When he went to check his measurements on the Canadian Football League website, Les Maruo saw a 40-yard dash time of 4.77 seconds ¡ª a number the linebacker was completely unfamiliar with.
¡°It was weird because on my virtual combine, I got 4.62,¡± Maruo told The Japan Times in an online interview from San Antonio, Texas, where he has been training, earlier this month. ¡°I don¡¯t really know how they did the timing. I¡¯m not really sure why it was 4.77.¡±
Despite the strange time, Maruo was selected fourth overall by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ¡ª the highest of any of the six Japanese players taken ¡ª in April¡¯s Canadian Football League global draft.
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