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RAS and Receivers: Predicting Success

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“Measure what is measurable, make measurable what is not so.” – Galileo Galilei

When evaluating prospects for the NFL Draft, we always try to find an edge as an evaluator. In most cases, it’s our outlook that sets us apart, different ways of looking at the same tape. Trying to find that niche, something that you can see that helps you project a player for the college game to the NFL. There probably isn’t any magic formula, no mathematical way to take college tape, put a number on it, and plug in the numbers to have it tell you if the prospect you’re developing will become an NFL star.