http://www.footballperspective.com/running-backs-getting-shorter-and-heavier/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:33:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.footballperspective.com/running-backs-getting-shorter-and-heavier/#comment-215725 Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:33:44 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=18789#comment-215725 So what runningback would you say is responsible for setting the trend of short and stocky?

]]> http://www.footballperspective.com/running-backs-getting-shorter-and-heavier/#comment-107365 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:46:44 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=18789#comment-107365 Examining this three years ago, I found pretty convincingly that the optimal height for a running back is 5’9″. The most successful short-yardage backs are usually somewhere in the neighborhood of 69″ tall, 210-215 pounds, BMI between 31-31.75.

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