It appears that recruits weight are still not tied to their abilities this year. NCAA 11 was the same way. It makes for very unrealistic recruits and appearances imo. I saw a DE on the recruit list who is 6'5" and 198 pounds and he's listed as a run stopper. Please EA! How on earth can a guy that skinny be listed as a run stopper! He's skinnier than me! I know I tested this last year and every positions ratings were completely independent of their weight. This needs to change.

I proposed a weight formula that would use a few key ratings to help generate a more accurate weight for the player. I did a sample spreadsheet that would project RB and OL weights a little more accurately. (RB - https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...hl=en_US#gid=2).

At the very least EA should adjust their weight ranges for recruits based on the type of player they are. For example, if DE's have a weight range of 195 to 275 pounds (EA does have different weight ranges for position) then they should use 195 to 235 for pass rusher, 215 to 255 for balanced and 235 to 275 for run stopper. This should be done for all positions based on tendency. Create the recruit and then generate the weight based on a range appropriate for their skills/tendencies. I don't know if they can patch it but I flat out refuse to recruit a DE like that because it is so unrealistic. I want to move to a 3-4 and I can't have a DE weighing 198 pounds. I refuse to accept this.