Kentucky’s Maxwell Hairston became the first player to run faster than 4.3 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine on Friday.

Hairston ran the 40 in 4.28 seconds to lead the cornerback group at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Iowa State’s Darien Porter clocked a 4.30 to finish second among the cornerbacks.

Tulane’s Caleb Ransaw had the third-best time among the cornerbacks at 4.33 seconds. Ransaw is a former Sparkman High School star who played three seasons at Troy before transferring to Tulane for the 2024 season.

Ransaw was among the four cornerbacks with Alabama football roots to run the 40 on Friday:

• Ole Miss cornerback Trey Amos: 4.43 seconds  
• Kansas cornerback Cobee Bryant: 4.53 seconds
• UCF cornerback Mac McWilliams: 4.41 seconds

Amos played at Alabama in 2023, Bryant starred at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen and McWilliams played at UAB from 2020 through 2023.

Three other cornerbacks from the SEC ran the 40 on Friday:

• LSU’s Zy Alexander: 4.56 seconds
• Texas’ Jahdae Barron: 4.39 seconds
• Florida’s Jason Marshall Jr.: 4.49 seconds

In the other measured drills on Friday, the leaders among the cornerbacks included:

Vertical jump: Tulane’s Ransaw got the highest off the ground among the cornerbacks with a 40-inch jump. That topped Kentucky’s Hairston by one-half inch. Three players tied for third at 37.5 inches – Florida’s Marshall, Kansas State’s Jacob Parrish and Western Kentucky’s Upton Stout.

Broad jump: For the second straight year, a Rutgers alumnus had the best showing in the broad jump among the combine cornerbacks. Last year, the Scarlet Knights’ Max Melton cleared 11 feet, 4 inches (136 inches) to top the cornerbacks. This year, Rutgers’ Robert Longerbeam cleared 11 feet, 2 inches (134 inches) to lead the group. Iowa State’s Porter was 3 inches behind in the second spot. Three players went 10 feet, 9 inches to tie for third – Kentucky’s Hairston, Tulane’s Caleb Ransaw and Kansas State’s Parrish.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.