Or fastest over 40 yards, anyway. In a run that began with a human starting the clock.

John Ross, a receiver out of the University of Washington, was timed at 4.22 seconds today over the NFL’s preferred test distance, breaking an NFL Combine record of 4.24, set by running back Chris Johnson in 2008.

(Johnson in 2014 raced a jaguar over 100 meters for National Geographic. The jaguar won. Easily.)

Ross, 22, already has had an interesting career.

He was coached by rapper/sports fan Snoop Dogg in their hometown of Long Beach, California … Ross was third in the 100 meters for Long Beach Jordan High School in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 final (running a 10.66) … he had major surgery on both knees while at Washington, sitting out the 2015 season … he caught 76 passes for 1,122 yards and 17 touchdowns last season … he set a combine 40-yard-dash record … he confirmed he will have shoulder surgery later this month … and he missed a chance to win an island because he was wearing the wrong shoes.

About the island …

The German sportswear company Adidas had offered an island “as soon as reasonably possible” (or, $1 million) to any player who broke Johnson’s record at the combine — if that person was wearing the 2017 Adizero 5-Star 40 cleats, when he was timed — and then agreed to endorse the shoes for the 2017 season.

Ross was wearing Nike shoes.

He didn’t seem too broken up about the island, telling reporters in Indianapolis: “I really can’t swim that well. And I don’t have a boat, so, you know, I had to run in Nikes.”

Nike reportedly signed him to an endorsement contract later in the day.

For speed wonks … in the NFL 40 an official clicks a hand-held device once the runner raises the hand that had been on the ground in a three-point stance. An electronic eye tracks the finish time.

And yes, any timing involving humans tends to return a faster time that a fully automated run.

But, still, Ross was the fastest of the receivers by a 10th of a second — which is a fairly large gap and would suggest he really was the fastest guy in the group.

He probably made himself quite a bit of money, with that performance — the NFL tends to turn the fastest-in-the-40 guys into first-round draft picks.

If he recovers from shoulder surgery, as expected, Ross will become a millionaire before the summer is out.