Perhaps the only thing that has kept Bryce Young from being considered a can’t-miss No. 1 overall prospect in the 2023 NFL Draft has been his size. One coach was blunt in assessing how it may factor in.
Speaking to the media on Monday, Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans, whose team holds the No. 2 overall pick, declared that he doesn’t see Young’s size as a problem.
He said that between Young’s success and his tape, he doesn’t see anything to suggest can’t succeed in the NFL.
“I know there’s a lot of talk about his size, but the guy’s done it at the highest level of college football, and size doesn’t seem to be a problem,” Ryans said, via ProFootballTalk. “I don’t see it as an issue because I watch the tape. You put on the tape, and you see how smart he is – the anticipation, the accuracy, how this guy’s calm in critical moments. When you see those things, size isn’t one of the factors you look at and say, ‘Oh, man, it’s a problem.’ You just look at the track record and see what he’s done in the SEC and how successful he was, and I think he’ll be successful in the NFL as well.”
Ryans went on to say that he believes leadership is the one trait that matters most to him.
DeMeco Ryans: Bryce Young’s size isn’t an issue. https://t.co/4LXLYYo8vj
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 27, 2023
At 5-foot-10 and around 204 pounds, Bryce Young would enter the NFL as one of the smallest quarterbacks in the league alongside Kyler Murray.
Of course, height didn’t stop Murray from going No. 1 overall to the Arizona Cardinals in 2019. Its impact on his playing career has appeared negligible.
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