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Faalele Featured by Bleacher Report
5/20/2019 9:02:00 AM | Football
In his first sit-down interview, Faalele talks about his size, the recruiting process and why he is a Gopher
Courtesy of Bleacher Report.
It's not where Daniel Faalele wants to begin, but when you're 6'9" and close to 400 pounds, it's hard to start anywhere else.
As Minnesota's soon-to-be sophomore right tackle gracefully eases into a chair at the team's football complex, donning an XXXXL maroon golf shirt and size-18 Nikes, he looks resigned to it. He knows the questions are inevitable.
And in truth, it's hard not to ask the questions he has answered his entire life—about his height and weight and how it could all come together to form an athlete we have never seen before.
Read the entire article here.
It's not where Daniel Faalele wants to begin, but when you're 6'9" and close to 400 pounds, it's hard to start anywhere else.
As Minnesota's soon-to-be sophomore right tackle gracefully eases into a chair at the team's football complex, donning an XXXXL maroon golf shirt and size-18 Nikes, he looks resigned to it. He knows the questions are inevitable.
And in truth, it's hard not to ask the questions he has answered his entire life—about his height and weight and how it could all come together to form an athlete we have never seen before.
Read the entire article here.
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