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SS Measurements Table
Strong Safety is one of those positions that you expect would be very closely tied to athletic measurements. Much in the same way that free safety is not, however, there doesn’t appear to be a correlation based on the data I have and this position. At least not a strong correlation. Player Name Pos Year […]
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RB Measurements Table
Running back is a position that has some of the biggest outliers. The Falcons and Patriots face off in the Super Bowl with two starting RBs who measured below average in RAS. As a general rule, however, it tends to have some correlation to success. Thousand yard rushers like Adrian Peterson, LaDainain Tomlinson, and Chris […]
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QB Measurements Table
Cam Newton is easily the gold standard for QB athleticism, and RAS is just another metric that backs that up. Guys like Andrew Luck and Carson Wentz don’t get their athleticism talked up enough on the other end of that spectrum. As it is, though, relative athleticism using any of our existing metrics simply doesn’t […]
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OT Measurements Table
Offensive tackle was one that stood out immediately during my studies as one that required a great deal of athleticism. Very few offensive tackles who did not measure above average have done well in the NFL and the majority of those that have found success are those who measured far above the average OT prospect. […]
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FS Measurements Table
The safety position, both free and strong, are positions where there isn’t a clear correlation between strong measurements and NFL success. I know, it sounds the exact opposite of intuitive. Especially since all you ever hear about is how athletic and rangy safety prospects are. It’s funny, but prior to running the pro day data, […]
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DT Measurements Table
There weren’t as many outliers from defensive tackle and most of the players who found significant success in the NFL already rated above average. There were a few whose pro day data pushed them over the hump, but more notable was the differences between players Combine and Pro Day scores. More than any position I’ve […]
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Relative Athletic Score Tables
I’ve been working on RAS for several years now. The ultimate goal is to provide a place where you can look up measurements for NFL players and draft prospects and compare them to their peers in a number of different ways. One such method is using the scores I’ve developed. Up until this point, I’ve […]
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OC RAS Table
Below is a table containing the entire RAS database for offensive centers, ordered from the highest RAS of 10.00, former Baltimore Ravens 2006 2nd round pick Chris Chester, through the very lowest. Center hasn’t been shown to have the same correlation to NFL success and athletic measurements as the other offensive line positions, suggesting that […]
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It’s crazy to think that Brandon Broooks and Evan Mathis played on the same offensive line. Hall of famer Steve Hutchinson posted an elite score in his day, and joins a long list of elite athletes who have found success in the NFL. Guard was a position I didn’t expect to have much of a […]
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OT RAS Table
It probably won’t surprise anyone that highly touted players like Taylor Lewan, Joe Staley, and Robert Gallery once held the prestigious 10.00 RAS (Lewan still holds it), but would you have guessed former 7th rounder Lydon Murtha rates as high? Hall of famer Jonathan Ogden of course rates highly, as does future hall of famers […]
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No position has seen more evolution in the NFL over the past three decades than tight end, and it’s very clear when looking at the draft year RAS of players like Tony Gonzalez. So many players were elite in their day, but wouldn’t stack up against the athletic freaks that come out of college nowadays. […]
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RB RAS Table
In the top five for RB RAS going back to 1987 we have four 1,000 yard rushers. Justin Fargas wasn’t able to last very long in the NFL due to injuries, but made his mark with the Raiders while he was there. It sucks that we don’t have hall of famer Emmitt smith, and Barry […]
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QB RAS Table
Athleticism with RAS always refers to measurable talent based on the drills presented in the combine and pro days. It doesn’t take into account arm strength, Wonderlic, or any other abstract that can be used to measure a quarterback. As such, it doesn’t have as large of a correlation as it does for other positions. […]
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Below is a table containing the entire RAS database for strong safeties, ordered from the highest RAS of 10.00, former Carolina Panthers 5th round pick from 2001, Jarrod Cooper, through the very lowest. Year Pos Name School ATRAS RAS 1987 SS Bruce Plummer Mississippi State 6.25 10 1988 SS Anthony Newman Oregon 9.53 10 1989 […]
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LB RAS Table
One of the largest position groups in the RAS database, it is even more impressive when you see someone like Luke Kuechly or Von Miller, or Manny Lawson at the top of the RAS ratings all time. They’re being compared not only to the best at the position, but the best at a position known […]
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A Brief History
A look over some of the motivation for creating this metric and how it works.
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