1-on-1 with Xavier Worthy: Fresno native talks record-setting combine, NFL Draft

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- If determination was an Academy Award for the fastest antheral astatine the NFL Combine, Fresno autochthonal Xavier Worthy would beryllium your runaway winner.

For much than 40 years, thousands of prospects person tally the 40-yard dash astatine the combine, but cipher has ever been faster than worthy.

"It was benignant of shocking, but it wasn't excessively shocking for me," Worthy said.

The Central High grad turned Texas wideout ran a blistering 4.25 connected his archetypal attempt.

A clip truthful good, that immoderate questioned if helium should adjacent spell for a 2nd run.

"When I was doing my signifier 40s my archetypal 40 was ever similar .4 oregon similar .3 slower truthful I'm similar erstwhile I ran the 4.25 I'm similar good I ran 4.25, but my grooming I usually tally faster connected the 2nd by similar .4, .3 truthful I tin either necktie the grounds oregon interruption it," Worthy said.

Worthy would interruption it - moving an authoritative clip of 4.21 seconds - beating Jon Ross's grounds of 4.22 acceptable successful 2017.

The grounds would besides interruption the internet.

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"I had rappers substance me, erstwhile radical successful the league substance me, radical successful the league substance me... determination was a batch of buzz going on," Worthy said.

Despite each the praise, Worthy is keeping his feet connected the ground.

"Chips ne'er going to spell away. I consciousness similar erstwhile the radical benignant of gave maine the spot connected my enarthrosis it volition ne'er spell distant but I consciousness similar I person inactive a batch to beryllium and I'm not disquieted astir proving it," Worthy said.

A spot helium credits to the past 2 years of his precocious schoolhouse acquisition turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

"No elder prom, nary formal, nary thing truthful I consciousness similar conscionable had a batch of sacrifices truthful I truly conscionable don't privation each this to beryllium for nothing," Worthy said.

The erstwhile Grizzly besides feels his clip successful Austin prepared him for beingness successful the NFL.

"When I was looking astatine teams' playbook I'm similar ohio this is the nonstop playbook that Texas uses, conscionable antithetic words," Worthy said. "Literally, it's similar they handed them the playbook and changed the words."

With 3 years of big-time assemblage shot nether his belt, Worthy has already acceptable retired lofty goals for whichever squad calls his sanction successful April's draft.

"Obviously, my archetypal extremity is to scope 1,000 yards that would beryllium my archetypal extremity but wide extremity is being inducted into the hallway of fame. That's wherefore I emotion football, however overmuch I attraction astir the game," Worthy said.

But careless of what caller metropolis helium wears crossed his jersey, helium won't hide the spot helium calls home.

"If you're from Fresno you cognize similar Fresno gets overlooked a lot. I consciousness similar we person a batch of athletes that benignant of get overlooked and overshadowed," Worthy said. "To beryllium capable to marque it retired and bash this and bash immoderate I'm doing connected the large signifier I americium present is conscionable immense for me."

And earlier draught time successful Detroit, Worthy is making definite to travel backmost to the Central Valley.

"I'm coming, erstwhile I travel backmost to Fresno I person thing acceptable up. Actually, I'm doing a campy truthful I don't person the details but I volition person details connected it soon," Worthy said.

Round 1 of the NFL Draft starts Thursday, April 25 astatine 5:00 p.m. connected ABC30.

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