How tall do you have to be to play WR?

Question

i have loved football all of my life, and now im going out to play football for my high school team. I have always been a great wide receiver, however my only problem is that i am only 5'6. My question, is that even though i lack height, should i stilll go out for wide receiver. My coach who i have talked to, tells me that its not about where u think u can play, but where u actually play best. I'm good at Wide Rec. But with my height should i still do it?

Answer 1

you need to be fast and have good hands, at 5'6 your short but if your fast you can play it.

Answer 2

It's all relative to how much seperation you can get; as a shorter guy you'll be easier to blanket. You'd need to get more seperation than a 6'3'' guy to be a viable target for your QB.

You also won't be able to go over the middle, you better have enough speed and moves to be a deep threat, with enough speed you can be a very good option for a passing game, as long as you have hands.

J.J. Moses has had a great football career, from prep-college-to pros, standing only 5'6''. His return skills are elite, helping his value as a wide receiver

Seperation can be tricky to get for beginers. In my opinion the best person I have seen at getting seperation with his technique is Ricky Proehl of the Panthers; he's kinda short, kinda slow, but has been a very good receiver in the NFL for almost 20 years.

#1 is Don't give up on something you love to do. Work on your hands, routes, release, and speed. 5'6'' isn't too short in the NFL to make a great contribution to your team; in highschool it's only a slight disadvantage. Good luck.

Answer 3

You can definitely make it in high school. It might be more of a problem if you want to play for a top college program, but your height shouldn't hold you back too much from becoming a good college receiver as long as you can get open. If that's where you want to play, you should definitely go for it!! If it doesn't look like it's working out, you can always switch positions later. Even in the NFL, there are top receivers who are only 5'9" (I think Santana Moss is that short).

Answer 4

It depends if it is a posession WR or a speedster.

Between Steve Smith and Marques Colston there is a 7 inch and 45 pounds difference. And if healthy both of them should be in the top 10 next season.

Answer 5

I know a lot of kids who went out for certain positions only to end up at another one. Just go out for receiver maybe one day the defensive coach will pull you over to his side to play corner or something. Just take any starting spot you can get.

Answer 6

I agree with OBXMAR's answer. Based on your height and weight, I believe that you will make a very good fit at the wide receiver position. In fact, your size, especially your height, gives you the potential to become a very elite high school wide receiver. My best advice for you is to work hard and perform very well in practice every day. In addition, what you need to do this autumn (and every offseason) is eat healthy, exercise by doing weight lifting, and either jogging or going for a long run every day. If you do these things, you will get faster, stronger, and into better shape, which will greatly improve your chances of becoming a successful, top notch wide receiver in high school football, who could go on to play college football. By the way, your chances of playing college football depend on your performance in football during your senior year of high school. If you perform very well in football during your senior year of high school, you will greatly improve your chances of getting recruited to play for a college football program.

Answer 7

In high school height is not as much a big deal, as many high school teams don't have much of a passing game. and you might still grow. There have been 5'8(some that listed as 5'8 and weren't that tall) who have been star's (kinda like spud webb and mugsy bogue in the NBA) but you would have to be really special. But you do have to play where the coach thinks he needs you, or you don't play any where.

Answer 8

Look at Dante Hall, he is 5'6 and he was a productive wide reciever because he was fast. If you are these hieghts this is what you have to bring to the table 5'6-6'0:SPEED. 6'0-6'6: HANDS. All receivers have to be great route runners also.

Answer 9

i was ur height my sophomore year and wasnt that great running a 4.9 40 time and was struggling against good corners. my senior year my 40 was a 4.49 and was still only 5'9". i got like 50 catches and 9tds. dont quit on urself yet because u could end up like me. (i also got 4 INTS)

Answer 10

I think the shortest WR in the NFL was:
J.J. Moses
Height: 5-6

Answer 11

5'6 is fine...it's your speed and ability to catch "underneath" that will make you a lethal asset on the team.

What your coach is trying to tell you is that you play where you are placed based on his observations...I very nearly hear him telling you that he's going to put you on Defense.

Good luck.