“DK Metcalf Brought A Lot Of Eyeballs To Track & Field”: Shannon Sharpe Impressed By Seahawks WR

DK Metcalf

DK Metcalf turned heads when he decided to participate in the 100m dash in the Golden Games. However, Metcalf did bring a lot of attention to the sport.

Track & field is largely an afterthought in most households, save for the 10-15 seconds of it we see during the Olympics. However, with Metcalf running the 100 meter dash may have brought in viewers who wouldn’t watch the Golden Games otherwise.

Shannon Sharpe was impressed by Metcalf’s performance and acknowledged this notion on “The Undisputed” with Skip Bayless.

To sprint in such an event, it takes years of preparation and hard work to build yourself up the right way. Metcalf only had a few months of that, and yet he still put in a respectable time for his body-frame.

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DK Metcalf Runs A 10.37 In 100 Meter Dash Against USATF Athletes

You may have thought DK Metcalf was fast after watching his chase-down tackle of Budda Baker, and you wouldn’t have been wrong. He IS fast. However, there’s a difference between being NFL fast and track & field fast.

Metcalf found this out during his run on Sunday. His time of 10.37 ranked 15th out of 17 qualifying runners, and he was well off the 10.05 time he’d need to qualify for the next round, if he really wanted to make the Olympics.

Track athletes laughed as DK Metcalf prepped to take part in this event. Nobody believed he stood a chance, and why would they (“They Will Destroy Him” US Track Stars Bash D.K. Metcalf As Seahawks WR Preps For 100 Meter Dash)?

After all, he’s an NFL player, not a sprinter. His body is also massive as he stands at 6’4″ and 220+ pounds of muscle mass. However, Metcalf far surpassed expectations. For someone who wasn’t polished in the sport or trained in at all, 10.37 is a very respectable time, and several NFL players complimented him after his sprint.

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And as expected, he did bring in a lot of viewership and attention to the event. Everyone wanted to see Metcalf run, and as a result they also tuned in to watch the other world class athletes go at it head-to-head. In Metcalf’s words:

“To test my speed up against world class athletes like this… Like I said, just having the opportunity to run against these guys was just a blessing. I just do things because I want to do it…These are world-class athletes. It’s very different from football speed, as I just realized.”

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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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