Brohm's arm length to be put under the microscope at Indy
With the Indianapolis Scouting Combine just one week away NFL teams are preparing themselves to put their targeted prospects under the microscope in the process of their scouting evaluation.
Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm is one of the Drafts top rated quarterbacks and is listed at 6-3 which is a good height for an NFL prospect, but his lack of ideal arm length won't go unnoticed by the NFL teams next week. After watching Brohm play over the past few years, I was very impressed with his overall play and had little doubt that he has the ability to make it at the next level, but I also wondered if his release point was the reason he had so many balls (101 in three years) deflected or batted down near the line of scrimmage.
After doing a little research, I discovered that Brohm's arm length (29 5/8) is two to three inches shorter than what scouts and NFL teams like for the quarterback position and the reason for all the passes he's had deflected or batted down over the years. Brohm's short arms make his release point that of a shorter quarterback.
The NFL team that selects Brohm in the upcoming Draft can work on helping him use a more compact delivery and improve his release point, but there is nothing they can do to make his arms longer than what they are.
-Al Fronczak
