Paul Bretl | 2/23/2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The 2025 NFL Combine begins this week and that means we will be inundated with prospect measurements, times, and Relative Athletic Scores (RAS), which are noteworthy when it comes to the Green Bay Packers.
But before we dive in to the significance of this metric and the Packers, what is RAS?
RAS was created by Kent Lee Platte and allows us to easily see how players within their respective position groups compare athletically to one another based on their measurements and testing numbers from the combine and Pro Days.
If two linebackers have different heights and weights, with one running a fast 40-yard dash, but the other testing better in the agility drills, how do we know who the more athletic prospect is?
That’s where RAS comes into play. With Platte’s formula, he takes all of that information and quantifies it into a digestible figure that falls on the 0-10 scale. Or in short, the higher the RAS, the better the athlete. On Platte’s scale, 5.0 is considered average and a score of 8.0 or higher puts that player within the top 20 percentile of his position group.
Also of note, the RAS scale factors in historical results as well and is not only based on the current year’s draft class. It’s also position-specific, so even though a receiver and a center will test quite differently, both could post an RAS of 9.0 because it’s relative to their specific position groups.
To learn more about RAS and how it works, click here.
When it comes to Brian Gutekunst and the Packers’ picks during his tenure, there is a strong connection between those selections and their RAS score.
Now, do I believe that Gutekunst and the Packers’ scouting department is scouring X and Platte’s site looking at RAS cards as part of their decision-making process? No, I don’t. But having said that, however the Packers do take into account this information has some overlap with RAS, so from our outside perspective, that can help us gain some insights into who may or may not be on the Packers’ radar.
It’s also not indicative of a player’s ability to be successful at the NFL level. Both Jayden Reed and Karl Brooks have a RAS below 7.0 and both have been key contributors for the Packers the last two seasons–although, the better the athlete can increase the chances of that player having a long and successful NFL career, even if incrementally so.
“It’s all important,” said Gutekunst last offseason of the pre-draft process. “First and foremost, it’s all important, the medical, everything’s important. At the end of the day, and this goes back for as long as I’ve done this, you go back to the tape and how they play the game. I think whenever there’s discrepancies, whenever you’re not sure, you go back to the tape, and that’s going to be your best predictor of future success is what they’ve done on tape, and that’s kind of what we live by.”
Since the 2018 NFL draft, Gutekunst’s first as the general manager, he has made 72 selections and 65 of them have registered a RAS. Of those 65 prospects, 48 have a RAS of at least 8.0 and 28 scored above 9.0.
Only 10 of those picks have scored below a 7.0, and of those 10 players, only two were top-100 selections by the Packers–wide receivers Amari Rodgers and Jayden Reed.
When it comes to some of the bigger positional needs this offseason for the Packers, only three of Gutekunst’s seven draft picks along the interior defensive line scored a RAS of 8.0 or higher. At defensive end, however, four of his five picks scored above 8.90.
In the secondary at cornerback, five of Gutekunst’s seven picks scored 9.20 or higher. Along the offensive line, eight of the 11 prospects registered a RAS of 8.0 or more. Lastly, at wide receiver, six of the nine draft picks scored 8.0-plus.
Below you can find the individual results for each of the 65 draft picks that registered a RAS score.
Quarterback
Sean Clifford: 9.04
Jordan Love: 8.43
Michael Pratt: 8.27
Running back
AJ Dillon: 9.15
MarShawn Lloyd: 8.62
Dexter Williams: 8.13
Lew Nichols III: 7.83
Kylin Hill: 7.28
Wide Receiver
Christian Watson: 9.96
Equanimeous St. Brown: 9.85
Marquez Valdes-Scantling: 9.26
Dontayvion Wicks: 9.17
Grant DuBose: 8.79
J’Mon Moore: 8.43
Jayden Reed: 6.74
Samori Toure: 6.14
Amari Rodgers: 5.35
Offensive Line
Jacob Monk: 9.73
Zach Tom: 9.59
Elgton Jenkins: 9.33
Jordan Morgan: 9.25
Royce Newman: 8.72
Cole Van Lanen: 8.46
Jon Runyan: 8.47
Sean Rhyan: 8.16
Travis Glover: 4.72
Cole Madison: 4.57
Jake Hanson: 3.72
Tight End
Luke Musgrave: 9.78
Tucker Kraft: 9.68
Josiah Deguara: 8.49
Jace Sternberger: 5.17
Interior Defensive Line
James Looney: 9.75
Devonte Wyatt: 9.59
Colby Wooden: 9.24
Kingsley Keke: 7.98
TJ Slaton: 7.96
Karl Brooks: 5.87
Jonathan Ford: 3.54
Edge Rusher
Rashan Gary: 9.95
Kendell Donnerson: 9.89
Lukas Van Ness: 9.39
Jonathan Garvin: 8.97
JJ Enagbare: 6.25
Linebacker
Oren Burks: 9.72
Ty Summers: 9.71
Quay Walker: 9.63
Edgerrin Cooper: 9.13
Ty’Ron Hopper: 7.42
Isaiah McDuffie: 7.32
Cornerback
Jaire Alexander: 9.53
Eric Stokes: 9.37
Carrington Valentine: 9.30
Josh Jackson: 9.26
Ka’Dar Hollman: 9.22
Kalen King: 6.68
Shemar Jean-Charles: 4.24
Safety
Tariq Carpenter: 8.93
Darnell Savage: 8.37
Javon Bullard: 8.25
Evan Williams: 8.20
Kitan Oladapo: 8.18
Anthony Johnson Jr.: 8.13
Special Teams
Hunter Bradley: 9.03
JK Scott: 8.37
As is always the case when it comes to the pre-draft process, it’s important to remember that RAS is one out of many tools that are out there when it comes to player evaluation and should be treated as such. It is not the be-all-end-all.
However, when it comes to the NFL Combine, keep tabs on where players are registering on this scale because there has often been a connection to who Green Bay may or may not have on their radar, with 74% of Gutekunst’s picks scoring 8.0 or higher and nearly half of his selections scoring above 9.0.
“Again, it’s all important,” Gutekunst said. “It all factors in, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to be able to play this game. Not play it at a high level in college, but be able translate to our league and play it at a high level here.”