Florida's 7-Foot-9 Center Reportedly Tried to Play Football for Gators originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

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. “I like the idea,” Gators basketball coach Todd Golden said at a booster event Thursday, per the Associated Press .”I give them credit for trying it.”

Florida center Olivier Rioux, the tallest teenager in the world, dipped his toe into life as a two-sport athlete. Rioux recently threw on a helmet and pads to work out for the football team, according to the Associated Press.