The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine begins on February 26th, so it’s time to once again familiarize ourselves with Relative Athletic Scores and their significance for the Green Bay Packers as part of the pre-draft process.
Relative Athletic Score, or RAS, was created by Kent Lee Platte as a way to compare players based on their athletic testing numbers from either the Combine or their Pro Days.
If two receivers are different heights and different weights, with one running a faster 40-yard dash time but the other performing better in the vertical jump and 3-cone drills–who is the better overall athlete?