Edgar Allan Poe as a football player
A scouting report from Legends Draft, the parody game where famous people play football. The ratings are made up for fun.

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Natural position
LB Linebacker
Grade
80OVRQuoth the raven: three and out.
Ratings
Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Arm
- 55
- Speed
- 66
- Power
- 71
- Smarts
- 93
- Clutch
- 81
Best positions
Anyone can line up anywhere. Each position weighs the five ratings its own way, and off the natural position a legend loses a few points.
- LBLinebacker, natural80
- SSafety78
- OLOffensive lineman74
- CBCornerback72
Scouting report
- Pros
- Quoth the raven: three and out.
- Cons
- 66 speed.
- Pro comp
- A Ravens linebacker, obviously. Baltimore named the team after his poem
Edgar Allan Poe in real life
Real life
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
- Lived
- 1809 to 1849
- From
- United States
- Known as
- poet, writer, essayist, literary critic
- Active
- 1827 to 1849
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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