6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
Shannon Sharpe is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
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Shannon Sharpe’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Shannon Sharpe is in the middle of the 95 American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 7 in (17.8 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 8 in (20.3 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 2 in: Jerry Rice and Lamar Jackson.
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
Photo: Staff Sgt Kristi Machado, USAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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