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re: Why Aren't There Any 7ft WRs?
Posted on 7/22/23 at 1:37 pm to CrimsonBuddha
Posted on 7/22/23 at 1:37 pm to CrimsonBuddha
Because if you can play basketball instead you'd be a fool not to.
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Posted on 7/22/23 at 1:59 pm to Prof
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.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:07 pm to CrimsonBuddha
7’ kids aren’t fluid or quick
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:16 pm to CrimsonBuddha
The same reason every 6'6 tight end that has a sub 4.8 40 time doesn't dominate like gronkowski or kelce. I would be willing to bet if kansas city had 5 travis kelce's they would start at every wr position as well as tight end and fb. It's not that easy. There's a reason 5 ft 9 to 6 ft tall receivers in the NFL still exist, it's not because those owners don't want to win more football games.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 2:58 pm to CrimsonBuddha
I'd imagine a piece of the puzzle is the fact that human bone/tendon/joint/muscle density stays pretty consistent despite your genetic height.
Meaning taller folk are more prone to joint injury and wear + tear due to the extra load/leverage without the increased durability of the parts. With football, add in the repetitious nature of a full-time contact sport and everyone going for knee high tackles on you.
I'm guessing most 7 footers don't stand too good of a chance to get out of high school trying to play football much less college. They're better off physically and financially on the basketball court.
Meaning taller folk are more prone to joint injury and wear + tear due to the extra load/leverage without the increased durability of the parts. With football, add in the repetitious nature of a full-time contact sport and everyone going for knee high tackles on you.
I'm guessing most 7 footers don't stand too good of a chance to get out of high school trying to play football much less college. They're better off physically and financially on the basketball court.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:03 pm to Uatu
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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.
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.
This post was edited on 7/22/23 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:11 pm to Uatu
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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.
thank God for people who truly post what they know to be true
God bless you sir
so many people in today's world just lie
everything you said, the times and measurements, all true
Uatu - truth teller
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:16 pm to CrimsonBuddha
One hit to the legs by a linebacker to this guy would probably break them like twigs.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:22 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
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a huge percentage of football fans are huge pussies
Speaking of pussies
Uatu
Didn’t list Wilt’s most important stat
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:29 pm to InkStainedWretch
Carmichael, at 6-foot-8, is generally considered the tallest wide receiver to play in the NFL, and he was a good one. He played in the '70s and early '80s, led the league in receptions and touchdowns a couple of seasons and made four pro bowls in 13 years.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 4:38 pm to CrimsonBuddha
Hakeem Olajuwon might have be a good one. He had outstanding footwork and I think he played either soccer or team handball in Nigeria. He was a pretty gifted athlete and not many 7 footers are.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 5:45 pm to el gato
Didn’t he make the Hall of Fame?
I found one source that said he was in the 4.5 to 4.6 range in the 40.
I found one source that said he was in the 4.5 to 4.6 range in the 40.
Posted on 7/22/23 at 6:33 pm to InkStainedWretch
quote:He did. He was in the 2020 class, but was honored in 2021 because of Covid. And, yes, he had 4.5 speed. Here is a Youtube compilation of some of his highlights:
Didn’t he make the Hall of Fame?
LINK
Posted on 7/22/23 at 9:35 pm to Jobu93
Forgot about Tim Duncan. Like Hakeem, he grew up playing soccer, but his favorite sport was swimming. He only took up basketball after his local pool was destroyed in a hurricane. If you’re a good enough athlete, your height shouldn’t matter.
Posted on 7/23/23 at 9:54 am to jangalang
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Georgia had a guy by the name Leonard Pope who played as a 6’8 TE
How tall is Washington?
Posted on 7/23/23 at 12:10 pm to makersmark1
Saints had a guy in the 80s that was 6’6” or so named Tyrone. The red zone fade route “Ty in the Sky” was dialed up several times and I think I remember it being successful once.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 8:48 am to CrimsonBuddha
I would think the physics of the football game would destroy a 7 foot wide receiver. The extra length of the bones would cause much more leverage and force on knees, elbows, shoulders…other joints. I don’t know the formula but much more force is available with a longer lever. The force coming down from a catch with an extra the extra weight or hit from a 200-260lb db or lb would be magnified. Basketball is a physical game for sure…but nothing like the violence of football. Running into someone at full speed is supposed to be a foul in BB.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:30 am to OleManDixon
quote:We had 6'6" Ahmad Wagner! He was a pass interference magnet! I think we only threw to him 7 times and he got 5 P.I.'s
UK fans having flashbacks of the 80 billion times it was mentioned that Willie Cauley-Stein played receiver in high school.
(In related oft-repeated news, Heshimu means warrior.)
Correction found his career stats
Totaled 15 catches for 254 yards and two touchdowns, all coming in 2019, and averaged 16.9 yards per catch.
Was a target 42 times in his career, 12 of which drew a pass interference call.
Missouri fans should remember him
This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 11:43 am
Posted on 7/24/23 at 11:42 am to CrimsonBuddha
7 ft tall kids who are gifted athletes go make millions in the NBA at age 18. Why the hell go beat yourself to death for 3 years in school for some chump change from some collective?
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