OTAs week 2: Practice Notes & Highlights (5/30)

SonOfNOLA said

It’s ironic that some look at Olave and Sheed as prone to become injured because of size on paper. Yet the bigger WRs on our team are injured more. Thomas, Cam Meredith, and Brandon Coleman come to mind recently. Most of the Top WRs in the league are below 200lbs. Big WRs doesn’t automatically translate to production and availability. We wanted elite-potential speedsters then say they’re small when we finally get Two of them.

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Weight isn't the key factor, it's Relative Body Size (RBS) which is weight in pounds divided by height in inches. I made a post about this before the 2020 draft and did the research on what the average top 25 WR size was. The average RBS for a top WR in 2019 was 2.82. There are a few outliers and those are above average in other areas to make up for it. Both Olave and Shaheed are well below 2.82 RBS, but if Shaheed really tried to put on 10lbs on muscle this offseason, then he's probably close.

When I have time, I'll do the research again using the top 25 WRs from 2022. Below are the averages for a top 25 WR from 2019:

Average round drafted: 2.5
Height: 72.5"
Weight: 204.72lbs
RBS: 2.82
Hands: 9.53"
40 time: 4.49
Vertical: 36.34"
Broad Jump: 122.35"
3-Cone: 6.88
20-Yard Shuffle: 4.18