Athleticism isn’t everything when it comes to winning in the NFL. That said, winning is a whole lot easier when you have superior athletes compared to the competition. One great way to measure this all-important part of the game is Relative Athletic Score, a creation of Kent Lee Platte. The RAS score measures a player’s athletic profile in several key metrics, from height and weight to agility, speed, power and explosiveness. Then the players are rated from 1-10 based on how they measure up to historical players at their position (going back to 1987).
The Seattle Seahawks have done a good job selecting their share of plus athletes the last few drafts. This year their top picks were both in the 90th percentile, with Byron Murphy II scoring a 9.32 and Christian Haynes a 9.10. Derick Hall, Anthony Bradford, Ken Walker, Boye Mafe and Abe Lucas have also scored very high in recent drafts.
However, this team still ranks relatively low in this department compared to the rest of the league. Our best guess is that it will take a couple of years for Pete Carroll’s influence on the roster to completely evaporate and Seattle’s average RAS score will only rise with time. For now, here is how all 32 teams rank in average Relative Athletic Score for their 90-man rosters.
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