Monday, May 15, 2006

NFL pick has roots in Utah - Deseret News
...Once at USC, Lutui blossomed into an NFL prospect, but not before he conquered another problem, and this was one that he would have to solve on his own. While at Snow, players were weighed on a scale that went no higher than 350 pounds. Lutui's weight was somewhere north of 350, but after that it was anyone's guess. Lutui wasn't worried.

"I figured I must weigh 351 or so," he says.

Then he stepped on the scale two years ago at USC and the needle didn't stop until it settled on 396. "I was a Snickers bar away from 400,"...

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