Who is the most athletic person on a football field at any given time?

The ref

Defensive backs

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Is it the Corner Back? Running Back? Wide Receiver?

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I think it goes in cycles. DE's started to become freak athletes back 15 yrs ago? Javon Kearse (sp?) is the first one that comes to mind of ushering in a new standard. TE's as well more recently.

I haven't watched enough NFL the past several years but I'd say CB's are now on a different level athletically, height/speed/size just because they have to be to matchup with the average NFL WR these days.

Will say that a middle linebacker is the most well rounded player on the field. He just gets asked to do so many different things and gets exploited if he's deficient in any one area

OLB,SS,FS,RB

I'd say those guys are probably the fittest.

I put safeties over Corners, because many of them have to help stop the run, so they are stronger, bigger than majority of corners.

cornerbacks.

Ed Hochuli

Defensive backs. They play a reaction position and have to have the speed to recover, the ball skills of wr's, plus the ability to tackle rb's that are almost always bigger than them.

Antonio and Julio Jones seem like the best athletes in the NFL but alot of DB's can make a case. Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, Peterson, Eric Berry, shite you can throw Lattimore from the Saints in there with the kind of rookie yr he's having.

Aaron Donald is an outlier, that guy is an insane athlete

I don't think there is a certain position that has superior athleticism. I guess it depends on your definition of athlete. I'd say every game it's different. One game AB might be the most athletic guy on the field, the next game it could be a safteylike cam Chancellor or a QB like Cam newton.