Mizzou's Franklin took unusual route to QB
Source: Big 12 Football Blog - Aug 19, 2011 at 11:18 AM
James Franklin kept pleading. He kept hearing no.
First, he was too big.
"I was a little chubby, but I was taller than a lot of the other kids, too," he said.
In sixth grade, he weighed in at 185 pounds, 50 pounds over the 135-pound limit for his age group in Missouri, but was still allowed to play.
He played everywhere but quarterback in the fifth grade, his first year playing the game, but his gig in sixth grade?
Right tackle and defensive end. He wanted to be a quarterback.
"I’d always ask about it and they’d never let me play," he said. He was better suited elsewhere, they told
First, he was too big.
"I was a little chubby, but I was taller than a lot of the other kids, too," he said.
In sixth grade, he weighed in at 185 pounds, 50 pounds over the 135-pound limit for his age group in Missouri, but was still allowed to play.
He played everywhere but quarterback in the fifth grade, his first year playing the game, but his gig in sixth grade?
Right tackle and defensive end. He wanted to be a quarterback.
"I’d always ask about it and they’d never let me play," he said. He was better suited elsewhere, they told
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