For the second straight year, the fastest wide receiver at the NFL Scouting Combine is from Texas. But unlike last year, Matthew Golden didn’t break the event’s speed record.

In 2024, Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy ran the 40-yard dash in 4.21 seconds, which is recognized as the NFL Scouting Combine’s fastest.

On Saturday, Golden had the fastest 40 among this combine’s crop of wide receivers as he recorded a 4.29-second showing in the 40.

Worthy’s combine weight was 165 pounds. Golden weighed in at 191.

Tennessee’s Dont’e Thornton Jr. ran the 40 in 4.30 seconds to finish just behind Golden.

Florida’s Chimere Dike and Virginia Tech’s Jaylin Lane had the third-fastest times at 4:34 seconds.

Six prospects who played at Alabama high schools or colleges ran the 40 with the wide receivers on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis:

• Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond: 4.39 seconds. (Bond played at Alabama in 2022 and 2023.)
• Oregon wide receiver Traeshon Holden: 4.57 seconds. (Holden played at Alabama in 2020, 2021 and 2022.)
• UCF wide receiver Kobe Hudson: 4.57 seconds. (Hudson played at Auburn in 2020 and 2021.)
• Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson (Pinson Valley High School): 4.51 seconds. (Johnson played at Troy in 2020, 2021 and 2022.)
• Auburn wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith: 4.37 seconds.
• Memphis wide receiver Roc Taylor (Oxford High School): 4.49 seconds.

Louisville wide receiver Ja’Corey Brooks, who played at Alabama in 2021, 2022 and 2023, did not run the 40 on Saturday.

Ten other SEC wide receivers ran the 40 on Saturday:

• Arkansas’ Andrew Armstrong: 4.51 seconds
• Florida’s Elijah Badger: 4.43 seconds
• Missouri’s Luther Burden III: 4.41 seconds
• Ole Miss’ Tre Harris: 4.54 seconds
• Georgia’s Dominic Lovett: 4.40 seconds
• Georgia’s Arian Smith: 4.36 seconds
• Arkansas’ Isaac TeSlaa: 4.43 seconds
• Ole Miss’ Jordan Watkins: 4.37 seconds
• Missouri’s Theo Wease Jr: 4.56 seconds
• Ole Miss’ Antwane Wells Jr.: 4.58 seconds

In the other measured drills on Saturday, the leaders among the wide receivers included:

Vertical jump: Miami (Fla.)’s Sam Brown Jr. and Iowa State’s Jaylin Noel tied for the top spot at this station as each got 41.5 inches off the ground. Virginia Tech’s Lane was third at 40 inches.

Broad jump: Iowa State’s Noel was alone in first at this station with an 11-foot, 2-inch (134 inches) jump. Nebraska’s Isaiah Neyor finished 1 inch behind Noel, and Virginia Tech’s Lane finished 1 inch behind Neyor.

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