Raiders wide receiver Tre Tucker is off to a fast start in his third NFL season. Like, really fast.

That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Tucker had the fastest average speed in the NFL last season, according to the “Football 301” podcast. The 24-year-old also eclipsed 15 mph on 40 percent of his plays, which led the league.

Tucker was a track star in high school, winning back-to-back Ohio state titles in both the 100 meters and the long jump. That speed showed up at the combine when he ran a 4.4-second 40-yard dash, but he didn’t post one of the top 10 times in the 2023 draft class.

It’s rare when Tucker is not the fastest man on the football field, however.

“The combine is what it is,” said Tucker, a third-round pick out of Cincinnati. “There are people who run fast or whatever, but if

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