Jahvid Best for St. Lucia Track Team?
All athletes know that there is Track speed and football speed which rarely exist in the same person, however, Detroit Lions former Lions running back Jahvid Best may be the exception to the rule.
“Man, he was the fastest guy that I’ve ever seen on the field,” Marvin Jones, Detroit Lions receiver. “Like when I first went out there, I said this can’t be real. The way he moved and how fast he was and how he could shift and break on a dime, so he was one of the greatest players that I’ve ever seen physically.”
Best, who was a first round draft pick for the Lions in 2010, retired from football after two NFL seasons because of multiple concussions and is now planning to pursue a career in track and field.
Best is now training at the ALTIS track facility in Arizona which is the same facility Jones’ sister, Vanessa, is also training a. A Facebook post from the NFL star last month stated that he had run a personal best at 10.16 seconds for the 100 meter dash at a meet in San Diego. With Best’s father being a native of the Caribbean nation, though Best does not yet have citizenship, he is hoping to use that time to run for St. Lucia in this summer’s August Olympic games.
“He has Olympic speed,” said Jones, believing that Best will use his speed and talent to run in this year’s Olympics.
