QB Bryce Young measures 5-10 1/8, 204 pounds at NFL combine

INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, who is one of the top players available in the 2023 NFL draft, has told teams his week at the scouting combine that concerns over his size are misplaced.

Saturday, Young officially measured at 5-foot-10 1/8 and weighed 204 pounds, which would make him the lightest Round 1 quarterback since at least 2006 and one of the shortest passers drafted since the AFL-NFL merger in 1967.

Young, who had been listed at Alabama at 6-foot, 194 pounds, is the No. 1 ranked player by ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay and Scouts Inc. and the No. 4-ranked player on Mel Kiper Jr.'s latest Big Board.

«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 speculate, ask me every question, I'm going to continue to control what I can control, continue to keep working my hardest… I'm confident in myself, I know what I can do.»

Kyler Murray, who was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 draft, measured 5-10 1/8, 207 pounds at the combine that year. Murray is the shortest first-round signal-caller since 1967, and he's tied for the lightest with Johnny Manziel, who was taken No. 22 overall in the 2014 draft. They are the only two quarterbacks drafted in the first round who were under 6-foot. Michael Vick, who was the No. 1 pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 draft, was 6-foot, 210 pounds at the 2001 combine, while Drew Brees was 6-foot, 213 pounds at the 2001 combine before he was the first pick of the second round by the then-San Diego Chargers.

Young's physical dimensions did not impact his career at one of the college football powerhouses in what is considered the best conference in