oldflame wrote:BJWilliams wrote:Great to snag another defender from the 757. He could be a DE/LB hybrid for us. Give another element of speed and athleticism on the edge (I forget who said something about the average weight/muscle gain a player can make from year to year but i think the number was 20 pounds or something)
20 lbs/yr is considered to be the maximum amount of muscle mass most athletes can gain safely and without pharmaceutical assistance. I'm pretty sure the biggest gain over a career at Liberty was Francis Bah, who started out as a 215 pound tailback and ended up as a 295 pound DT in his 4th and 5th years.
Yep! 20/yr is considered the natural limit.
250# is probably where a body like his will target as a rush end. Probably looking for 15# of growth the first two years to get close. These are the kinds of players that redshirting can really benefit. A 230# R-Fr rush end is better than a 215# Fr rush end.