INDIANAPOLIS — It isn’t often a player drops a blistering 40-yard dash time at the NFL scouting combine and it still isn’t as fast as he expected.

But that was the case Saturday for Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond.

Bond ran an officially timed 4.39 seconds in the 40 (his two runs were unofficially timed and initially shown to the crowd inside Lucas Oil Stadium as 4.40 and 4.41). A quality run, for sure, but just shy of what Bond predicted Friday, when he told reporters here that he would break Xavier Worthy’s combine record of 4.21, set last year.

Worthy, also a former Texas wide receiver, was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 28th pick of the 2024 NFL draft last April.

“I’m going to break the record tomorrow, for sure,” Bond had said Friday. “I anticipate running 4.20 or possibly, if I’m feeling great, I might run a 4.1.”

Asked later Friday what separated him from some of the other receivers in this draft class, Bond added: “What separates me from the rest of the draft class is the sheer speed. There’s not a receiver that has the speed and capabilities that I have. It’s not just speed; I’m a complete wide receiver. I have amazing routes. If you watch the tape, you’ll see that.”

Bond, who had said his best 40 time in his training leading up to the combine was a 4.23, is the No. 10 wide receiver in Mel Kiper Jr.’s latest Big Board for ESPN

His teammate at Texas, Matthew Golden, ran an official 4.29 seconds in the 40, the fastest time among wide receivers who were tested Saturday. Tennessee’s Dont’e Thornton Jr. ran the second-fastest 40 with a 4.30, while Florida’s Chimere Dike’s and Virginia Tech’s Jaylin Lane’s tied for the third-fastest at 4.34.

Bond’s time was tied for ninth-fastest with Iowa State’s Jaylin Noel. Seven of the 10 receiver times were run by players out of the SEC.

Against UTSA this past season, Bond was clocked at faster than 22 mph. He finished the 2024 season with 34 catches for 540 yards and five touchdowns.

Sources: Bills releasing 8-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Von Miller

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Bills are releasing pass rusher Von Miller ahead of the league year, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The move opens up $8.4 million in cap space and helps the team as they get under the cap before the start of the league year Wednesday.

The team is open to bringing Miller, who turns 36 on March 26, back, the sources told Schefter.

The move brings $15.4 million in dead cap for this year. Miller was under contract through 2027.

The move comes after the Bills signed defensive end Greg Rousseau to a four-year extension on Saturday. The extension, worth $80 million, includes $54 million guaranteed, sources told Schefter.

Miller’s time with the Bills has been anything but smooth. The pass rusher signed a six-year deal worth $120 million in the 2022 offseason. After a good start that included eight sacks in 11 games, he suffered a major right ACL injury on Thanksgiving 2022. Miller stated during training camp in 2024 that he “probably should not have played” in 2023 because of the injury. He finished the 2023 season playing in 12 games and recording zero sacks and three tackles.

He restructured his contract last offseason, taking a pay cut and saving the Bills $8.645 million in cap space.

“Last year at this time, we were working on a restructure for him, and he did something unprecedented,” general manager Brandon Beane said at the NFL scouting combine. “… He took a pay cut below his actual guarantee. And you’re talking about a first-ballot Hall of Famer that did that. So, a lot of respect for what he did to come back and try and help us chase this trophy. And I thought as the year went on, he continued to show that he could still play.”

Miller was then suspended four games due to violating for the NFL’s personal conduct policy — missing Weeks 5-8 — stemming from allegations of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in suburban Dallas during the Bills’ bye week in 2023. He turned himself in to the police and soon after was released on bond. The case was later closed, and charges were never filed. The NFL conducted a separate investigation.

The two-time Super Bowl champion had a solid season in 2024 as part of the team’s defensive line rotation, including recording six regular season sacks.

Drafted No. 2 overall by the Broncos in 2011, Miller went on to be named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year and had 110 sacks in 10 seasons with Denver.

An eight-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time first team All-Pro, he has 129.5 sacks in 14 NFL seasons. He won Super Bowls with the Broncos (2015) and Los Angeles Rams (2021) and had nine sacks combined during those two postseasons.

Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy won’t be charged in alleged assault case

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy will not be charged following his arrest Friday night for an alleged assault in Williamson County, Texas, the district attorney there told the Austin American-Statesman on Saturday.

Worthy, 21, was booked into jail by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office for assault of a family or house member by impeding the breathing or circulation. Online records did not have any details of the arrest. The online court listing for the case was updated to “dismissed/declined” later Saturday.

Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick told the Statesman that his office declined to charge Worthy after speaking with multiple witnesses but said he will “continue to evaluate the case.”

“After further investigation by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and further discussion with a third-party witness, Mr. Worthy and his attorneys, this case is being declined at this time pending completion of the investigation by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office,” Dick told the Statesman. “Mr. Worthy and his lawyers are fully cooperating with this investigation.”

The Chiefs said earlier Saturday that they were aware of Worthy’s arrest and gathering information.

According to attorneys for the player, Worthy and the complainant, a woman, were in a dispute after he asked her to leave his residence. They said the woman caused property damage and scratched Worthy’s face, among other allegations, but that the wide receiver told police he did not want to press charges.

“We will continue to cooperate with Williamson County authorities as we have full faith their thorough investigation will support Mr. Worthy’s innocence,” added the attorneys in a statement.

In Texas, impeding a family member’s breathing or circulation is a third-degree felony and punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Worthy was the Chiefs’ first-round draft pick in 2024. He caught 59 passes for 638 yards and scored nine touchdowns as a rookie.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.