Bears safety Dillon Thieneman outran Justin Jefferson in 40-yard dash
Bears safety Dillon Thieneman's speed was on full display at the NFL combine, where he outran three top NFL receivers.
The Chicago Bears selected Dillon Thieneman with the 25th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Thieneman was expected to go a bit higher in the first round, but the Bears were able to snag him after he fell right into their laps. You'd have to go back to 2018 to find a defensive player selected by the Bears in the first round.
They took linebacker Roquan Smith out of Georgia with that selection. Every other NFL team took at least one defensive player during that span. One of the interesting things about Thieneman is that he has receiver-level speed, and that was on display at the NFL Scouting Combine, where he made waves with his impressive 40-yard dash, where he outran three of the league's top wideouts, including Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson.
. @oregonfootball S Dillon Thieneman just casually out-running three of the best WRs in the game š¤·āāļø 2026 NFL Combine on @nflnetwork Stream on @NFLPlus pic. twitter.
com/cg1oodDj6e ā NFL (@NFL) February 27, 2026 As the layover video shows, Thieneman's 4. 35-second 40 time in 2026 was faster than Jefferson (4. 43 in 2020), Stefon Diggs (4.