09-15-2016, 09:05 PM
(09-15-2016, 08:14 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Yessir.
Jamarcus Russell's longest throw on record was 82 yds in the air. He has/had one of the strongest arms ever.
EDIT: My mistake. After some more thought, it was Byron Leftwich that i remember seeing in one of those QB throwing competitions. So it was probably more like 72 yds.
I've seen a video of Russell, in high school, and it appears he throws the ball about 78 yards in the air.
Flacco and Cardale Jones both on video throwing it 74 yards.
When I googled "longest NFL throw ever" I saw a link to a deadspin podcast on the subject. Didn't listen to the podcast, so I'm not sure what the distance was, but apparently Vinny Testaverde threw it the longest. Apparently the podcast mentioned that somewhere around 80% of QBs can throw it 60-70 yards.
Couldn't find much else on the subject. Probably because very rarely is a QB going to need to air it out that far.
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