Saw this on twitter from Cerrone… it’s true! You’re telling that’s the difference in being a great tackle and not?
March 27, 2025
Give me Will Campbell all day! He’s a football player and knows how to play. I think he’ll be a great LT!
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The amount i have learned about this man’s arm length is insane.
I love Cerrone Battle. He is the best thing that happened to The Sports Hub in a long time.
I don´t want any T-rex tackles protecting our saviour QB.
Jokes aside, if we look at his tape from college he only surrendered 5 sacks in 3 years. I will take that all day long. He seems like a leader and he can play. I would prefer Hunter or Carter , but if not them, Campbell seems like a great pick.
Football is known as a battle of inches for a reason
Successful wingspan in NFL is 80 inches at tackle and he’s 3 inches short of that regardless of arm length. Vrabel drafting Skoronski at 11 to play tackle and being forced to move him to guard is a cautionary example of how that can go.
It’s his width that’s the issue. He’s 4 inches narrower than slater still with his measurements and slater is small for a tackle
It’s not about the half inch difference in arm length, it’s about the multi inch difference in wingspan. He can be great in college but the NFL is bigger and tougher than that. The draft is a big gamble anyway, so when the numbers show that only 1 out of hundreds of guys with his arms end up a great OT, then why use your lottery pick on him at #4
I am not sure why this is an issue honestly. His arms grew from 32 5/8 to 33 inches in between combine and pro day. Assuming the growth rate slows down, is it crazy to think his arms will be at least 35 inches by the time September rolls around?
I try to tell my wife this all the time.
I demand Will Campbell be broken on the wheel on livestream until such time as he measures out acceptably.
If he were to be successful at this arm length he’d be bucking like a 35 year trend. I don’t want them taking chances.
Measurements aren’t math lol The only thing they have in common is they both include numbers.
Drafting is an inexact science, even the “safe” prospects bust sometimes. Fact is, there hasn’t been an OT with a wingspan as small as Campbell’s since 1999. And his arm length is either as low as it possibly could be or below the generally accepted threshold. If he’s successful, he’ll be an outlier. Exceptions to the rule happen but it’s silly to bet on them. It’s as simple as that.
Personally I like his tape enough to say I think he can play T. But the value at 4 is poor and there is a relatively high chance he won’t be able to play T.
For the oline experts here: how short would his arm length have to be to cede, it’s not good enough to play tackle against the most freak athletes on the planet?
32.5? 32?
In the last 25 years there hasn’t been a pro bowl tackle with arms shorter than 33″
Thresholds get memed on and waved off as no big deal every spring leading up to the draft but I guess my biggest hiccup with dismissing it outright is if it were so negligible and unimportant, why are there so few exceptions?
And this isn’t Will Campbell specific, but generally, I would think if arm length and wingspan are as negligible as we hear, why isn’t there more data to back that up?
For a the average person this is insignificant, but these are the top .001 of athletes, it matters.
They’re trying to give this dude permanent body dysmorphia. He’s gonna look in the mirror and start seeing kangaroo arms.
People continue to hyper focus on the arm length thing ignoring his scouting report is not pristine. He is not a blue chip prospect that is getting knocked down because his arms are shorter than average for the position. He is a flawed prospect that is possibly the best in a weak class. I don’t know if he will be a good LT or not, maybe he will, and I won’t be angry if we draft him, but characterizing him as a sure thing that is only being held back by measurables is not accurate. His tape has question marks in it, but as has been discussed to death, much like his arm length, no one beyond Carter and Hunter deserves blue chip in this draft. If they draft him at 4 I’ll be fine with it.
When math doesn’t support “common sense” then maybe your common sense is wrong
How long are your pinky toe nails?
His wing span is also 6 inches too short
Is that guy not trimming his pinky toe nail? Half and inch would be crazy
He just looks like a guard
I keep imagining him trying to block Myles Garrett and TJ Watt and it never ends well.
While it does seem crazy that a short little distance makes a difference, the numbers speak for themselves. There hasn’t been a Pro Bowl or All Pro tackle with arms shorter than 33 inches in something like 25 years.
That difference in arm length is Eli getting sacked
Just sayin’
Problem is, that’s a few cms below average, it’s a few cms below the basement acceptable length. That’s like saying a few points on a test don’t mean much in the grand scheme, but them being the difference between a D and an F.
For the record, I’m on the fence about him. He’s got ideal football character and is an excellent lineman. But this isnt really about being 3/8 if an inch off or whatever. It’s being 1.5 inches off from being even average at a position where arm length does correlate to success.
If you just think he’d be worth taking even as a guard, I’d hear you out. But if the idea is that wed be taking a franchise LT at 4, I think the arms are a very real concern.
Now do his wingspan Cerrone
Some of yall are really missing the points that
1. 33 inches is already well below the ideal, with only a small handful of guys successful with arms that short. 2. His shoulders are narrow AF, making his overall wingspan very short. Literally would be the shortest for any starting OT since the NFL started tracking wingspan measurements. 3. He is far from the first very good college tackle to run into this problem.
All that being said, at this point I somewhat expect us to draft him at 4 regardless.
That sure looks like 6 inches to me.
Really it’s like an inch + that’s he’s short. 33 is the minimum, not the typical number.
I’m not totally opposed to giving him a shot based on the tape, but I generally find this argument to be wrong.
All pros & Super bowl champion Patriot tackle arm lengths Bruce Armstrong-32-3/4 Matt Light- 33-1/2″ Nick Kaczur 31-7/8″
Cant we put in a stretcher to get that 1/2 in
As others have mentioned, it’s the wingspan + arm length that’s the issue.
Do the evaluators know about shrinkage?
Dude needs to trim his toe nails if that’s how long his pinky toe’s nail is. Yikes
Who is the last All Pro LT with sub 33″ arms?
Will Campbell Pro Bowl Left Tackle Patriots Incoming…
Don’t be afraid to call him out, everyone knows Will Campbell has bad breath and that is why he will never be an all pro LT.
ESPN came out and said, no all pro left tackles have ever had bad breath.
Isn’t football referred to as game of inches?
What tape measures do yall own? Thats atleast 3 inches…
44 comments
The amount i have learned about this man’s arm length is insane.
I love Cerrone Battle. He is the best thing that happened to The Sports Hub in a long time.
I don´t want any T-rex tackles protecting our saviour QB.
Jokes aside, if we look at his tape from college he only surrendered 5 sacks in 3 years. I will take that all day long. He seems like a leader and he can play. I would prefer Hunter or Carter , but if not them, Campbell seems like a great pick.
Football is known as a battle of inches for a reason
Successful wingspan in NFL is 80 inches at tackle and he’s 3 inches short of that regardless of arm length. Vrabel drafting Skoronski at 11 to play tackle and being forced to move him to guard is a cautionary example of how that can go.
It’s his width that’s the issue. He’s 4 inches narrower than slater still with his measurements and slater is small for a tackle
It’s not about the half inch difference in arm length, it’s about the multi inch difference in wingspan. He can be great in college but the NFL is bigger and tougher than that. The draft is a big gamble anyway, so when the numbers show that only 1 out of hundreds of guys with his arms end up a great OT, then why use your lottery pick on him at #4
I am not sure why this is an issue honestly. His arms grew from 32 5/8 to 33 inches in between combine and pro day. Assuming the growth rate slows down, is it crazy to think his arms will be at least 35 inches by the time September rolls around?
I try to tell my wife this all the time.
I demand Will Campbell be broken on the wheel on livestream until such time as he measures out acceptably.
If he were to be successful at this arm length he’d be bucking like a 35 year trend. I don’t want them taking chances.
Measurements aren’t math lol The only thing they have in common is they both include numbers.
Drafting is an inexact science, even the “safe” prospects bust sometimes. Fact is, there hasn’t been an OT with a wingspan as small as Campbell’s since 1999. And his arm length is either as low as it possibly could be or below the generally accepted threshold. If he’s successful, he’ll be an outlier. Exceptions to the rule happen but it’s silly to bet on them. It’s as simple as that.
Personally I like his tape enough to say I think he can play T. But the value at 4 is poor and there is a relatively high chance he won’t be able to play T.
For the oline experts here: how short would his arm length have to be to cede, it’s not good enough to play tackle against the most freak athletes on the planet?
32.5? 32?
In the last 25 years there hasn’t been a pro bowl tackle with arms shorter than 33″
Thresholds get memed on and waved off as no big deal every spring leading up to the draft but I guess my biggest hiccup with dismissing it outright is if it were so negligible and unimportant, why are there so few exceptions?
And this isn’t Will Campbell specific, but generally, I would think if arm length and wingspan are as negligible as we hear, why isn’t there more data to back that up?
For a the average person this is insignificant, but these are the top .001 of athletes, it matters.
They’re trying to give this dude permanent body dysmorphia. He’s gonna look in the mirror and start seeing kangaroo arms.
People continue to hyper focus on the arm length thing ignoring his scouting report is not pristine. He is not a blue chip prospect that is getting knocked down because his arms are shorter than average for the position. He is a flawed prospect that is possibly the best in a weak class. I don’t know if he will be a good LT or not, maybe he will, and I won’t be angry if we draft him, but characterizing him as a sure thing that is only being held back by measurables is not accurate. His tape has question marks in it, but as has been discussed to death, much like his arm length, no one beyond Carter and Hunter deserves blue chip in this draft. If they draft him at 4 I’ll be fine with it.
When math doesn’t support “common sense” then maybe your common sense is wrong
How long are your pinky toe nails?
His wing span is also 6 inches too short
Is that guy not trimming his pinky toe nail? Half and inch would be crazy
He just looks like a guard
I keep imagining him trying to block Myles Garrett and TJ Watt and it never ends well.
While it does seem crazy that a short little distance makes a difference, the numbers speak for themselves. There hasn’t been a Pro Bowl or All Pro tackle with arms shorter than 33 inches in something like 25 years.
That difference in arm length is Eli getting sacked
Just sayin’
Problem is, that’s a few cms below average, it’s a few cms below the basement acceptable length. That’s like saying a few points on a test don’t mean much in the grand scheme, but them being the difference between a D and an F.
For the record, I’m on the fence about him. He’s got ideal football character and is an excellent lineman. But this isnt really about being 3/8 if an inch off or whatever. It’s being 1.5 inches off from being even average at a position where arm length does correlate to success.
If you just think he’d be worth taking even as a guard, I’d hear you out. But if the idea is that wed be taking a franchise LT at 4, I think the arms are a very real concern.
Now do his wingspan Cerrone
Some of yall are really missing the points that
1. 33 inches is already well below the ideal, with only a small handful of guys successful with arms that short.
2. His shoulders are narrow AF, making his overall wingspan very short. Literally would be the shortest for any starting OT since the NFL started tracking wingspan measurements.
3. He is far from the first very good college tackle to run into this problem.
All that being said, at this point I somewhat expect us to draft him at 4 regardless.
That sure looks like 6 inches to me.
Really it’s like an inch + that’s he’s short. 33 is the minimum, not the typical number.
I’m not totally opposed to giving him a shot based on the tape, but I generally find this argument to be wrong.
All pros & Super bowl champion Patriot tackle arm lengths
Bruce Armstrong-32-3/4
Matt Light- 33-1/2″
Nick Kaczur 31-7/8″
Cant we put in a stretcher to get that 1/2 in
As others have mentioned, it’s the wingspan + arm length that’s the issue.
Do the evaluators know about shrinkage?
Dude needs to trim his toe nails if that’s how long his pinky toe’s nail is. Yikes
Who is the last All Pro LT with sub 33″ arms?
Will Campbell Pro Bowl Left Tackle Patriots Incoming…
Don’t be afraid to call him out, everyone knows Will Campbell has bad breath and that is why he will never be an all pro LT.
ESPN came out and said, no all pro left tackles have ever had bad breath.
Isn’t football referred to as game of inches?
What tape measures do yall own? Thats atleast 3 inches…
That could’ve saved my last relationship