Quarterbacks with small hands don’t fumble more than quarterbacks with big hands

New Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix has some of the largest hands of the QBs in the 2024 draft at 10 1/8”, but Joe Milton (10 1/5”) and Michael Penix (10 1/2”) have larger hands. Penix has some of the largest hands ever for a QB at the combine. Of NFL QBs who have started a game, only Juck Druckenmiller, Ryan Mallett, Nick Foles, Cody Kessler, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Will Levis and Dak Prescott have bigger hands.

If we look at the plot of height vs hand size for many QBs at the NFL combine we can see where the QBs from the 2024 draft fall.