Posted on 11/19/2013 6:28:19 AM PST by shove_it
One way to think of it, he’s carrying around about 40 five pound sacks of potatoes larded around his body.
Yeah, I know. I think he could make it at offensive tackle though, but he needs to lose 75 pounds or so.
My son played college football and was a defensive end, long snapper and also wedge blocker on the kickoff return team. He ran a 4.62 forty and used his speed and strength (he squatted 560 and power cleaned 350) to get by those big offensive tackles. In his last season, he went up against a guy who was 6'-8" and 330 lbs in one game and still managed to get by him for a sack and four tackles.
Yes, especially when the college boys nail him at the line, on the knees. He will be lucky to last.
Put him at fullback and fake to him on any play he’s not carrying. Three-four guys are going to go for that fake; if they don’t, keep giving him the ball until they do.
I agree. LOL
yup and yup
In 1957, Banning High School in Wilmington CA(South Los Angeles) fielded a football team with a 350 lb Samoan kid as defensive center — the heaviest high school football player in the USA. He was so big that he could only bend half way over. The offensive centers he was up against weighed an average of 160 to 180 lbs.
Many times, when the ball was hiked, he just stuck his arm out and shoved the offensive linemen over, creating a hole that the linebacker shot through, sacking the opposing quarterback. I remember only one occasion in which he played offense and carried the ball; the 180 lb defenders tried to tackle him high and just bounced off. It was exciting football for Banning fans.
Needless to say, Banning had a couple of winning seasons, taking the the all-Los-Angeles crown.
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