The world’s tallest teenager is trying his hand — his reach, really — at football. Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a seven-foot-nine centre who played for the Under-19 Canadian national team this summer,

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.”

Florida basketball player and the world's tallest teenager, Olivier Rioux recently worked out for the Gators' football team.