In the Youth Academy you can't scout Strikers taller than 6'3", this wasn't an issue prior to FC 25 and the problem is still occurring in FC 26, in fact it's honestly difficult to scout any Strikers ...
The general height threshold needs to be increased and the volume of taller players (5'10"+) one can scout needs to be much higher, you're right OP the Youth Academy should reflect real life football.
I was doing my research and most of the Top Wingers, Fullbacks and Strikers in world football are 5'11''+ so why is it so hard to get a player from those positions taller than 5'8" in the youth academy?
1.1 Here we have some of the World's Top Fullbacks, most are 5'11'' and not a single one is below 5'10".
1.2 Here is another assortment of Fullbacks and not a single one is shorter than 5'10" and multiple are 6'0" yet in the academy most Fullbacks are 5'5"-5'7", why EA?
1.3 The top Strikers in World Football today are 6'0"+, multiple are 6'4"+ yet in the Youth Academy it's so difficult to scout a Striker tall than 5'9", and scouting a Striker who's 6'0" is virtually impossible, why EA?
1.4 Here's another group of strikers and as you can see they're ALL 6'0", FOUR are 6'3"+, the modern Striker today is usually 6'0"+ so why is it so hard to scout TALL strikers on the game? Why can't we scout for the next Erling Haaland, Sesko, Isak, Thuram, Lukaku etc? If I search for a Striker, especially a TARGET FORWARD I expect to get back Tall players (6'2"+) in the scouting report and not a bunch of players in the 5'5"-5'7" range, it's so unrealistic and frustrating.
1.5 The same applies to Wingers, why are the wingers in the academy so short? The top wingers in football today are mostly 5'11"+ yet in the academy I can barely get any Wingers taller than 5'8", as you can see here there are multiple wingers who are 6'0" yet it is LITERALLY impossible to scout a Winger taller than 5'10" in the academy, even 5'10" Wingers are extremely rare, please fix this we should be able to scout TALL WINGERS, I should be able to scout the next Ronaldo, Bale, Beckham etc
1.6 Once again the same applies to this list of Wingers too, increase the height threshold, it makes no sense to why 90% of scouted players are 5'5"-5'7" it's just not realistic from a footballing sense.
Hope you look into this and fix it ASAP, only getting back short players has rendered the Youth Academy useless; increase the height threshold for Strikers, Wingers and Fullbacks and the volume of taller players that can be scouted.