{"id":498489,"date":"2026-03-02T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498489\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:56:14","slug":"espns-adam-schefter-raises-eyebrows-with-report-on-carnell-tates-40-yard-dash-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498489\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter raises eyebrows with report on Carnell Tate&#8217;s 40-yard dash time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL combine\u2019s 40-yard dash tracker is an impressive feat of standardized technology that can accurately record the times of each participant.<\/p>\n<p>Unless, apparently, it pertains to a top prospect who timed out slower than expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter drew criticism Sunday while reporting the 40-yard dash time for Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate, citing the slightly more favorable numbers measured by NFL teams over the underwhelming official mark given by the league.<\/p>\n<p>Tate, 21, finished within the 4.45-4.47 range according to a batch of NFL executives and GMs, according to Schefter, which differed considerably from his official time of 4.52.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38641659\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/runs-40-yard-dash-nfl-122473868.jpg\" alt=\"Carnell Tate Ohio State combine 40 yard dash\" class=\"wp-image-38641659\"  \/>Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate runs the 40-yard dash at Saturday\u2019s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOhio State WR Carnell Tate, a potential top 10 pick, was timed by several NFL executives and GMs on Saturday with a 40 time in the range of 4.45-4.47 seconds,\u201d Schefter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2028135314796003575?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted to X Sunday morning<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the combine registers official times, teams always conduct their own timing, and those measurements with some teams were lower than his clocked 4.52.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some social media users were quick to heckle Schefter, joking that he must\u2019ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhatGoingDowney\/status\/2028135671441883614?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appealing to Tate\u2019s agent<\/a>, Drew Rosenhaus, by giving the disappointing time a positive spin.<\/p>\n<p>Others criticized the insider for embracing team-measured times over the league\u2019s official mark, which utilizes a standardized, sensor-based process to track every single participant.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38641662\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/espn-nfl-insider-adam-schefter-19392922.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Schefter ESPN insider\" class=\"wp-image-38641662\"  \/>ESPN insider Adam Schefter is pictured before a January 2020 game. AP<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear where Schefter received the information, and it\u2019s possible he received corroborating measurements from several teams that, to him, sculpted a compelling story.<\/p>\n<p>However, and perhaps most notably, Schefter didn\u2019t report any similar cases regarding the team-measured times of other players varying from their official measurements.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say those discrepancies don\u2019t exist \u2014 or that Tate\u2019s numbers didn\u2019t reflect a sizable gap between teams and the league.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s certainly curious that the only publicized case surrounds a presumed top 10 pick who fell below expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL combine\u2019s 40-yard dash tracker is an impressive feat of standardized technology that can accurately record the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[4506,349,208570,1776,99],"class_list":["post-498489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adam-schefter","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-combine","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}