The pound-for-pound ranking in combat sports such as boxing provides a wonderful ranking of athletes that may never directly compete against each other due to their differences in weight class. The idea is that if size and weight were no longer a factor, these athletes could find success against anyone. Although no such ranking exists in football, a case can be made that Devante Sampson could easily be recognized as pound-for-pound one of the best players entering the draft this year.
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