Too Quick, Too Sick: The 2010 NFL Draft's Top 10 Return Specialist Prospects

This 2010 draft class could be special.

Not just because of once in a decade talents like Eric Berry and Gerald McCoy. Not just because of players with freakish combinations of size and speed like Taylor Mays and Brandon Spikes.

The part of this draft class that could make it really special is the returners.

A return touchdown is football's closest metaphor to a lightning strike.

All an elite returner needs is one crease, one block, one shake, one defender to trip, and he and Roy Jones Jr. will be rapping "Can't Be Touched" all the way to the end zone.

There are a number of players in this draft class that can do just that at the next level.

Don't blink; here are the best returners in the nation.

Jacoby Ford

College: Clemson

Position: Wide Receiver

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.26

Career Résumé: two punt return touchdowns; 9.4 yards per punt return; one kickoff return touchdown; 24.0 yards per kickoff return

Trindon Holliday

College: LSU

Position: Running Back

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.20

Career Résumé: one punt return touchdown; 13.0 yards per punt return; two kickoff return touchdowns; 24.5 yards per kickoff return

Jordan Shipley

College: Texas

Position: Wide Receiver

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.37

Career Résumé: three punt return touchdowns; 13.1 yards per punt return; one kickoff return touchdown; 25.4 yards per kickoff return

A.J. Jefferson

College: Fresno State

Position: Cornerback

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.36

Career Résumé: Three kickoff return touchdowns; 29.5 yards per kickoff return

Perrish Cox

College: Oklahoma State

Position: Cornerback

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.34

Career Résumé: one punt return touchdown; 11.4 yards per punt return; four kickoff return touchdowns; 24.5 yards per kickoff return

Brandon Banks

College: Kansas State

Position: Wide Receiver

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.20

Career Résumé: five kickoff return touchdowns; 29.2 yards per kickoff return

Javier Arenas

College: Alabama

Position: Cornerback

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.46

Career Résumé: six punt return touchdowns; 13.6 yards per punt return; 23.7 yards per kickoff return

Brandon James

College: Florida

Position: Running Back

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.32

Career Résumé: four punt return touchdowns; 12.1 yards per punt return; one kickoff return touchdown; 24.2 yards per kickoff return

C.J. Spiller

College: Clemson

Position: Running Back

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.28

Career Résumé: one punt return touchdown; 10.8 yards per punt return; six kickoff return touchdowns; 27.5 yards per kickoff return

LeRoy Vann

College: Florida A&M

Position: Cornerback

40-Yard Dash Time: 4.43

Career Résumé: eight punt return touchdowns; 18.2 yards per punt return; three kickoff return touchdowns; 23.5 yards per kickoff return