Florida's 7-Foot-9 Center Reportedly Tried to Play Football for Gators originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The world’s tallest teenager is trying his hand at football. Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center who played for the Under-19 Canadian national team this summer, recently worked out for the Gators’ football team.

Florida’s football coach brought in Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman basketball player for the Gators, to work out with the hope that he could help block field goals and extra points. “I like the idea,” Gators basketball coach Todd Golden said at a booster event Thursday, per the Associated Press .”I give them credit for trying it.”