NFL Wide Receivers: Do Vertical Jumps Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

The “Does It Matter?” Series is is back! Last week we dove into WR 10 Yard Splits and if that affects performance. For part 16 of “Does It Matter?” we looked at WR Vertical Jumps. When we produce our StarPredictor Score (SPS) system to attempt to predict NFL success, vertical jumps may have little weight in each prospects’ score.

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TL;DR There is no correlation between Vertical Jumps and WR success in regards to Fantasy Football production using standard statistical methods. If you still want to use Vertical Jumps to evaluate WR’s, it appears 38.5 and above is the threshold for increased performances since it shows up 15.7% more frequently in the top 10 versus the bottom 10 since 2003.