Class of 2024 superstar recruit.

Submitted by foreverbluemaize on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDllYLasHxU I saw this on TLC and could not help getting excited about this 3 yr old kid. Dad is a big M fan and if you watch through the whole clip you can see the boy's room fully dressd out in UM garb. On the show Dad mentions that he would love for his boy to play football at UM. The boy was compared to Micheal Phelps and in the show they say that he would probably be able to do everything that Phelps did if he decides he wants to. Hopefully RR sees this and starts to recruit him in the next few years.
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Blazefire

June 26th, 2009 at 11:02 PM ^

Kids like that have come along before. Often they're strong as children but not really that much stronger than others as adults. Their muscles just develop more quickly. Still, glad he's a Michigan fan.

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BlockM

June 26th, 2009 at 11:21 PM ^

There have been strong toddlers before, but this kid has a medical condition that causes his body to build much more muscle and not retain fat. Not saying that he'll be some sort of freak athlete, but since he's the only toddler in the world diagnosed with this condition, I don't think kids like this have come along before...

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The Original Seth

June 26th, 2009 at 11:34 PM ^

see also: Todd Marinovich. Crazy stories about him doing isometrics at age three, practicing throwing footballs and shooting basketballs multiple hours a day. Though I guess Todd didn't have quite this 'advantage.' Seems like a good set of parents, down-to-earth and everything. Good stuff.

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The Original Seth

June 27th, 2009 at 9:17 AM ^

Yeah, you know what I mean, though. This SI article details some of the wild shit Marv had him doing: What's fascinating about Marinovich, a 6'4½", 212-pound lefthanded redhead, is that he is, in a real sense, America's first test-tube athlete. He has never eaten a Big Mac or an Oreo or a Ding Dong. When he went to birthday parties as a kid, he would take his own cake and ice cream to avoid sugar and refined white flour. He would eat homemade catsup, prepared with honey. He did consume beef but not the kind injected with hormones. He ate only unprocessed dairy products. He teethed on frozen kidney. When Todd was one month old, Marv was already working on his son's physical conditioning. He stretched his hamstrings. Pushups were next. Marv invented a game in which Todd would try to lift a medicine ball onto a kitchen counter. Marv also put him on a balance beam. Both activites grew easier when Todd learned to walk. There was a football in Todd's crib from day one. "Not a real NFL ball," says Marv. "That would be sick; it was a stuffed ball."

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Big Boutros

June 27th, 2009 at 12:01 AM ^

What a cute kid. It's amazing that the human body could be capable of such an "enviable" condition considering the innumerable maladies that so many people have. I think the most important message in Liam's case is that we are grateful that his parents are such loving and well-balanced people with only his best interests in mind, and that we hope Liam himself is not hurt in any way by his condition.

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jmblue

June 27th, 2009 at 12:48 AM ^

Interesting. I just hope his dad doesn't become one of those overbearing parents who tries to live out his athletic fantasies through his son.

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