Table 1.
Characteristics (mean ± SD; 95% CI) by position (QB, RB, WR, TE, DB, LB, and LM) and position groupings (LM, SK (WR and DB), and BSK (QB, RB, TE, and LB)) in age, height, and body mass, and pairwise comparison data.
| Position | Age (Years) | Height (m) | Body Mass (kg) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB (n = 2) | 19.00 ± 0.00 | 1.84 ± 0.06 | 85.05 ± 1.61 | |||
| (19.00–19.00) | (1.33–2.35) | (70.62–99.47) | ||||
| RB (n = 7) | 20.00 ± 1.41 | 1.74 ± 0.08 | 92.15 ± 14.65 | |||
| (18.69–21.31) | (1.67–1.82) | (78.60–105.69) | ||||
| WR (n = 13) | 20.23 ± 1.17 | 1.85 ± 0.07 | 85.80 ± 5.79 | |||
| (19.53–20.94) | (1.81–1.90) | (82.30–89.30) | ||||
| TE (n = 1) | 19.00 ± 0.00 | 1.93 ± 0.00 | 107.96 ± 0.00 | |||
| (–) | (–) | (–) | ||||
| DB (n = 18) | 20.22 ± 2.18 | 1.79 ± 0.05 | 82.81 ± 6.78 | |||
| (19.14–21.31) | (1.76–1.81) | (79.44–86.18) | ||||
| LB (n = 8) | 20.38 ± 1.30 | 1.84 ± 0.04 | 102.68 ± 4.69 | |||
| (19.29–21.46) | (1.80–1.87) | (98.76–106.61) | ||||
| LM (n = 13) | 20.00 ± 1.58 | 1.88 ± 0.05 | 112.04 ± 10.26 | |||
| (19.04–20.96) | (1.85–1.91) | (105.84–118.24) | ||||
| BSK (n = 18) | 20.00 ± 1.28 | 1.81 ± 0.08 * | 96.92 ± 11.56 * | |||
| (19.36–20.64) | (1.77–1.85) | (91.17–102.67) | ||||
| SK (n = 31) | 20.23 ± 1.21 | 1.82 ± 0.07 * | 84.06 ± 6.46 *,§ | |||
| (19.56–20.89) | (1.79–1.84) | (81.69–86.43) | ||||
| Pairwise Comparisons | ||||||
| p value | d | p value | d | p value | d | |
| SK-BSK | 1.000 | 0.18 | 1.000 | 0.13 | <0.001 | 1.37 |
| SK-LM | 1.000 | 0.16 | 0.030 | 0.90 | <0.001 | 3.26 |
| BSK-LM | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0.019 | 1.05 | <0.001 | 1.38 |
* Significantly (p < 0.05) different from the LM group; § Significantly (p < 0.05) different from the BSK group.