A 400-pound high school running back named Tony "Big Tone" Picard in Washington has become a phenomenon due to clips of him smashing his way through defensive lines and barreling down the field with ease as he dwarfs his opponents.
According to the North West Prep Report, Picard stands at six-foot-four and weighs in at 400 pounds. Usually a description for an offensive lineman, Picard plays running back while also spending some time at nose guard for the White Swan High School in Yakima, Wash., according to NewsMax. The report indicates that Picard has rushed for over 570 yards and has eight touchdowns to his credit while he hulks over his opposition.
"It's so much fun to have him go out [on the field] as a captain and see him shaking hands before the game," White Swan coach Andrew Bush told Indian Country Today Media Network. "They're just kind of staring, like 'Oh my gosh, you've got to be kidding me!'"
Meet Tony Picard, the 400-lb HS running back! His highlight tape is a must see. (VID): https://t.co/AQtDceD3K3 pic.twitter.com/mvGRNoqCB8
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According to NewsMax, Picard is a senior and is hopeful to play college football after he graduates, and he is part Umatilla-Nez Perce Indian and part Sioux Indian.
"Yeah I want to play college football it is my dream. I hope I can go the next level," Picard told the North West Prep Report. "People say that [I'm too big] but I try not to let it get to me."
Bush said that despite the fact that there could be a perception that Picard could have issues as a running back in the college level because he'd be facing bigger opponents than he has gone up against in high school, he believes he could play at the college level because of how athletic he is and because he is "so agile," according to NewsMax.
According to NewsMax, Picard said that when he's not running the ball, the team usually uses him as a decoy when they hand it off to someone else and that his job is to "make a path for the smaller guys to score."
"Most teams will sacrifice five guys to stop him: four linemen and a middle linebacker. That leaves three guys on each side to stop the rest of our team," Bush told Indian Country Today Media Network. "Everything else opens up: our outside running, our play action, and our entire passing game. We average about 450 yards as a team offensively."
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