As I’m sure you’ve noticed, NFL players are getting ginormous. The positions that have really increased in size are on the offensive line. At the NFL combine in 2014, not one OL was under 6’2 or below 296. NFL nose tackle’s average weight in 2014 was just shy of 323-pounds.
That number tops cornerbacks by more than 130-pounds. When compared to the average OL in the 1920s, 2014 lineman are over 100-pounds heavier. The heaviest tackle in the NFL is 360-pound Baltimore left tackle, Bryant McKinnie. Joe Flacco was sacked just 19 times in 2014 thanks in part to McKinnie.