The Green Bay Packers selected another highly athletic class of draft picks in 2023.
How do we know it’s another athletic class? Relative Athletic Score (RAS).
What’s Relative Athletic Score? It’s a metric developed by Kent Lee Platte. The idea is simple: RAS measures a prospect’s athletic testing results from the combine or a pro day in relation to the prospect’s size and historical results from players at the same position. It’s a genius way of combining all the relative factors into one simple metric on a 10-point sliding scale.
Here’s a quick look through at the RAS cards for all 13 of the Packers’ draft picks in 2023:
1.13: OLB Lukas Van Ness
Top RAS comps: Trey Hendrickson, Preston Smith, Ezekiel Ansah, Jared Allen
2.42: TE Luke Musgrave
Top RAS comps: Travis Kelce, Greg Olsen, Jelani Woods
2.50: WR Jayden Reed
Top RAS comps: T.J. Jones, DeAndre Thompkins, Armanti Edwards
3.78: TE Tucker Kraft
Top RAS comps: Travis Kelce, Dallas Goedert, Dalton Keene
4.116: DL Colby Wooden
Top RAS comps: Henry Melton
5.149: QB Sean Clifford
Top RAS comps: CJ Beathard, Mitchell Trubisky
5.159: WR Dontayvion Wicks
Top RAS comps: Marquez Callaway, Chris Moore
6.179: DL Karl Brooks
Top RAS comps: Marvin Wilson, Marlon Davidson
6.207: K Anders Carlson
Top RAS comps: N/A
7.232: CB Carrington Valentine
Top RAS comps: Marshon Lattimore, Marlon Humphrey
7.235: RB Lew Nichols III
Top RAS comps: Rudi Johnson, Cedric Benson, Rashad Mendenhall
7.242: S Anthony Johnson Jr.
Top RAS comps: Major Wright, Louis Delmas
7.256: WR Grant DuBose
Top RAS comps: Devante Parker, Malachi Jones
Overall
Lukas Van Ness: 9.39
Luke Musgrave: 9.78
Jayden Reed: 6.74
Tucker Kraft: 9.68
Colby Wooden: 9.24
Sean Clifford: 9.04
Dontayvion Wicks: 9.17
Karl Brooks: 5.87
Anders Carlson: N/A
Carrington Valentine: 9.30
Lew Nichols III: 7.83
Anthony Johnson Jr.: 8.13
Grant DuBose: 8.79
Average: 8.58 (over 12 players)
Nine of the 13 players had a RAS of 8.0 or higher, including seven over 9.0.
