NFL Numbers
04/28/2023 |
The Friday File: Until the late-1970s there were never more than two 300 lb. players in the NFL. By 1990, there were 72, in 2000 there were 286, by 2010 there were 379, and in 2020 there were 468. Accounting for expansion, as a percentage of all players, heavyweights hit 10% in 1994, 20% of players in 2001, peaked at 21.6% in 2017, and were 20.7% in 2022.