Great question. I can tell you from decades of playing and coaching experience that the rarest player in football is the athletic and large (6-3 to 6-7 and 265 to 310 lb) linemen. The top high schools, colleges and NFL teams covet this body type. They are the beauty pageant winners, far and away, in our beloved sport. I would also say they are more sought after than skills players (with possible exception of QB) as the typical size of a top skill player (between 5-9 to 6-2 and between 170 to 215 lb) is a much more common body type in society. Further, players from other sports (think baseball, basketball, lacrosse, and even soccer in the early years) can be converted into a good skill position player at the college, and even pro level. On the other hand, no matter the training, diet, or workout program, a coach simply cannot create that rare size. So, in short, I would prefer to be an all-state OL or DL vs. all-state DB with the same grades and standardized test scores as I believe more offers will come to that boy. I will also say, and this is just hearsay, that the Ivy and top academic D3 programs have for years claimed that their players with the highest grades and SAT scores are their offensive linemen. If that is true, and taken together with what I know to be true about the rarity topic above, it bodes very well for any parent looking to get their big 280 lb linemen son an offer from Harvard, UChicago, Columbia, or the like.