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My senior year, our backup noseguard (this was a small school, and our starting NG was better at offense than defense, so he played a lot) had a habit of laying out massive offensive lineman. As a friend put it, “That was 160 lbs of crazy taking out 300 lbs of fat.”

This was a 5'10 200 pound dude, knocking a 6'6 265 pound refrigerator full of beer out of the game. Earl Thomas is a baaaaaad man.