As if reliving a nightmare, Patriots staffers from that time still recall how badly Kingsbury struggled to hold on to the ball, especially as the season went on and the weather got worse. (1:01)The ESPN Daily delivers the biggest sports news and moments every weekday. "The therapist thinks we can get it to nine-plus," Allen said at the Combine on Thursday. Mike Glennon, who is one inch taller than Foles, has a handspan that is around 10% narrower.At 10.63 inches, Heath Shuler's handspan is astonishing for a guy who is only 6’2". He worked tirelessly on his actual grip strength. The only issue is that measuring hand size can vary pretty wildly so you kind of have to take those numbers being spit out in Indianapolis with a giant grain of salt. He seems to have pretty average hands for a 5'10" guy which means his hand span should be around 8.5 inches.Vance McDonald has pretty big hands for a 6'4" guy. "It was all so silly, but it was a huge ordeal for a while," says Allen, who started three games for the 2019 But it was the NFL draft and quarterbacks, so the ridiculousness was just getting started.After the 2016 Senior Bowl, Allen began preparing for the combine at the XPE Sports training facility in Boca Raton, Florida. Unfortunately, there is no reliable data on the hand measurements of Julian Edelman.
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Looking at this grouping (and ignoring the small sample for now) it seems pretty obvious that you have a better shot at being a top level quarterback if you have big hands. Deshaun Watson is an inch taller than Minshew, but his handspan is only 9.75 inches.Tim Tebow is one of the greatest quarterbacks in college football history. Browns coach Hue Jackson is especially particular about the hand size of his quarterbacks and has said he prefers those with handspans of 10 inches or wider. At 6'3", his hand span is around 14.1% wider than the average for his height. For comparison’s sake, Tony Romo’s hand was measured at 8.88 inches.
share. Mark Brunell stands around the same height as Sanchez but only has a handspan of 9.13 inches. It is measured from the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger. 5 jersey and his white and blue U-State helmet, Love strolls confidently to the line of scrimmage while rubbing his hands together. Favre’s hands were measured by the NFL years ago (from thumb tip to pinkie tip) at 10 3⁄8 inches. I think he fits a team that runs the traditional West Coast offense because he’s got quick feet. When the program's masseuse overheard him lamenting his tiny mitts, and with signing bonuses hanging in the balance, Allen began receiving deep tissue massages to relax and elongate the connective tissue in his right hand.
"As a GM, you always do. At 6'2", his handspan is pretty average for his height.Jared Goff has a handspan of 9 inches, which is slightly below average for a 6'4" man. Jarvis Landry has the same hand span as Kelvin Benjamin who stands 6 inches taller than Landry. Druckenmiller’s hand span measures 11.25 inches and is about 21% wider than the average for his height. "You're gonna hear a lot of: 'I know what they're telling us over here with all this data and all this lousy evidence, but everyone in this room, we all know the facts. Levine Toilolo is 2 inches taller than Gronkowski and yet Toilolo's hand span is 4.6% narrower. I'm about a 9 flat, which is generally last when it comes to starting quarterbacks in the league."
Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott, who played in the same division as Allen and had some of the biggest hands at the Senior Bowl at 9 7/8, fumbled nine times and lost four in 2015. Mack's handspan is around 5% wider than fellow linebacker Chandler Jones, despite Mack being significantly shorter.Aaron Rodgers has a handspan of 9.38 inches. It’s very common for people to confuse handspan with hand length and vice versa. "So to that point it's doubly stupid to use this measurement because the pinkie is useless when it comes to gripping something. At 6'3," his hand span is around 6.4% wider than the average for his height.Tom Brady's hand span measures 9.38 inches. The average handspan of a 6’2" man is around 9.2 inches.At 6’2", Mark Sanchez's handspan ought to be around 9.2 inches; however, it is an impressive 10.50 inches. You can look at this both ways: There are some great quarterbacks in the league that have 10½-inch hands, and there are some great quarterbacks who have 9s, just like myself, that are playing deep in the playoffs. Are you sure that it is more meaningful than Hand Size is to NFL quarterbacks?One strategy for examining your own susceptibility to this type of misuse of information, is to systematically and clearly state the hypothesis for each piece of information you are using, and then look at the data to see if the data supports that hypothesis. One standard measure of quarterback performance is their average yards per attempt (this is by no means a perfect measure of performance, but is adequate for this example).