John Ross shocked the football world Saturday with an incredible 40-yard dash time. Ross’ run of 4.22 seconds brokeChris Johnson’s record from 200a8 of 4.24 seconds, and everyone is freaking out about it.
First, the former record-holder weighed in after seeing Ross run:
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— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson28) March 4, 2017
@watchjross congrats ????????????????
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson28) March 4, 2017
He picking em up n putting em down boi
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson28) March 4, 2017
Johnson wasn’t the only football star to show respect for the new king of the 40-yard dash.
John Ross is beyond fast????
— Jonathan Stewart (@Jonathanstewar1) March 4, 2017
GMs looking at 4.2 Ross like this right now pic.twitter.com/jFv1u0PEkq
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 4, 2017
John Ross ????????????????
— Jermaine Kearse (@JKearse_15) March 4, 2017
WAIT. @WatchJRoss RAN WHAT?????!! ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? #NFLCombine
— Patrick Peterson /P2 (@P2) March 4, 2017
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— Tavon Austin (@Tayaustin01) March 4, 2017
Blessings 0n Blessings !! Words can’t express how Happy I am 4 my Young brother ‘ Knew it w0uld…https://t.co/82JZEBTrZf
— Desean Jackson (@DeSeanJackson11) March 4, 2017
Wow!!!! The hand time speed is str8 Up #FlashGordon hearing 4.19 ???????????????? https://t.co/lABmDHMRd4
— Steve Smith Sr (@89SteveSmith) March 4, 2017
4.22! ???????????? have lyft come pick u up on the field. You’re all done ???????????? drop the location marker right next to the 30 yard line
— Rod Streater (@rodstreater80) March 4, 2017
His speed gotta be 100 on madden lol
— DeVante Parker (@DeVanteParker11) March 4, 2017
Congrats Brodie @WatchJRoss
— Shaq Thompson (@ShaqThompson_7) March 4, 2017
BLESSINGS ON BLESSINGS! @WatchJRoss ????????????????
— Jay Ajayi (@JayTrain23) March 4, 2017
Even Ross’ Washington classmates couldn’t contain themselves. Basketball stars Markelle Fultz, who could be this year’s No. 1 overall NBA draft pick, and Kelsey Plum, the NCAA D1 Women’s Basketball all-time scorer, were amazed by Ross:
Yessir bro @WatchJRoss
— Markelle Fultz (@MarkelleF) March 4, 2017
@WatchJRoss congrats you BEAST ???????????? https://t.co/fCucBsZnxX
— Kelsey Plum (@Kelseyplum10) March 4, 2017
While the run was great, it’s a shame he won’t win the island after wearing Nike cleats instead of Adidas. But that didn’t stop NFL players from advocating for Ross.
When your choice of shoes was the difference in whether or not you won an island ????…
— Brett A. Hundley Jr (@BrettHundley17) March 4, 2017
Give that man that private island. Who cares who he signed with #4.2Ross #RossIsland
Houston Fox 26 reporter John Donnelly was doing a normal story on how to stay safe in a road rage incident, talking to people on the street. You’ve seen these types of TV news stories before; they’re fairly common.
What was unusual here is that the man on the street Donnelly interviewed happened to be future Pro Football Hall of Famer Adrian Peterson … and Donnelly had no idea.
The story comes via TVNewsStoryTellers.com, and it’s awesome. At the end of the interview, Donnelly asks the guy he’s been talking to about road rage his name, like he would with anyone else, and the subject says “Adrian Peterson.”
“Wait a minute, you’re not … ” Donnelly said.
“Yeah,” Peterson says after a brief, awkward pause.
That’s just amazing. The flip side of the story is funny too. Peterson must have figured he was being stopped to talk about his NFL future – he’s set to be a free agent on March 9, after the Minnesota Vikings made big news this week by announcing they won’t pick up his 2017 option – or whatever else a reporter would ask of Peterson if he saw him on the street. It must have been nice for Peterson to be treated for a minute like John Smith from Katy, Texas, just talking about how to handle a road rage situation.
Donnelly had fun with the video, posting on Facebook, “Here I am interviewing people on the street and not realizing I’d stopped a celebrity. Enjoy the awkwardness!” He and Peterson took a picture together after he figured out this was Adrian Peterson.
The Peterson video now ranks No. 2 in “didn’t realize it was an NFL player during a man on the street interview” history, behind “Hopeful Powerball player” Chris Long.