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DeForest Buckner Has the Largest Hands in NFL Combine History

11 3/4 inches.

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Former Oregon Ducks star DeForest Buckner is a very large man. He was measured at the NFL Combine, and has already tied a league record of sorts.

That's right, at 11 and 3/4 inches Buckner ties with with Gosder Cherilus of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for largest hands on record. Several pundits have pointed out that is is the same height as a standard sheet of paper. No other defensive lineman at the combine had hands even cracking 11 inches.

Buckner is also 6-7 and 291 pounds. He's a potential top 5 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, and he's proud of those hands.