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

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.

Coaches have always told me that usually your best all around athlete is the QB.

They can pass, run, receive and kick if necessary.

In High school it will either be the QB or a safety most of the time.

I say safety because putting him in the middle of the field gives him more opportunity to make plays on both sides of the field.

Outside linebackers and strong safeties

If a fight breaks out, I want the DE and TE on my side. Those guys are usually big and athletic.

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Bruce Smith?

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One of the GOAT players at his position, but great athlete?

I don’t think he was a better athlete than Kerse, or Julius Peppers or Clowney, even though none of them could hold Bruce Smith’s jock strap.

Jarvis Landry over Brandin Cooks?

I've always felt any football player who could also do the pole vault in track had to be a great athlete. Just think, running full speed and with enough body control in mid air to do all that crap.... so my answer would probably be a running back, or maybe defensive backs.