WATCH: Baylor wide receiver Tyquan Thornton breaks 40-yard dash record at NFL Combine

Step aside, Chris Johnson and John Ross, there’s a new 40-yard dash record holder: former Baylor wide receiver Tyquan Thornton.

Thornton, a 6-foot-3, 182-pound wide receiver that just finished his fourth season with the Bears, set a new NFL Draft combine record on Thursday, as he ran a 4.21-second 40-yard dash. At the time of publication, his time is still unofficial; however, if the holds, Thornton will be the all-time record holder in the NFL’s 40-yard dash.

WOW. JUST WOW.@BUFootball WR Tyquan Thornton might've just broken the all-time 40 record with a 4.21u.

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— NFL (@NFL) March 4, 2022

Before Thornton’s 4.21-second 40-yard dash, the previous record holder was Ross, a wide receiver that was drafted out of Washington in 2017 by the Cincinnati Bengals and is now on the New York Giants. In the 2017 NFL Draft Combine, Ross ran a 4.22-second 40-yard dash time, beating what man expected to be a longstanding record set by Johnson. A longtime Tennessee Titan, Johnson in 2008 ran the fastest 40-yard dash in NFL Combine history at the time, logging a 4.24-second final. Both records would be broken, however, assuming Thornton’s time is made official.

Thornton just finished up his most productive season with Baylor in 2021. A frequent contributor in the Bears’ offense, he reeled in 62 catches for 948 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 15.3 yards per reception. Besides for his senior season, Thornton’s second-best performance came as a sophomore in 2019, when he reeled in 45 catches for 782 receiving yards and five touchdowns.

Thornton, a native of Miami, FL, finished his Baylor career with 143 receptions in four years, along with 2,242 receiving yards. He also scored 19 total touchdowns across four seasons.

Coming out of Booker T Washington High School, Thornton was a four-star recruit, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. That rating made him the No. 62 wide receiver in the 2018 recruiting class, as well as the No. 56-overall recruit coming out of the state of Florida. He was the No. 329 prospect in his country in the 2018 recruiting cycle.

Thornton earned a four-star grade via the On3 College Rating, following his successful four-year career with the Baylor Bears.