| abstract | - Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University. He was a top-ranked American sprinter competing for the LSU Tigers track and field team and is regarded as one of the fastest players in football. He demonstrated his sprinting ability in the 100-meter dash at the 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he recorded 10.07 seconds in the final – ahead of Walter Dix and second only to Tyson Gay. This qualified him for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics but he opted to not compete, preferring to begin the football season with the LSU Tigers. He continued to race, however, and reached the semi-finals in the 100 m at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials the following year. Leading up to the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine, Trindon Holliday had hoped to set the record for the 40 yard dash, a feat that would have him eclipse Chris Johnson's record mark of 4.24. Furthermore, in training for the event Holliday had self-reported running times as fast as 4.21, which coupled with his extensive track background having already run the fastest 100m dash time of any football player in NCAA history, had many anticipating him achieving said feat. At the combine, reports of Holliday's 40 yard dash time ranged from between 4.22 seconds and 4.34 seconds. Adam Schefter, an ESPN reporter on hand at the event, had reported on Twitter that NFL scouts had clocked Holliday in as low as 4.22 during the workout. However, the NFL Network broadcast team record Holliday's two tries at unofficial times of 4.27 and 4.32, respectively, and pending processing the NFL combine would report Holliday's official 40 yard dash time coming in at 4.34 seconds.
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