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NFL World Reacts to Kenny Pickett's Small Hand Size

NFL world has discovered that Kenny Pickett's are smaller than the majority of quarterback's playing in the league.

John Maakaron

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The news is out. 

Quarterback Kenny Pickett waited until the NFL scouting combine to have his hands measured. 

The quarterback acknowledged that his hand size was a topic of conversation in the media much more than in meetings with NFL teams. 

“It’s come up a lot less in meetings than in the media,” Pickett said, via USA Today. “The media asks about it a lot more than the teams do. ... Whatever it measures, it measures. I’m sure that won’t be the end of it, but that’ll be the last measurement I'm sure I'll take of it."

Players hands are measured from the tip of the thumb and across the outstretched hand to the tip of the pinky finger.

Pickett emerged and played quite well his fifth season at the University of Pittsburgh. 

The 23-year-old quarterback completed 67.2% of his passes for 4,319 yards and 42 touchdowns. 

On Thursday morning, it was revealed that Pickett's hand size measured in at 8.5 inches.  

Pickett’s official hand size is smaller than any current quarterback in the league.

Here is a sample of the reaction online to the official news many were waiting for. 

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John Maakaron
JOHN MAAKARON

John Maakaron has covered Detroit Sports since 2013. Brings a vast array of experience covering the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Detroit Mercy Titans, and Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. John brings a wealth of sports broadcast experience. In 2013, John had the vision to establish the Detroit Sports Podcast Network. Has recorded over 3000 podcasts analyzing Detroit Sports. In 2019, Sports Illustrated Media Group, a historical sports media outlet, partnered with Detroit Sports Podcast to provide daily Lions content for their growing and expanding digital media outlet. Our Lions content can also be read in the newspaper at The Oakland  Passionate about Detroit Sports and it is reflected in his coverage of the local teams!

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