TOO YOUNG TO DIE
He was 23 years old. He was an offensive lineman for the 49ers...and he's dead.
Thomas Herrion, who played in college at Utah, was on the field for San Francisco’s 14-play, 91-yard drive that ended with a touchdown with 2 seconds left in the game. After the game, he was noticeably winded as he walked off the field, but didn’t look much different than teammates who played beside him at game’s end. He collapsed in the locker room and about 3 hours later, died in the hospital.
The death comes a little more than four years after offensive lineman Korey Stringer of the Minnesota Vikings died of heatstroke during a training camp practice when the heat index soared to 110.
I think the question will come rather quickly...how much did this kid weigh? I'm told he was over 6' tall and more than 300 pounds. YIKES! That's huge. That's considered obese, unless, of course, you're an offensive lineman for an NFL team. Or is it?
Come on, these guys are big. And they're not solid as a rock. They're fat. FAT. Obese! And eventually it's going to take a toll on a body.
I gotta go back on my diet..pass me my diet coke.
Thomas Herrion, who played in college at Utah, was on the field for San Francisco’s 14-play, 91-yard drive that ended with a touchdown with 2 seconds left in the game. After the game, he was noticeably winded as he walked off the field, but didn’t look much different than teammates who played beside him at game’s end. He collapsed in the locker room and about 3 hours later, died in the hospital.
The death comes a little more than four years after offensive lineman Korey Stringer of the Minnesota Vikings died of heatstroke during a training camp practice when the heat index soared to 110.
I think the question will come rather quickly...how much did this kid weigh? I'm told he was over 6' tall and more than 300 pounds. YIKES! That's huge. That's considered obese, unless, of course, you're an offensive lineman for an NFL team. Or is it?
Come on, these guys are big. And they're not solid as a rock. They're fat. FAT. Obese! And eventually it's going to take a toll on a body.
I gotta go back on my diet..pass me my diet coke.
posted by Pamela Furr at
7:28 PM
1 Comments:
Pamela,
First of all a moment of silence in the memory of a great player................................................................
Now, you say that these guys are fat, and not solid. This really is not the case. Being and O-lineman who played college ball and who nows many pro lineman I can attest for the fact that most players who make it pro are in better shape than it looks.
They may be big, but they spend 3 to 5 hours a day in the weight room, Yes a DAY. These guys work out for a living.
In order to even make it pro as a lineman you have to be able to sprint at speeds faster than most high school track members could.
Hell even to be able to play in college as an 0-Line I was required to be able to do 20 100 yard sprints each in unders 25 seconds. Unlike the stereo type of the fat blubbering lineman you have to be extremely in shape to play ball, especially at that level.
The simple fact is that the drills that they run in the heat that they are run (at all levels) can be very dangerous. I couldn't tell you how many times I have seen players taken off the field because of heat stroke. Even your running backs and recievers. When you are in 75+ pounds of equipment in 95+ degree weather going full force unfortunatly there is a major risk. And until we find a way to control temps (not going to happen) it will always be part of the danger of the game, no matter how big or small you are.
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