re: Why Aren't There Any 7ft WRs?

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As the resident old man here, I believe the one 7 foot tall guy who would have been a great football player is Wilt Chamberlain. He ran track and participated in field events in high school. Here’s some of his personal bests: High jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 yards in 49.0 seconds and the 880 yards in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, and long jumped 22 feet. He was also strong as an ox. During his Globetrotters days he used to pick Meadowlark Lemon up and do curls with him.

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Until he got noticeably bigger... I think Jerry West said he thought Wilt (in his string bean days) was the fastest guy in the NBA. Jerry West and Wilt's NBA careers basically were the same years and they were teammates in some of those years so I figure Jerry would know.

Height really doesn't matter when it comes to speed. The reason there aren't fast seven footers is because there aren't many of them out there. The reason their aren't fast 5'2" guys is there aren't many of them out there.

But there are a lot of fast 5'10" guys. Because a lot of them are out there.