I'm Back: Pac-10 Football Is Better Than SEC Football (Part Eleven)

Now let’s move on to receivers. I compared the top two wide receivers on each Pac-10 and SEC school’s depth chart and sorted them by speed.

SEC Team	WR	40 Time
Alabama	McCoy	4.40
Ole Miss	Wallace	4.40
Alabama	Jones	4.40
Georgia	Massaquoi	4.43
Tennessee	Jones	4.47
South Carolina	LeCorn	4.48
Vanderbilt	Walker	4.49
Arkansas	Crawford	4.50
LSU	Byrd	4.50
Arkansas	Wade	4.50
Auburn	Swinton	4.50
Georgia	Harris	4.50
LSU	LaFell	4.50
Mississippi State	Riley	4.50
South Carolina	McKinley	4.53
Florida	Murphy	4.54
Auburn	Smith	4.55
Vanderbilt	Graham	4.58
Mississippi State	Smith	4.60
Florida	Cooper	4.65
Ole Miss	Hodge	4.69
Kentucky	Lanxter	4.70
Tennessee	Taylor	4.71
Kentucky	Lyons, Jr.	4.75

AVERAGE = 4.54 SECONDS

Pac-10 Team	WR	40 Time
Oregon	Holland	4.35
UCLA	Everett	4.40
USC	Hazelton	4.40
Oregon State	Stroughter	4.40
Stanford	Baldwin	4.40
Oregon State	Catchings	4.40
UCLA	Johnson	4.45
Washington State	Gibson	4.46
California	Calvin	4.49
California	Ross	4.50
Washington	Goodwin	4.50
Arizona	Turner	4.50
Oregon	Williams	4.50
Arizona	Reese	4.50
Washington State	Anderson	4.55
USC	Turner	4.55
Stanford	Sherman	4.56
Arizona State	Jones	4.60
Arizona State	McGaha	4.60
Washington	Logan	4.70

AVERAGE = 4.49 SECONDS

Again, the Pac-10 again is faster at the wide receiver position. In fact, their 4.49 average is the exact same as the NFL Combine results above.

The SEC’s 4.54 second average is the same as the NFL Combine results above as well. This might indicate that the NFL Combine results actually are representative of the speed in the league.

Let’s take a look at the wide receivers breakdown graphically.

Again, the Pac-10 possesses more speed at the top of the elite. However, unlike the running backs, the Pac-10 wide receivers do not fall off. Pac-10 receivers are faster at the top (top 15 wide receivers in terms of speed) and remain equal with SEC receivers in the middle-bottom tier of receivers in terms of speed (the 15-25 positions).

On to Part 12.