Usain Bolt: How fast can Olympic icon run the NFL's 40-yard dash?

Usain Bolt is the fastest man in history.

In 2009, the Jamaican legend blew everybody away with an astonishing 100-metre world record of 9.58 seconds that nobody has gotten close to ever since.

And at the very same World Championships, Bolt also made history in the 200 metres as he lowered his own world record of 19.30 seconds to a time of 19.19 that still stands today.

Marry that to holding the men’s 4×100-metre relay world record along with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake with a time of 36.84 seconds and Bolt’s untouchable legacy is complete.

However, some of the most interesting Bolt performances in our eyes have actually come away from the distances that are ratified by World Athletics at their championnship events.

Throughout his career, Bolt would occasionally take on different challenges away from the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay as he looked to establish himself as an all-time sporting great.

Here at GIVEMESPORT, we have already looked at how Bolt attempted to break the 300m world record and succeeded in shattering the greatest ever 150m time in history while he was competing.

But one of the most fascinating Bolt experiments actually came when he’d already hung up his spikes and decided to try his hand at the 40-yard dash that has been made famous by the NFL.

An iconic part of the NFL Scouting Combine, American Football players attempt to show their pace to the world when they take on a sprinting challenge often reserved for track and field athletes.

According to the NFL’s official website, the fastest ever 40-yard dash in the sport’s history was posted by John Ross, who gobbled up the distance in a time of 4.22 seconds. Pretty good, huh?

Well, yes, absolutely, but none other than Bolt himself made