Height: 6'0 7/8" - This value is over one inch shorter than his height as listed in the media guide. Everyone knows media guides embellish on physical dimensions, but when it comes to potential professional quarterbacks, this number gets evaluated closely. The common "threshold" that is often referenced is 6'2" although there are signal callers less than that height that play professionally. More on that later.
Weight: 199 lbs - McCartney's media guide weight was listed as 200 lbs. Nothing significant here.
Hand: 8 3/4" - For quarterbacks, there is supposedly a minimum cutoff hand size (who knew?) of 9", desired of 9.5" and a preferable size of 10". The average hand size of an NFL quarterback is 9.6". While many may say a quarterback can offset less than ideal height with speed, hand size is actually a more important measure. So much so that a quarterback's "hand/height ratio" is often evaluated. McCartney's is (8.75/72.875)* 100 = 12.0. For comparison, Russell Wilson = 14.44, Drew Brees = 14.24, Tony Romo = 12.31, Jimmy Garoppolo = 12.12
Vertical: 32.5" - Fifth of the six quarterbacks that performed this test.
5/10/5 Shuttle: 4.43 - This time was in the middle among the five quarterbacks at Saturday's event.
40 Hand: 4.83. 40 Laser: 4.87 - Anyone that watched McCartney scramble over his years as a Golden Ram knows that he's not a burner, but he knew how to pick his spots. Like the shuttle, this time was at the midpoint of the signal callers in attendance on Saturday.
Of course McCartney possesses several immeasurable qualities like leadership, confidence and poise. Hopefully the measurements above are enough for pro teams to get to the point where they will evaluate those qualities.
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