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Historians say Demps may be fastest college player in history

31 October 2008 at 09:04 - 2 comments - link

GAINESVILLE | Last April, during spring football practice at the University of Florida, a collective gasp came from a track meet across the street. Jeffrey Demps had just run the fifth-fastest 100 meters by an American high school sprinter, 10.17 seconds. Even better, he was a Gators football recruit.

"The rest of the day, I'm not really sure what happened at practice," said Coach Urban Meyer, who heard the time over the public-address system. "I was so excited we had a guy joining the program that could run sub-10.2. I've never witnessed that."

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Source: TheLedger.com


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Jeffrey Demps My Idol And A Phenom

03:25, 31 October 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous
jeff ran 10.01 at the olympic trials to set a new high school record..which waz once held by the steriod taking j-mee samuels...a guy in 12th grade dat almost runs 9.99 is phenomeonal...he is da fastest college football player ever and is the fastest track sprinter in america...he is the truth watch him go 9.92 at NCAA championships nxt year

Bob Hayes

07:50, 31 October 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous
Hayes never lost a race and he ran 10.05 on a dirt track. Also Rey Robinson played ball at FAMU and his best is 9.95 at the '72 Olympic trials.

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