Former Pittsburgh Panthers winger and expected first-round attendee Kenny Pickett failed his first assignment at the Senior Bowl in the eyes of some when he vote against measure his hand so he can perform his dual-joint thumb exercises, which will ideally lead to better measured results at the upcoming NFL Combine.
Pitt’s coach Pat Narduzzi spoke to ESPN’s Andrea Adelson on Wednesday and scoffed at the notion that finalist Heisman Trophy might struggle to defend the soccer ball in NFL games due to his alleged oversized bare hands.
“It was all a joke, measure this, measure that,” explains Narduzzi. “If they want to measure anything, what they should do is open heart surgery, go check how big that chest cavity is and how big the heart is inside that chest, if you really want to. analyze what we’re talking about.” ? No one out there is going to play harder and put his all into it than Kenny Pickett. This kid has no flaws. That’s what (reconnaissance) does. Combined too, they will find something else to pick up on him.
“It won’t be a factor.”
For a work published on January 24, Mel Kiper Jr. by ESPN note “some teams may be scared” when they learn about Pickett’s hand size in combination. Kiper,
four CBS Sports analysts and NFL Media’s Daniel Jeremiah However, among many insiders predict such worries will not prevent at least one team from taking the first-round pick to land Pickett on April 28.
Kiper compared Pickett to a “Derek Carr / Andy Dalton combination,” and Charlie Campbell of Walter Football listed former signal caller Pitt as the top prospect for the position in his draft class.
