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Xavier Worthy isn’t just track-fast… he’s ridiculously fast on the field

Xavier Worthy’s record-breaking speed didn’t just happen at the scouting combine — it also shows up on the field.

INDIANAPOLIS — Texas receiver Xavier Worthy blazed his name all over the field at Lucas Oil Stadium during the 2024 scouting combine, when he ran a 4.21-second 40-yard dash, setting the all-time record. Of course, when the excitement of that wears off, everybody will ask the same question: Does that kind of speed actually show up on the field?

In Worthy’s case, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Though he caught just six passes of 20 or more air yards last season on 23 targets, he also had a lot of drops on those deep passes, which he tried to explain this week at the podium.

“I feel like I had really good hands,” he said. “I feel like it’s just kind of focus drops for me. It’s not a technique thing or a hands thing. I feel like it’s focus.”

If he can get his focus together, Worthy might be just about unstoppable at the NFL level. because that speed does indeed show up on the field, in multiple ways.

We could start with this 45-yard banger against TCU, in which Worthy gave his defender a nasty foot fake before going off to the races and winding up with a two-yard cushion against press coverage…

…or this 44-yarder against Alabama, where the deep safety had no shot in Cover-3.

How about this 54-yard catch against Oklahoma State that was 53 yards after the catch, and Worthy just caterwauling his way through the entire defense?

So yes, Worthy’s speed does show up on the field, and if he wasn’t a first-round pick before, he probably is now.

Twitter reacts to Xavier Worthy breaking the scouting combine record with a 4.21 40-yard dash

The reactions to Xavier Worthy breaking the scouting combine record with a 4.21-second 40-yard dash came thick and fast.

[anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media]INDIANAPOLIS — Texas receiver Xavier Worthy was fast on the field for the Longhorns, and he was even faster on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium at the scouting combine. Worthy ran a 4.25-second 40-yard dash on his first try, and then, on his second rep, Worthy put up an unofficial 4.22-second 40 — which was then bumped up to a 4.21… and that is the all-time combine record, breaking the 4.22 mark set by Washington receiver John Ross in 2017.

As you would expect, there were all kinds of reactions to this.