WATCH: Mecole Hardman training with former Chiefs RB Derrick Blaylock

Hardman is working to increase his speed with former Chiefs RB Derrick Blaylock.

Kansas City Chiefs WR Mecole Hardman has been making the rounds during the 2020 offseason, training with a number of different people in a number of different places.

He’s worked with “The Footwork King” in Houston, Texas. He traveled a bit closer to Kansas City to work on releases with East St. Louis Flyer’s WR coach Terry Fenton. He even headed down to Florida to catch passes from Washington QB Dwayne Haskins, who his former teammate from the U-19 U.S. National Football Team.

Now, Hardman is working on increasing his speed in Humble, Texas at Armed Sports Performance, which is owned by former Chiefs RB Derrick Blaylock.

A fifth-round pick out of Stephen F. Austin by Kansas City in the 2001 NFL Draft, Blaylock played with the Chiefs from 2001-2004, backing up Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson. He’d appear in 40 games for Kansas City during his NFL career, starting in five games. After his time in the NFL was over, Blaylock dedicated his career to training athletes.

This instance was actually the first time that Hardman had worked with Blaylock. Hardman hit 23 mph during the video, which was nearly 2 mph faster than his top speed recorded by NFL’s Next Gen Stats against the Tennessee Titans last season. Blaylock thinks that Hardman can go even faster.

Blaylock knows a thing or two about speed, recording a 4.36 40-yard dash at the 2001 NFL Scouting Combine. If he thinks that Hardman can continue to get faster, he’s probably onto something.

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