Hogs Haven · May 9, 2021
Washington’s draft was packed with elite athletes. How has that worked out in the past?
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesIf there was a single theme unifying the picks that the Washington Football Team made in the 2021 draft - beyond being “good culture guys” - it would be top-end athleticism. Mathematician Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb, on Twitter) developed a tool called “Relative Athletic Score” (RAS) to compare how players at various positions stack up against one another on key stature and athleticism metrics. Washington’s 2021 draft class is pretty impressive in that regard:
The #WFT 2021 draft class had 8 elite #RAS athletes. This is tied for the 4th most all time (out of 1,076 draft classes).
