Should Usain Bolt get picked up by an NFL football team?

Question

The man is fast, and tall. Just remember a certain Bob Hayes.

Answer 1

I doubt he has any interest whatsoever in playing football.  Compared to other sports, the NFL doesn't even pay very well.  Since he's from Jamaica, if he ends up playing a team sport, it will almost certainly be soccer, another sport in which he can put his insane speed to use.  I doubt he'll play any team sports though.

Answer 2

Of course, it would be the perfect wide receiver...jaja can you imagine, nobody would be able to catch his wind!

Answer 3

worlds fastest men have tried this before problem was they couldn't catch and running in pads is MUCH different than running without them.

Answer 4

Put a CB at the starting line of the 100 m dash and let him see how fast he can run it when he gets bumped at the line.  How fast will he run the 200 if he knows Roy Williams is going to unload on him at the finish line?

Pure un-padded speed has little to do with being a successful wide receiver.

Answer 5

Just because a guy is fast doesn't make him a good football player.  Bob Hayes had football skills and was fast.  The 49ers tried to make Renaldo Nehemiah (a hurdler, I believe) into a receiver and it was a bust.

Answer 6

yeah, but he could end up like jimmy hines............ droppin' passes all the time...........

Answer 7

This is a great question that i have been thinking about. Im sure teams have been looking at him. Only problem is he may not know how to catch and he may not be able to take a hard hit.

jamicans don't play football much that i know of

Answer 8

Just because he is fast doesn't mean he has all of the skills required to be a NFL player. It takes more than just running, and he doesn't run those races in full pads. It's harder than you think.

Answer 9

Others have tried and few to none have made it.The best reciever of all time was not that fast or big.But jerry rice had heart and brains

Answer 10

He is a sprinter. That means he cant play an aentire game without getting extremely tired. He wont be able to take a hit because he has no upper body strength. IS he was more like devin hester then id say go for it.

Answer 11

i wouldny put him at WR or any d position ..i would put him kick returner dats its

but i think if he came to the nfl they would try to put him at WR cus he's 6'6

but he cant take a hit

Answer 12

Although hes fast...

Thats dude is soft, he'd be like bread in the rain if he got hit going across the middle.

Answer 13

It would all depend on how his hands were and if he could take a hit. The faster you run, the harder you stop. Below is an article that looks at Olympic champions and the NFL.

Answer 14

He could have bad hands for all you know, just because he is fast doesnt mean he should play football

He has never played football in his life, he probably wouldn't be good at running the routes and catching at the same time, I'm sure some team will practice him to see what he's capable of.

Answer 15

he should get picked up by a mlb team just so he could pinch run and steal every base