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Man he's a big guy in that picture in the first post
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The fall of 2002 was the last year schools were permitted to bring Freshman in early. They started practice two days ahead of the rest of the squad. I was there for the class of '02s initial practice.
I was blown away overall by how big the kids were - not at all what I remembered kids just out of HS looking like. But I recall Richardson in particular. He was towards the 'lean' side ('lean' like an NBA forward) but he had the perfect frame for a DE. Just needed time to add the weight.
Not to go too far off topic, but the other thing I recall from that practice was JT spending almost the entire time working one-on-one with his prize QB recruit - Justin Zwick. Smith was nowhere in sight.