Previously we looked at the extent to which the results of physical testing drills at the NFL Combine are predictive of where offensive players will be selected in the NFL draft, and how successful they will be when they get to the NFL. In this article we focus on the defensive side of the ball.
As before, we will rely on a study performed by Kevin Cole of Unexpected Points that defines clusters of players of a certain “type” at a given position, where “type” is based on a series of stats relevant to success and usage (e.