Rashawn Slater By The Numbers

RASHAWN SLATERT, NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS

Northwestern OT Rashawn Slater said NFL teams are not worried about his arm length. Measurements and athletic testing are usually used to set floors for what is acceptable at a given position. For offensive tackles like Slater, short arms are generally an undesirable trait, since all these opposing defensive ends tend to have good reach themselves. In the event a decent tackle has short arms, they can be moved to guard, where length matters less since it's more of a phonebooth anyway. According to Slater, though, the NFL teams he has spoken to are not worried about him having somewhat short arms. It seems NFL teams are letting the film speak louder than the measurements here, which is usually how teams should handle this sort of dilemma anyway.