Vertical Jump Nfl vs NBA and Nba stars true Vertical and Height

[Jinxed]

Watch this short vid on the No Step vertical for NFL players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMY295ezIH0


Now look at this chart for no step vertical for NBA players

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-...t=&pos=&sort=8

Only 2 players in the NBA draft since 2000 have a higher no step vertical then the average skill positioned NFL player.

Chris Long..Defensive lineman..has a higher Vertical then Vince Carter.

That site also has the true height of NBA players measured w/o shoes.

[phoenix18]

Watch this short vid on the No Step vertical for NFL players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMY295ezIH0


Now look at this chart for no step vertical for NBA players

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-...t=&pos=&sort=8

Only 2 players in the NBA draft since 2000 have a higher no step vertical then the average skill positioned NFL player.

Chris Long..Defensive lineman..has a higher Vertical then Vince Carter.

That site also has the true height of NBA players measured w/o shoes.

Vince carter vert is not 34.5 inches at all, seriously. There is no way a WHITE defensive end can out jump the greatest dunker ever.

[Jinxed]

Btw..maybe the most impressive NFL combine ever was done by Brock Lesnar..UFC Champ..

Ran a 4.6 40 yard dash..which is faster than Jerry Rice and Most running backs

Benched 225 pounds 42 times...one off the NFL record of 43

and had a Vertical jump of 36.5 inches...higher than Vince Carter

[tontoz]

Vince carter vert is not 34.5 inches at all, seriously. There is no way a WHITE defensive end can out jump the greatest dunker ever.

No step vert and max vert are two different things. Vince's max vert is obviously over 40" if he can step into it.

If you have ever seen NFL players do squats and leg presses you would understand why their verticals are so high.

[Jinxed]

Vince carter vert is not 34.5 inches at all, seriously. There is no way a WHITE defensive end can out jump the greatest dunker ever.

LOL...it just goes to show how much more athletic NFL players are than NBA players...when you think about it though, it does make sense. THink about how strong Chris Long's legs are versus Vince...

[Fatal9]

at NFL players being more athletic when around 50-60% of them could qualify as being overweight or obese.

[Jinxed]

Vince Carter's no step vertical is 36 inches...his max vertical (running start) is 43 inches.

[darabzarrabi]

at NFL players being more athletic when around 50-60% of them could qualify as being overweight or obese.

hyperbole much? the fact that linemen have those kind of verticals is very impressive and is for sure because of the olympic lifts they do

[Fatal9]

hyperbole much? the fact that linemen have those kind of verticals is very impressive and is for sure because of the olympic lifts they do

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...rs-obese_x.htm
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2313476

[2LeTTeRS]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...rs-obese_x.htm
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2313476

Did you actually read the article

The NFL disputes these findings. And some fitness and medical experts say the study is flawed because it only uses body mass index (BMI), a height and weight ratio that does not consider muscle vs. fat.

The study of 2,168 NFL players, ages 21 to 44, by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill adds to mounting evidence that some football players are paying a steep price in health and longevity.

Researchers analyzed the players' BMI in a study that appears in today's Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings include:

56% of players qualify as obese, roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight.

[Jinxed]

You do realize the BMI is complete BS, as it doesn't take into account muscle mass versus fat.

"The National Institutes of Health's obesity guidelines say that very muscular people may have a BMI placing them in an overweight category when they are not actually fat."

[Jinxed]

Lebron James would have a BMI of 28.9 making him overweight and nearly obese.

[2LeTTeRS]

I also seriously doubt NBAers prep for the combine 1/2 as much as NFL players. As a whole in the NBA, the combine has a much smaller impact on where their drafted. Some of the best testing athletes (i.e. Luke Jackson, Joe Alexander, Joey Graham) look absolutely average on the court while elite athletes like Monta Ellis, Dwyane Wade, Andre Iguodala and Vince Carter test out as average.

[Fatal9]

Let's not dismiss the whole study because a few running backs are listed on there. The vast majority of those are clearly lineman. Considering 28% of players who are considered obese under this study die before 50, I'd say it is pretty damn accurate.

All the players and media trying to raise awareness about obesity being rampant in the NFL is just BS right?

By the way over 30 is obese, so Lebron would not be part of that 56%.

[Floppy]

Using BMI for that study is still retarded.