So I take it that an Athletic play style is someone that is athletic enough for the position but lacks the necessary skills for that position. So like an 'athletic' corner would have good Speed, Acceleration, (Quickness), and Vertical. But would be poor in the ratings, defend pass, awareness, and maybe a stat like tackle? I'm I understanding you right?

absolutely. Athletic players as recruits will usually be ATHs in recruiting too, being superior physically, and having mediocre skills on both offense and defense that need to be developed.

SAMPLE 4 Star ATH Recruit:
6'1" 190lbs. (WR/DB)
Speed: 91
Acceleration: 90
Quickness 87
Vertical: 84
Offensive Awareness: 51
Defensive Awareness: 55
Break Tackle: 50
Elude Tackle: 68
Carrying/Ball Security: 57
Hands: 70
Catch in Traffic: 60
Wrap Tackle: 55
Shoulder Tackle: 64
Low Tackle: 65
Pursuit: 70
Play Rec.: 67
Man Cov: 73
Zone: 70
Locate Ball: 75
Defend Pass: 73

WR Overall: 74
RB Overall: 70
CB Overall: 75
FS Overall: 73
SS Overall: 70

So, as you can see, the "Athletic" playstyle will give a recruit some skill at everything, but said recruit will have great physical attributes, and that is what they will rely on when they play most of their career, unless they have excellent potential or start off as a very highly rated 5 star player.

I would love to see categories for the positions, especially having the "athlete" label for each position instead of just the position "athlete." A "WR/CB athlete" or "CB/S athlete" takes some of the guessing out of what you're getting.

I'm always begging for more control over off-season training. This would allow you to recruit a big WR with the intent of turning him into a TE. In the offseason you could spend your training pts on improving his blocking. I like trying to recruit big RB's to play FB, or big WR's to play TE, but when you change the position they end up rated like a 51.

Off season training and Spring football would be a big boost in the game in terms of making dynasty mode fresh. I definitely agree with you there. In terms of the athlete thing tho, I'm not suggesting actually attaching positions to the athletes, because that may limit them in a sense. In my "sample athlete recruit" the player was able to play 5 positions without that much of a drop off, so the versatility is what I was going for. I mean, in the game now, you don't really have any guessing in what you are getting, except that it isn't labeled. I don't think that is true to real life, because an ATH recruit in real life can play 5 or 6 positions on the field.

I would love this. It kind of reminds me of All Pro Football. I loved how they rated players. It wouldn't have to be just like they did it, but I love the idea of having styles of player. I also hate when you move player to a different possition and their rating is terrible. So unrealistic. The NCAA games on PS2 allowed you do do it and sometimes the players rating would go up. You should be able to move big RB that is rated 70 to 80 ovr to FB and not loss much of his rating. Would love to be able to have off season focus'. Like adding wait to a 275 lb OL. Or working on a receivers hands or route running. Or working with a QB's footwork to improve acc. These things shouldn't be so random.

Also if they would make coaches skill matter you could have a coach that is very good with working with a certain possition. A QB guru. All QB's with that coach should have huge improvement in awr and ACC.

Sorry for all the terrible spelling. I get in a hurry with my typing when I'm excited.

So a big bodied receiver would be a a 6-5 guy who's pretty slow, and a posession guy would be one who makes catches well and gets open in tight spaces, like the New York Giants Steve Smith?

@guitar, yep, you've pretty much picked up everything I was putting down about the difference between a big body and a possession receiver. This would also be a big help for RTG mode giving you more options to choose the way you played.