The hand size of Kenny Pickett will not have an effect on his draft stock according to Mel Kiper Jr. (1:00)
Each year, it is hands-down the most eyebrow-raising number attached to quarterback prospects. At the annual combine for the best players in the country, former Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett became the latest high-profile passer to have his hand size become part of his pre-draft windup.
The smallest quarterback currently in the NFL is 8 1/2 inches tall.
The smallest of the signal-callers is the New Orleans Saints quarterback, who had his hands measured at 8 1/2 inches before the draft. Allen, who told David Fleming in February 2020 that he did hand exercises and used a stretching/massage regimen following the Senior Bowl, later had his hand measured at the 2016 combine.
The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award winner is seen as a potential first-round pick entering the combine. He is the No. 1 quarterback and the No. 2 quarterback on the Big Board.
He did not get an official measurement for his hands at the Senior Bowl, but he did participate. He said that he would try to improve his hand mobility by stretching.
The reason I didn't measure at the Senior Bowl was to have more time to work out.
He finished his college career with 16 300-yard passing games and five 400-yard passing games. In the games that he started, Pitt went 32-17. Pitt defeated Wake Forest 45-21 in the championship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The rest of this stuff is just part of the boxes you have to check.
The Cincinnati Bengal, who advanced to his first Super Bowl last month, spent a lot of time answering questions about his hand measurement at the combine. He joked that he was considering retirement after he was told the football would be slipping out of his hands.
In reviewing records from the combine since it moved to Indianapolis in 1987, four players had their hands measured at the combine. On the other side of the debate, the biggest hands among current quarterbacks are Russell Wilson, Josh Allen and the Green Bay Packers.
The average hand size for the quarterbacks taken in the first round from 2008 to 2020 is 9 7/10 inches. The signal-caller with the largest hands of that group was Mark Sanchez in 2009, while the smallest was 9 inches by Ryan Tannehill. Hill didn't take part in the combine.
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