Palmetto Proving Grounds

this is the truth, and byrnes was an elite program at the time and still is a great program, there s&c program is way better than 95% of high schools in the state. The fastest guy on our hs team ran around a 4.4 and there wasn't anybody else close to him, maybe one or two in the high 4.5's. And we won the 2a state my sr year and lost in it my jr. year.

troy was a wing back in the wing t offense, or whatever they called it. He was really really fast, they beat us in the state championship in 2001 a few years after I graduated. He somewhat single handily beat us.

Use to be my waist, but now its one thigh.

Yes it was a similar offense to GT, don't think he played defense and didn't catch many passes either.

I never ran the 40 in HS because I never played football. I was a mid distance track and hurdle guy. I ran the 110 high hurdles, the 400 hurdles, the open 400 and was on the 4X4 team. I would guess that my 40 time was not that fast because I always got smoked in the open 100 and 200. I was pretty good in the 110's but that was simply because of solid form. The 400 I excelled in because I never ran out of energy, I stayed at top speed the entire time and passed people the last 50 meters. I was able to run the 400 in 50 seconds which was pretty solid. I made it to state in 96 in the 110's and on the 4X400 team. I clipped a hurdle that was knocked into my lain in the 400 hurdles and lost a second or two at upper state or I would have qualified there as well. When I left HS I held both school records in the hurdles as well as one as a member of the 4x400 record team. The 110 record still stands. I too could move pretty good for a 6-2 scrawney white kid.

Small side note... I ran in a heat against Terrance Trammel in the 110's as a junior at an event in Atlanta when he ran for SW Dekalb and got completely destroyed. Closest I have ever come to facing off against a real star.

My (not so)fondest memory of Troy was when he took a reverse against us, had him trapped. He reversed field and hit the sidelines. He ran over our free safety on the sideline and ran for maybe a 60-70 yard touchdown. Hated Silver Bluff!

I'll let you know when I'm done, still running.

I probably can't chug the whole 40 at once but I bet I could drink a 40 in about 35 seconds

That's good perspective - your thought on Shaw? That TD run against the Citadel - he appeared to be running track...he's got to be around a 4.6 or 7 guy don't you think?