Yasir Abdullah, Louisville
T-23. 4.47 – CB Cameron Mitchell, Northwestern
T-23. 4.47 – S Sydney Brown, Illinois
T-23. 4.47 – CB Mekhi Blackmon, USC
T-23. 4.47 – CB Cory Trice Jr., Purdue