How Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss can buck the trend of short starting QBs in NFL

The 2018 quarterback draft class will go down as a historic one for a number of reasons. It produced multiple MVPs, a Super Bowl champion, and a PFWA Rookie of the Year, none of whom were the same person. It was also the start of an interesting trend that's swept through the NFL ever since – the shorter quarterback. From the AFL-NFL merger announced in 1966 up until the 2018 draft, only one quarterback shorter than 6-foot-3 went No. 1 overall. That quarterback was Michael Vick in 2001, and it's safe to say it wasn't his work as a passer that got him drafted there.

Then came the 6-foot-tall Baker Mayfield. Fresh off a Heisman campaign at Oklahoma, the Browns made Mayfield the No. 1 overall pick in 2018 over the likes of 6-3 Sam Darnold (No. 3 overall), 6-5 Josh Allen (No. 7), 6-4 Josh Rosen (No. 10), and 6-2 Lamar Jackson (No. 32). While not a bad athlete by any means, Mayfield was being coveted purely because of his passing ability in a frame that had never been coveted that highly before. The early returns were gangbusters as he broke the rookie passing touchdown record with 27.

Mayfield's…

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