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Football players come in all sizes, from the massive, like current Arkansas offensive lineman Dan Skipper, to the tiny, like former LSU speedster Trindon Holliday. With that in mind, let’s take a look to see which players were at both ends of the spectrum, short and tall, light and heavy, for each team in the SEC in 2014.
Editors note: All heights and weights come from teams’ official rosters unless otherwise noted.
Alabama
Shortest: WR Daniel Geddes, 5-foot-6
Tallest: OL Dominick Jackson and TE Brian Vogler, 6-foot-7
Lightest: Geddes, 170 pounds
Heaviest: DL Joshua Frazier, 335 pounds
Arkansas
Shortest: RB Connor McPherson, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Dan Skipper, 6-foot-10
Lightest: K Lane Saling, 152 pounds
Heaviest: OL Sebastian Tretola, 350 pounds
Auburn
Shortest: DB Michael Sherwood, 5-foot-8
Tallest: OL Patrick Miller and OL Will Adams, 6-foot-7
Lightest: DB Joe Turner and DB Kalvaraz Bessent, 165 pounds
Heaviest: DL Jeffrey Whitaker, 322 pounds
Florida
Shortest: RB Adam Lane, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Roderick Johnson, DL Alex McCalister, TE Jake McGee, OL Andrew Mike and OL David Sharpe, 6-foot-6
Lightest: K Jorge Powell, 150 pounds
Heaviest: OL Travaris Dorsey, 333 pounds
Georgia
Shortest: WR Isaiah McKenzie and K Tanner Stumpe, 5-foot-8
Tallest: OL Eddie McQuillen, 6-foot-8
Lightest: Stumpe, 161 pounds
Heaviest: OL Greg Pyke, 321 pounds
Kentucky
Shortest: RB William Mahone, RB Boom Williams, WR David Bouvier and K Miles Butler, 5-foot-9
Tallest: OL John Gruenschlaeger, 6-foot-11
Lightest: P Bryan Kirshe, 155 pounds
Heaviest: DL Matt Elam, 375 pounds
LSU
Shortest: WR Miquel James, RB Reshaud Henry, DB Tre’ Sullivan and K Alex Kjellsten, 5-foot-8
Tallest: OL Ethan Pocic, 6-foot-7
Lightest: James, 161 pounds
Heaviest: OL Justin Mikush, 347 pounds
Mississippi State
Shortest: RB Brandon Holloway and K Evan Sobiesk, 5-foot-8
Tallest: OL Damien Robinson, 6-foot-8
Lightest: Holloway, 160 pounds
Heaviest: Robinson, OL Deion Calhoun and DL Nick James, 325 pounds
Missouri
Shortest: RB Ish Witter, 5-foot-8
Tallest: TE Sean Culkin, TE Kendall Blanton, OL Paul Adams, OL Mitch Morse and OL Anthony Gatti, 6-foot-6
Lightest: WR Nicalus Rhone and K Nick Coffman, 170 pounds
Heaviest: OL Kevin Pendleton and OL Mitch Hall, 320 pounds
Ole Miss
Shortest: RB Nathan Vandenburg, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Talbot Buys, 6-foot-8
Lightest: Vandenburg, 160 pounds
Heaviest: OL Aaron Morris, 345 pounds
South Carolina
Shortest: WR Nick Jones and DB Shannon James, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Mason Zandi, 6-foot-9
Lightest: James, 153 pounds
Heaviest: OL Donnell Staley, 346 pounds
Tennessee
Shortest: WR Logan Fentzer and DB Devin Williams, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Dontavius Blair, 6-foot-8
Lightest: DB David Priddy, 17o pounds
Heaviest: DL Charles Mosley, 370 pounds
Texas A&M*
Shortest: RB Chance Gray, 5-foot-7
Tallest: OL Ryan Lindblade and OL Joseph Cheek, 6-foot-7
Lightest: WR Josch Motley, 164 pounds
Heaviest: OL Jarvis Harrison and OL Chad Loitz, 325 pounds
Vanderbilt
Shortest: S Ryan White, DB Darrius Sims, WR Trey Ellis and DB Tauren Ferguson, 5-foot-9
Tallest: Q Stephen Rivers, OL Will Holden and TE Blake Fromang, 6-foot-7
Lightest: Ellis, 165 pounds
Heaviest: OL Bailey Granier, 345 pounds
*Roster from ESPN.com
A former freelance journalist from Philadelphia, Brett has made the trek down to SEC country to cover the greatest conference in college football.
