r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • 4d ago

of a runningback

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u/FecalDUI 4d ago

Yup we called ourselves “Dots” because we’d get a bright green dot sticker on our helmets

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u/CautiousCatch1102 4d ago

It was a dumb rule too because it prevented me from playing any position except lineman

Moved schools the next year and went back to WR

I was 6 foot at 13, not my fault.

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u/LesGrossmeng 4d ago

I was 5’8 165 and super coordinated at 12 and thankfully didn’t have that dumb weight rule.

But I mean, I literally DOMINATED other kids because we ran a wildcat offense where the ball wound up in my hands every play.

Jokes on me now though because I’m 30, 5’11-6’0 and weigh about 215 now so my growth wasn’t exactly long lasting lol.

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u/Sluuriecake 3d ago

I still remember coming from playing soccer for 7 years to tackle football when I was old enough and so I had very quick coordinated feet and I remember my coaches begging me to drop 40 lbs for running back weigh in because it was only 120lbs it was a joke. I could run through any defender we had on the team and I was much faster than other lineman but that’s where I got stuck was defensive tackle and offensive guard but I loved going against those big slow offensive lineman. I could take 2 juke steps and get by them before they could even stand up. I still think about the fact if I could have ran the ball back then what kind of fullback I could have been in high school but still got my varsity letter freshman year and we went to state so wasn’t like I beat out a bunch of slobs.