Not Easy Being a Big Man in the NFL [Video]

Langston Walker talks about the ups and downs of being a Big Man in the NFL in this video. You see these 6′8″ 340lb goliaths pulling their weight fairly easily on TV, but you don’t realize that their average life span is only 50-something and they have to work hard after football to keep the weight off…or risk dying very young.

I didn’t know who Langston was before this video (courtesy of ESPN), but I really like his down-to-earth personality. He illustrates that the giants of the gridiron have a lot of insecurities about their size.

Oh, and watch him squeeze into a MINI Cooper. We have a friend who is 6′5″ and pushing 300lbs fit into our MINI once, but it was a very tight fit.

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