Florida football had wild plans for 7-foot-9 basketball star Olivier Rioux

Florida football had wild plans for 7-foot-9 basketball star Olivier Rioux

Florida's football coach brought in Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman basketball player for the Gators, to work out with the hope that he could help block field goals and extra points.

Florida Football Unveils Bold Plan to Feature World’s Tallest Teenager in Stunning Strategy Shakeup

In one of the most unconventional crossover experiments in recent college football memory, the Florida Gators recently put their own towering secret weapon to the test: 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, officially recognized as the world’s tallest teenager. Rioux, a freshman center on the Florida men’s basketball team and a standout for Canada’s Under-19 national squad, briefly traded his sneakers for cleats and stepped onto the football field for a one-o…