Follow usPittsburgh Panthers defensive tackle Calijah Kancey ran an official 4.67-second 40-yard dash at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine, the fastest time for a defensive tackle at the event since 2003.
Continuing to prove myself right. Also one of the best birthday gifts ever 😎#Blessed pic.twitter.com/eYbLFvgXaX
— Calijah Kancey (@Ckancey8) March 3, 2023
He topped Aaron Donald’s time of 4.68, which he posted in 2014, sparking another wave of comparisons.
Pitt DT Calijah Kancey officially ran a 4.67
That's the fastest time at the Combine for a DT since 2003 🤯pic.twitter.com/m9xr575XyV
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) March 2, 2023
The parallels between the two players are — on the surface, anyway — almost unavoidable. Both attended Pitt. Both are undersized defensive tackles. Both produced higher-than-typical sack totals for interior rushers. And both clearly are athletic marvels for their position.
Kancey (6-foot-1, 281 pounds) isn’t the same caliber prospect as Donald was nearly a decade ago, but he certainly has helped himself with his scorching running time.
In the positional drills that followed, Kancey also moved more fluidly than many of his other D-line mates.
NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah rated Kancey as his No. 30 overall prospect entering the combine, describing him as a “a short, compact DT with rare twitch and explosion” who is “a very dynamic and disruptive presence along the interior.”
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