The Height of Every Starting NFL Quarterback

If you laid out all the starting NFL quarterbacks from the 2016 season head-to-toe (most of whom are still starting in 2019), not only would it be an incredibly weird thing to do, but they would equal a 67-yard gain. Specifically, the combined heights of all 32 starting QBs is 201 feet and three inches.

Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler is the league’s tallest signal caller. He’s 6’8”. The shortest is Russell Wilson at 5’11”.

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Wilson is the only starting quarterback under six-feet tall and one of three under 6’2” (Drew Brees 6’0” and Tyrod Taylor 6’1” are the other too).

Ten starting QBs are 6’4”.

Six are 6’2”

And another six are 6’5”

Five stand at 6’3”

So, 27 of the NFL’s 32 starting quarterbacks for 2016 campaign are between 6’2” and 6’5”.

Some teams, like the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh Steelers, have obvious starting quarterbacks. Other teams’ depth charts are a little murky (thank you New York Jets). For those teams, we picked the quarterback that finished the season.

Arizona Cardinals

Carson Palmer, 6’5”

Atlanta Falcons

Matt Ryan, 6’4”

Baltimore Ravens

Joe Flacco, 6’6”

Buffalo Bills

Tyrod Taylor, 6’1”

Carolina Panthers

Cam Newton, 6’5”

Chicago Bears

Jay Cutler, 6’3”

Cincinnati Bengals

Andy Dalton, 6’2”

Cleveland Browns

Robert Griffin III, 6’2”

Dallas Cowboys

Dak Prescott, 6’2”

Denver Broncos

Trevor Siemian, 6’3”

Detroit Lions

Matthew Stafford, 6’3”

Green Bay Packers

Aaron Rodgers, 6’2”

Houston Texans

Brock Osweiler, 6’8”

Indianapolis Colts

Andrew Luck, 6’4”

Jacksonville Jaguars

Blake Bortles, 6’5”

Kansas City Chiefs

Alex Smith, 6’4”

Los Angeles Rams

Jared Goff, 6’4”

Miami Dolphins

Ryan Tannehill, 6’4”

Minnesota Vikings

Teddy Bridgewater, 6’2”

New England Patriots

Tom Brady, 6’4”

New Orleans Saints

Drew Brees, 6’0”

New York Giants

Eli Manning, 6’4”

New York Jets

Ryan Fitzpatrick, 6’2”

Oakland Raiders

Derek Carr, 6’3”

Philadelphia Eagles

Carson Wentz, 6’5”

Pittsburgh Steelers

Ben Roethlisberger, 6’5”

San Diego Chargers

Philip Rivers, 6’5”

San Francisco 49ers

Colin Kaepernick, 6’4”

Seattle Seahawks

Russell Wilson, 5’11”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jameis Winston, 6’4”

Tennessee Titans

Marcus Mariota, 6’4”

Washington Redskins

Kirk Cousins, 6’3”

Notable Backups

Matt Barkley, 6’2”

Sam Bradford, 6’4”

Matt Cassel, 6’4”

Nick Foles, 6’6”

Jimmy Garoppolo, 6’2”

Paxton Lynch, 6’7”

Tony Romo, 6’2”

Mark Sanchez, 6’2”

Matt Schaub, 6’6”

Geno Smith, 6’3”

Even if you include backups, Osweiler and Wilson are still the tallest and smallest QBs respectively. Most NFL backups are between that ideal range of 6’2” and 6’5”—while a few are 6’0” and 6’1”.

The top quarterbacks projected to go in the 2017 NFL Draft all stand 6’2” or taller. The top QB, Mitch Trubisky, is 6’3”. Clemson’s Deshaun Watson is 6’2”.

Returning to the subject of backups, Wilson’s backup is Trevone Boykin. He’s 6’0”. That means Seattle has the shortest quarterbacks in the league.

Flacco, who is the second tallest quarterback in the league, has for his backup, Ryan Mallet. Both quarterbacks are 6’6”. The Ravens have 13 feet of quarterback on their roster.

(All heights are from NFL.com.)