The first group of players to arrive at the 2020 scouting combine are taking their measurements today. We start with the quarterbacks and their measurements. Here are the top prospects and their weigh-in results:
LSU QB Joe Burrow
Height: 6-3 4/8
Weight: 221
Hand: 9
Arm: 30 7/8
Wingspan: 74
Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa
Height: 6-0
Weight: 217
Hand: 10 (left), 9 7/8 (right)
Arm: 30 4/8
Wingspan: 75 2/8
Oregon QB Justin Herbert
Height: 6-6 2/8
Weight: 236
Hand: 10
Arm: 32 7/8
Wingspan: 78 7/8
Utah State QB Jordan Love
Height: 6-3 6/8
Weight: 224
Hand: 10 4/8
Arm: 32 5/8
Wingspan: 80
Washington QB Jacob Eason
Height: 6-5 7/8
Weight: 231
Hand: 9 4/8
Arm: 32 7/8
Wingspan: 79
Georgia QB Jake Fromm
Height: 6-1 7/8
Weight: 219
Hand: 8 7/8
Arm: 31 1/8
Wingspan: 75
Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts
Height: 6-1
Weight: 222
Hand: 9 6/8
Arm: 31 6/8
Wingspan: 77 5/8
The tallest QB in the group is Justin Herbert at 6-6 1/4″. The shortest is Tua Tagovailoa at just 6-0″.
The biggest hands belong to Jordan Love at 10 1/2″. The smallest hands are those of Jake Fromm at 8 7/8″.
These measurements used to matter a lot more than they do now as more and more quarterbacks in the league defy the conventional wisdom about how tall they are supposed to be or how big their hands need to be.
Last year Kyler Murray was selected number one overall despite measuring at 5-10, a full two inches shorter than Tua. Then, Murray went on to undeservingly be given the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
Murray was thought to have small hands, and then he measured at 9 1/2″ which is bigger than Fromm (8 7/8″) and projected No.1 overall pick Joe Burrow (9″).
