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This is the fifth post in our ongoing series on superior athletes in the 2017 draft (on DEs, DTs, LBs, and CBs). And by now you should know the drill:
First we look at the college production of a specific position group. For the safeties, we'll be using a metric based on Production Points (the metric is explained in detail in the post on linebackers), which looks at the key stats for safeties and weights them with a point system that gives you a single number that shows how many Production Points a player averaged per game.
Then we match that with a metric for athleticism, SPARQ, which is a single number designed to summarize a player's athleticism. The number is calculated with a proprietary formula that incorporates player weight, bench press, broad jump, vertical jump, forty-yard dash, ten-yard split, short shuttle and 3-cone drill (details here).
Once we have those two metrics, we combine them to see which draft prospects emerge as the most productive AND most athletic.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...-athlete-sparq-safeties-in-the-2017-nfl-draft
First we look at the college production of a specific position group. For the safeties, we'll be using a metric based on Production Points (the metric is explained in detail in the post on linebackers), which looks at the key stats for safeties and weights them with a point system that gives you a single number that shows how many Production Points a player averaged per game.
Then we match that with a metric for athleticism, SPARQ, which is a single number designed to summarize a player's athleticism. The number is calculated with a proprietary formula that incorporates player weight, bench press, broad jump, vertical jump, forty-yard dash, ten-yard split, short shuttle and 3-cone drill (details here).
Once we have those two metrics, we combine them to see which draft prospects emerge as the most productive AND most athletic.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...-athlete-sparq-safeties-in-the-2017-nfl-draft