Monday, February 24, 2020

Projected number one overall pick Joe Burrow's hand size "was tied for the smallest among first-round quarterbacks measured at the combine since 2008"

Nine inches.

Here's a WaPo article from 2016 about obsession with hand size:
Disproving Jackson would be Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who had the smallest hands of all the quarterback prospects in the 2014 draft

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As one would expect of someone who drafted the small-handed Bridgewater, Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman doesn’t think hand size matters all that much.

“A guy could have tiny Burger King hands, and — we’ll track him

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This year’s small-hands winner/loser seems to be Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen, whose hands were measured at 8 1/2 inches last month at the Senior Bowl. Feldman adds that Allen has been working twice a week with a masseuse to get his hands up to NFL par.
And from 2014:
From 1st Overall to Free-Falling: What Happened to Teddy Bridgewater?

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Bridgewater blamed the poor showing on his decision not to wear gloves