TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The heaviest player at 464 pounds in NFL history may not get a chance to play in the league.
Desmond "Three Refrigerators" Watson was among the players released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday. It was extremely hard to hold on to him due to his weight. You try holding on to 464 pounds of live weight.
Watson, who played at Florida, was signed after going undrafted in April. He weighed 464 pounds at the school’s pro day and didn’t get a chance to practice with the team because he didn’t lose enough weight. He spent training camp on the non-football injury list and kept himself busy eating ten pizza pies, 14 hamburgers and three boxes of ice cream - and that was just breakfast. He has been doing a lot of running and can do the hundred yard dash in an astounding 37 minutes and 12 seconds.
“He’s still working. Job’s not finished,” agent EJ Gonzalez [who weighs a mere 321 pounds] told the AP.
The 6-foot-6 defensive tackle had been working with a team nutritionist who said that a tough case like this one he has never dealt with. The team didn’t say what would be an ideal playing weight for him - but definitely under 500 hundred pounds. Otherwise, the plane won't be able to get off the ground when he is on board and the team won't be able to get anywhere.
Desmond is an amicable guy but goes from girlfriend to girlfriend b/c each one get completely wiped out trying to prepare food for the guy. "I love him", said Teresa Williams, "but just making him lunch finished me for the day. So I broke up".
