Okay, let’s talk about trying to track down Kristian Wilkerson’s 40 time. It wasn’t exactly straightforward, let me tell you.
So, the other day, I was watching some game highlights, I think it was maybe an old Patriots preseason game or something, and Wilkerson made a decent play. Got me thinking, you know, what’s this guy’s speed like? You see a receiver make a catch, and you automatically wonder about their measurables, right?
My first step, like always, was just hitting up the usual search engines. I typed in stuff like “Kristian Wilkerson 40 yard dash” and “Kristian Wilkerson speed”. Pretty standard stuff.
Right away, I noticed it wasn’t like looking up a top draft pick. There wasn’t one big, obvious number popping up from the NFL Combine. I remembered he was an undrafted guy, came out of Southeast Missouri State. Smaller school guys sometimes don’t get that big Combine invite, so their numbers aren’t plastered everywhere.
Digging a Bit Deeper
Okay, so no official Combine time easily found. My next thought was his Pro Day. Sometimes you can find results from those reported by local news or scouting blogs around draft time. I started searching specifically for “Kristian Wilkerson SEMO Pro Day results”.
This took a bit more sifting. I went through some older articles, draft profiles from smaller sites, even checked out some forum discussions from back when he was coming out of college. You know how it is, sometimes fans or draftniks dig up these numbers.
- Checked college athletic sites – sometimes they post official results.
- Looked at old draft scouting reports – they often list pro day numbers.
- Scanned through fan forums and message boards.
Finding Some Numbers (Unofficial)
After poking around for a while, I started seeing some numbers mentioned. It wasn’t super consistent, which happens a lot with unofficial times. I saw figures mostly hovering around the mid-4.4s to low 4.5s range. One report I recall seeing mentioned something like a 4.45, another might have been closer to 4.52. It’s tough because Pro Day timing can be a bit variable, you know? Hand-timed versus electronic, different surfaces, all that.
So, I didn’t land on one single, universally accepted, laser-timed number like you’d get from the Combine. But the general consensus I pieced together from the different bits I found pointed towards him being in that respectable 4.45 – 4.52 ballpark. That felt about right for his type of play. He looks quick on tape, but maybe not absolute burner speed.
That was pretty much the process. Started broad, realized official numbers weren’t obvious, then dug into Pro Day reports and scouting chatter until I got a decent idea. It’s a reminder that not all player data is super easy to find, especially for guys who didn’t come through the main Combine pipeline. You gotta do a little detective work sometimes!
