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Here’s the fastest ball carrier in Super Bowl 2025

Here’s the fastest ball carrier in Super Bowl 2025

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By: Zach Thompson

One of the fun Novelty Prop bets available for the 2025 Super Bowl between the Chiefs and Eagles was the fastest ball carrier in the game. While Saquon Barkley was the favorite, it was Xavier Worthy that emerged as the fastest ballcarrier.

According to NFL Next Gen Stats, the fastest ball carrier was actually Cooper DeJean on his interception return for a touchdown reaching an impressive speed of 21.3 miles per hour. However, the market on DraftKings Sportsbook only applied to the listed players and was settled per official Next Get Stats. Since DeJean was not one of the listed players, Worthy earned the victory at +250 odds (you can see the full odds at the bottom of the page).

For most of the second half, it looked like DeVonta Smith would score a huge long-shot win, but with just under two minutes remaining, Patrick Mahomes hit Xavier Worthy on this long touchdown and Worthy reached a top speed of 20.99 miles per hour, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

Congrats to those who picked Worthy on this Fastest Ball Carrier novelty prop!

Zach Thompson
Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
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