Potential top pick Bryce Young measures similarly to former No. 1 pick Kyler Murray

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Former Alabama quarterback Bryce Young could be selected as next month's first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. 

The 2021 Heisman Trophy winner enters the draft after a spectacular college career and playing in the 2022 national championship game.

(L-R) Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Harold Hadnott attend a game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena Feb. 14, 2023, in Los Angeles.  (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

Young will be competing with Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud to be the first quarterback off the board in April. 

Despite his amazing play at Alabama, Young’s stature has been scrutinized at the NFL Combine. 

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On Saturday, Young officially was listed as 5-feet, 10 ⅛ inches and 204 pounds. 

His weight would make him the lightest quarterback taken in the first round since 2006, and his height would make Young one of the shortest quarterbacks to be drafted since the AFL and NFL merged in 1967. 

The shortest first-round quarterback taken since that year is Kyler Murray. The Arizona Cardinals drafted him with the first pick of the 2019 draft. 

Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals warms up before kickoff against the New England Patriots at State Farm Stadium Dec. 12, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz.  (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Murray measured at 5 feet, 10 and one-eighth inches and 207 pounds. 

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"I've been this size, respectfully, my whole life," Young said. "I know who I am, I know what I can do. For me, it's fair. Everyone can