INDIANAPOLIS — When the 9-inch hand measurement came out, it was only a matter of time for Joe Burrow. Even the consensus No. 1 player in the draft — with arguably the greatest college football season in history backing him — couldn’t quell the unquenchable appetite of social media or NFL teams when it comes to declaring what a number means.
“There’s not many guys with hands that size who have made it,” an AFC evaluator said just a few hours later, tucked in a booth for lunch at the NFL scouting combine.