The world’s tallest teenager is trying his hand at football. Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center who played for the Under-19 Canadian national team this summer, recently worked out for the Gators’ football team.

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.