Combine Highlight: Pittsburgh offensive lineman runs faster 40-yard dash than Jameis Winston and Jared Goff

Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston and Rams quarterback Jared Goff better hope University of Pittsburgh offensive lineman Brian O’Neill never challenges either of them to a race.

The 6-foot-7, 297-pound NFL prospect ran the fastest 40-yard dash time among offensive lineman at the NFL scouting combine with a 4.80-second 40.

The NFL put O’Neill’s 40 next to Winston and Goff’s 40 in a simulcast, showing just how impressive the the offensive lineman’s sprint was.

However, Goff wasn’t overly amused the NFL decided to show him up with an offensive lineman.

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