I read the measures of Maxx Williams in regards to length of arms and size of hands.. Those hand sizes are pretty big but lead me to do just a little bit of reading on this and found it interesting.. A bit nerdy info that interests a person like me who likes history and science. Maxx's hands at 10 3/8 inches are a measure from the edge of the pinky to the edge of the thumb, when the hand is extended. Those are about the same as Jordan Matthews, a WR from the Eagles who had the largest hands in the draft for his position in that last 4-5 years.
Some observable things have more to do with their size in height, in relation to the largeness of the hands, that is so impressive.. The average NFL QB has a hand size of just over 9 1/2 inches.... Drew Brees and Russell Wilson are at or under 6 foot yet have hands that measure 10 1/4 inches in that form of measurement. Colin Kaepernick has smaller hands at 9 1/4 and Tony Romo has real small hands as QB at 8 7/8 inches. Both those guys taller than Brees and Wilson.. Favre had huge hands as they were the same size as Maxx's. Daunte Culpepper was much bigger and taller but had average size hands but small relative to his height and weight.. Aaron Rodgers are about average to the NFL QB. Just interesting as it doesnt measure success.
The interesting science in hand size is picking how you want to measure it.. A guy with large palms and short fingers could make a huge fist, yet not have big hands according to how the NFL measures this. I have 9 1/2 inch hands, according to the NFL style measure, at just under 6-2 yet small palms so my fist would be small but have longer fingers to compensate to get that measure. Some has to do with the flexibility of the fingers to extend out to get that measure, as well. So I wonder if that is a true reflection of hand size but it is the accepted measure. Even with my small hands, I could palm a basketball but LAUGHABLE compared to a person like Dr J, Connie Hawkins, Shaq, Michael Jordan, Magic, and LeBron who look like they are holding a grapefruit when holding a basketball. Ungodly long fingers and big hands on those guys. Some baseball pitchers can hold multiple baseballs in one hand and have huge hands as well, that is impressive.
As far as arm length, I dont know if I read this correctly. I read different articles that I could find and it seems that the length is measured from the shoulder blade to where the wrist meets the hand... Again, so much is relative to the height of a person.. Historically, people would use reach as a measure of arm length... On an average person, their height EQUALS their reach from middle finger tip to other middle finger tip, when arms are extended. The problem with reach is it includes the expanse of the chest.. One especially impressive individual was Sonny Liston the heavyweight boxer who died in 1970.. Liston's height was 6-1 so his reach should have been roughly 73 inches, if he was an average person.. His reach was actually 84 inches which means he had incredibly long arms and wide shoulders, relative to his size. In the NBA, Manute Bol had the longest arms ever and I think they were close or over 100 inches in reach.. But he was 7-7 in height.
I think Ryan Clady, OT of the Broncos, has the longest arms in professional football.. They measured each arm between 36 and 37 inches, which is pretty long. Mike Evans, WR for Tampa Bay, had 35 inch arms which is the longest for NFL receivers. Ironically Evans doesn't have real large hands though. If a person has big palms and long fingers, that could be a huge wingspan if you are adding that long of arms from the shoulder
Anyways, enough anatomical "NERDINESS" for the day.. Hand size and arm size arent indicators of success, necessarily. Herman Johnson, an OG from LSU had close to 12 inch hands and he is not all pro yet. Jim Druckenmiller, a QB from Virginia Tech had 11 1/2 inch hands as a number one pick from the 49ers years ago, started one game for SF, and was out of the NFL after a short career.. Another Va Tech QB, Michael Vick, had small hands and still is in the league with his mobility. Hands and arm sizes dont mean success but it is interesting to read about it.
This post was edited on 2/19 2:46 PM by Vifan
Some observable things have more to do with their size in height, in relation to the largeness of the hands, that is so impressive.. The average NFL QB has a hand size of just over 9 1/2 inches.... Drew Brees and Russell Wilson are at or under 6 foot yet have hands that measure 10 1/4 inches in that form of measurement. Colin Kaepernick has smaller hands at 9 1/4 and Tony Romo has real small hands as QB at 8 7/8 inches. Both those guys taller than Brees and Wilson.. Favre had huge hands as they were the same size as Maxx's. Daunte Culpepper was much bigger and taller but had average size hands but small relative to his height and weight.. Aaron Rodgers are about average to the NFL QB. Just interesting as it doesnt measure success.
The interesting science in hand size is picking how you want to measure it.. A guy with large palms and short fingers could make a huge fist, yet not have big hands according to how the NFL measures this. I have 9 1/2 inch hands, according to the NFL style measure, at just under 6-2 yet small palms so my fist would be small but have longer fingers to compensate to get that measure. Some has to do with the flexibility of the fingers to extend out to get that measure, as well. So I wonder if that is a true reflection of hand size but it is the accepted measure. Even with my small hands, I could palm a basketball but LAUGHABLE compared to a person like Dr J, Connie Hawkins, Shaq, Michael Jordan, Magic, and LeBron who look like they are holding a grapefruit when holding a basketball. Ungodly long fingers and big hands on those guys. Some baseball pitchers can hold multiple baseballs in one hand and have huge hands as well, that is impressive.
As far as arm length, I dont know if I read this correctly. I read different articles that I could find and it seems that the length is measured from the shoulder blade to where the wrist meets the hand... Again, so much is relative to the height of a person.. Historically, people would use reach as a measure of arm length... On an average person, their height EQUALS their reach from middle finger tip to other middle finger tip, when arms are extended. The problem with reach is it includes the expanse of the chest.. One especially impressive individual was Sonny Liston the heavyweight boxer who died in 1970.. Liston's height was 6-1 so his reach should have been roughly 73 inches, if he was an average person.. His reach was actually 84 inches which means he had incredibly long arms and wide shoulders, relative to his size. In the NBA, Manute Bol had the longest arms ever and I think they were close or over 100 inches in reach.. But he was 7-7 in height.
I think Ryan Clady, OT of the Broncos, has the longest arms in professional football.. They measured each arm between 36 and 37 inches, which is pretty long. Mike Evans, WR for Tampa Bay, had 35 inch arms which is the longest for NFL receivers. Ironically Evans doesn't have real large hands though. If a person has big palms and long fingers, that could be a huge wingspan if you are adding that long of arms from the shoulder
Anyways, enough anatomical "NERDINESS" for the day.. Hand size and arm size arent indicators of success, necessarily. Herman Johnson, an OG from LSU had close to 12 inch hands and he is not all pro yet. Jim Druckenmiller, a QB from Virginia Tech had 11 1/2 inch hands as a number one pick from the 49ers years ago, started one game for SF, and was out of the NFL after a short career.. Another Va Tech QB, Michael Vick, had small hands and still is in the league with his mobility. Hands and arm sizes dont mean success but it is interesting to read about it.
This post was edited on 2/19 2:46 PM by Vifan
