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NFL: Are small, wiry receivers more injury-prone?


Somebody claimed that "tiny, wiry" receivers are more injury prone. But are they?


I am always curious about those things, so I did a quick search on Pro Football Reference:

a) WRs of <5'10 and <190 Lbs
b) WRs of >6'2 and >220 Lbs

For these 2 groups I checked the average number of games they played per season, to see if they get hurt more.














In the above chart, I show the top-20 receivers from each group, and the numbers of games they played per season. The 2 groups overlap completely, and when adding "average" receivers, again there is no difference.

Answer therefore: it's indistinguishable. They are not necessarily more injury prone.
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