While rookie Pittsburgh Steelers running back Anthony McFarland’s defining quality as an athlete at his position is his speed, perhaps the thing that gets brought up most after that is his size, and questions over whether or not he is big enough to play in the NFL without limitations as to how much he can be asked to do.
The 5’8” McFarland checks in at 193 pounds, and while he’s no Dri Archer or Chris Rainey, it’s clear that he doesn’t fit the team’s typical prototype of larger backs like James Conner, Benny Snell, Le’Veon Bell, Rashard Mendenhall, and Jonathan Dwyer.