Marvin Bracy

[ATK]

I really hope Bracy can stick with it, stay healthy and keep improving. Looking at the results, I see D'Angelo Cherry, who was a "freshman phenom" himself. With 6.52 and 10.04 back in 2009 but unfortunately never progressed.

[Dave]

6.54 at Tyson Invitational today. Whoa!

Per IAAF, he is tied for 5th in the world right now. Not a bad freshman year so far.

[JumboElliott]

I really hope Bracy can stick with it, stay healthy and keep improving. Looking at the results, I see D'Angelo Cherry, who was a "freshman phenom" himself. With 6.52 and 10.04 back in 2009 but unfortunately never progressed.

D'Angelo Cherry is also 5'4. That's likely the ceiling for someone of his height. Look at Trindon Holliday.

[26mi235]

Gail Devers was not that tall (I just happened to catch the Gail Devers Story uesterday; pretty mediocre as a movie).

[JumboElliott]

I'm talking about men. Devers is 5'3, which isn't too short for a woman. Who's the shortest man to legally break ten seconds? Andre Cason? Even Cason was relatively close to average height for an American man at his age.

[Speedster]

Some of it is relative too, Gail has long legs and a short torso so her height isn't as big an issue. Cherry is more in proportion.

[Dave]

Since Bracy is a d1 football player, I would assume he is at least six feet. Is that true?

[26mi235]

Demi Omole from Wisconsin was pretty small for a good sprinter -- he ran sub-10w and 10.04 or so wind-legal. He typically was better at 60m than at 100m (no surprise).

[ATK]

Since Bracy is a d1 football player, I would assume he is at least six feet. Is that true?

5-9

[Dave]

Since Bracy is a d1 football player, I would assume he is at least six feet. Is that true?

5-9

Isn't Tyson Gay just 5'10"?

[lonewolf]

Since Bracy is a d1 football player, I would assume he is at least six feet. Is that true?

5-9

Isn't Tyson Gay just 5'10"?

5-8 Barry Sanders comes to mind as a pretty fair D-1/NFL back..and he was not even Bracy fast.

[Marlow]

5-8 Barry Sanders comes to mind as a pretty fair D-1/NFL back..and he was not even Bracy fast.

Not for a 100, or a 60, or even a 40, but did ANYone ever have a faster first three steps?

[gh]

in talking feetsball speed, there's "quick" and there's "fast"

as for fastest first 3 steps (and that may include all the great starters in track history), I'll take Napolean Kaufman.

[Narrion]

Since Bracy is a d1 football player, I would assume he is at least six feet. Is that true?

6'0"or taller being ideal depends on the position as a 20 year NFL study of RB production says that 5'9" is the "optimal height" for a RB in terms of production. Bracy plays WR but nonetheless the article essentially contradicts what many assume is ideal size for one of the feature positions in football, the RB.

Probably at every position except CB and RB you'd probably see the average height at/above 6'0". WR is probably close but trending towards more height over the last 5-7 years.

http://www.sports-central.org/sports/2011/03/15/does_size_matter_for_running_backs-print.php

[26mi235]

The optimal size is whatever size Adrian Peterson is. Actually, it seems like AP, Dickerson and OJ are all 6 foot or so.

[Dutra5]

The optimal size is whatever size Adrian Peterson is. Actually, it seems like AP, Dickerson and OJ are all 6 foot or so.

If the reference was to Eric Dickerson. He is 6 footies and 3 inchies.

A rare tall RB.

[ZELLGADISS]

how is the Bracy´s height?
he is not very tall sure... but he is short?