Kiyaunta Goodwin is a 6’7”, 370-pound eighth-grader with serious NFL potential https://t.co/iHSIQG0BWB pic.twitter.com/kX7qNz3Za4
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 9, 2018
Think of your body frame and interests in eighth grade. You were probably weighed 115 pounds soaking wet, couldn’t curl the turquoise weights, and still played with pogs and collected Beanie Babies. No shame in it bro, them shits are worth something nowadays.
Kiyaunta Goodwin’s eighth grade experience is a bit different.
The 6’7″, 370-pounder from Louisville, Kentucky has little time to play with pogs when the nation’s top colleges are salivating to get him to sign with their schools to play football. Goodwin, who graduates high school in 2022, has already received five verbal scholarship offers from schools like Georgia, Louisville, Kentucky, and Western Kentucky, Bleacher Report claims.
For perspective, this is him next to Anthony Munoz, a 6’6” Hall of Fame offensive lineman who is widely considered one of the greatest at his position of all-time. Granted, Munoz is a little older and a little slimmer, but still.
Had the pleasure to meet HALL OF FAMER @AnthonyMunozHOF peep the Gold Jacket @Aspirationsgym @RivalsDave pic.twitter.com/qUYDoJHAEK
— Kiyaunta Goodwin (@K_Goodwin2022) January 7, 2018
Here’s Goodwin, who wears a size 18 shoe, next to a Hot Wheels car. Oh that’s a real vehicle? NVM:
LSU has offered 2022 (8th grader) 6-foot-7, 350-pound OT Kiyaunta Goodwin @K_Goodwin2022 from Louisville, Kentucky. Goodwin has roots in the bayou. Major offer. pic.twitter.com/SJUdamCBAg
— Dave Lackford, Esq. (@DaveLackfordESQ) May 9, 2018
“He’s going to be the No. 1 tackle in the nation,” Stephen Herron Jr., a Michigan commit who competes against Goodwin in drills said. “It’s just not fair to be that big and that strong at his age.”
“If he stays healthy, he’s going to go to the NFL,” says Rondale Moore, a star wide receiver and Purdue signee in the Class of 2018, per 247Sports.
O-H-I-O @OhioStateFB pic.twitter.com/LiQu1Yqckk
— Kiyaunta Goodwin (@K_Goodwin2022) April 6, 2018
6-foot-6, 350-pound 8th Grader Kiyuanta Goodwin from Louisville, KY modeling the maize and blue on his unofficial visit to Michigan. pic.twitter.com/jlKR6TQgHc
— Dave Lackford, Esq. (@DaveLackfordESQ) March 23, 2018
A profile of Goodwin on Bleacher Report describes his visit to Ohio State at the age of 13:
…the assistant coaches marveled at his size. It wasn’t until he pulled out a Ring Pop and began sucking on it unprompted that he revealed his true age.
Sucking down Ring Pops in between easily leg-pressing over 1,000 pounds and bench pressing 315 ain’t half bad for a kid whose only lifted weights for three months.
Yo, Kiyaunta if you need an agent, I literally have nothing going on. Hit me up on when your old enough to have a cell phone.