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Even though he was a mere 6 pounds, 9 ounces and 22 inches in length at birth, Lawrence quickly developed into an unusually large kid. The tendency, according to Parker, is for overweight kids to become lazy. Not so with her son, who was much more enamored with pickup basketball games than video challenges. While young Lawrence endured the “cracks” from classmates about his size, he remained steadfast in his pursuit of athletics. He was faster than all of his “little” friends up until middle school. And more agile. “If they could jump over a fence without using their hands, I was going to do the same thing,” Lawrence says of his buddies. “If they could dunk a basketball, I would do the same thing. . . . Because I was big, it wasn’t like I thought, ‘I can’t do that.’ I was still more athletic than almost everybody I was hanging out with.” On Wednesdays throughout his high school career, Lucas says Lawrence and his teammates participated in weight room drills, everything from flyovers to box jumps to hurdle jumps. Lawrence’s agility matched that of running backs, receivers and defensive backs, according to Lucas. Now, as a Clemson junior, Lawrence stands 6-foot-4 and weighs in the neighborhood of 350 pounds. To watch him on just about any play from scrimmage is to admire his mobility, regardless of his size. Never has the word “dexterity” -- pun intended -- been more applicable to a college defensive lineman. “He’s 345 (pounds), but he is muscle,” says Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. “His composition is really good. Then you couple that with his unique agility, ability to change direction, just strength, makes him really, really special.” David Cutcliffe, whose Duke team plays at Clemson Saturday, has watched Lawrence’s development since high school. “His athleticism defies someone that size, always has,” Cutcliffe says. Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article221650790.html#storylink=cpy |
Apparently, so do a bunch of others. TBD
I thought I was the only one
Haha, that's actually what got me to the video of the Wake Forest HS game. Still cool to see him moving around like that though, and running full court basketball games for a 340lb "nose tackle" doesn't seem like a commonplace phenomenon. Somewhat related to that was in the video Eric posted with the interviews with his Clemson coach the Clemson coach went out of his way to highlight and praise the endurance/stamina Lawrence had. The coach had experience in the NFL, and had the experience of witnessing men of that size requiring "breathers" after so many reps, he said he called off Lawrence after 6 reps with "good on good"(Clemson 1's going against each other) and Lawrence came off the field and was barely breathing and said "Why'd you take me out coach, I could have given you 6 more reps like that". Also, said he never wants to leave the field, begs coaches to put him back in the game when he was pulled out.
Any other class he’d be getting a ton more hype ... this draft was so loaded on defense he sort of got lost in the shuffle ... would’ve been fine with him at 6 - he’s a stud
Amen!
Unless you mean try to become pro at it. Which is a ridiculous notion. In terms of height he's a taller PG or shorter SG. Who was the last 350 lb PG you remember making it in the NBA?
That said, very excited about his athleticism.
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Also, said he never wants to leave the field, begs coaches to put him back in the game when he was pulled out.
In contrast to (what I've seen of) Q Williams. Q was gassed during the game against Clemson and was on the bench during a few critical plays.
I'm psyched about Big Dex.
Laurence is heavier, but Barkley was no light weight coming out of college. He entered the NBA draft at 302 lbs, hence his nickname of "the round mound of rebound". His height and weight didn't hinder his career (though he did lose weight later playing in the NBA).