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[Jeff Browne]

How did Purdue not know about this guy?

 

At 7 feet, 9 inches, Olivier Rioux is the world’s tallest teen and an intriguing basketball project

 

 

By  MARK LONG, October 29, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida’s basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens — sometimes hundreds — of pictures a day.

 

Vertical shots, of course. Rioux won’t fit in the frame any other way.

 

At 7 feet, 9 inches (2.4 meters), Rioux is the ultimate BMOC. He’s actually the Biggest Man On Campus — any campus.

 

The Florida freshman, a happy-go-lucky Canadian who owns a spot in the Guinness record book as the world’s tallest teenager, also will make basketball history when he plays for the 21st-ranked Gators this season. The cheerful guy known as “Oli” will become the tallest to play college hoops, supplanting 7-foot-7 Kenny George of UNC Asheville (2006-08).