The 2020 NFL Combine in Indianapolis is finally upon us. As Day No. 1 wraps up, that means we can start obsessing over measurables, which most people forget about after a couple of days.
Former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is at the combine for medicals and interviews with teams, but he won’t be participating in any on-field activities.
In today’s measuring, the combine released these numbers for Tagovailoa:
#NFLCombine key measurements thread…
57. #Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa
Height: 6-0
Weight: 217
Hand: 10 (left), 9 7/8 (right)
Arm: 30 4/8
Wingspan: 75 2/8— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) February 24, 2020
The 2018 Heisman finalist’s height has never even a topic of conversation, until now.
Listed at exactly six feet, Tagovailoa is technically on the shorter side. He has been compared to Mike Vick, Johnny Manziel and Kyler Murray – all first-round selections that are considered short for a quarterback.
Granted, it seems like analysts find something wrong with every player’s measurables. For example, the big story out of today is Joe Burrow’s supposedly small hands.
Young quarterbacks have entered the league with high expectations and questionable sizes, most recently Kyler Murray, who was one of the shortest signal callers the league has seen in a while.
It’s important to remember this is all just something to hold everyone over until on-the-field drills, and Tagovailoa’s draft stock will most definitely not be hurt by this.
At the end of the day, regardless of height, weight and hand size, the teams will look at the kind of player he is and what he’s been capable of doing in the past while under Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide.
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