Supersize me.

Man, we're big. I've posted a couple of times about a family that used to live a few houses down from me. The Baggetts were like my second family. My "second Dad", Leo Baggett, played major college football in the mid to late 1950's. As a major college football team, these guys were pretty big, back in the day. But they weren't anywhere near as big as the kids are today. Don't believe me? Let's see. Average weight of the Seminoles' interior lineman (Centers, guards and tackles) in 1955: 196.26 pounds. FSU had two players that weighed more than 220 pounds.

My 14 year old identical twin boys play freshman ball at Beaufort High School. Average weight of interior lineman at Beaufort High School in 2009: 232.24 pounds. The Eagles have 11 players that weigh more than 220 pounds.

Here's Florida State's roster from 1955:


1955 Roster - By Name
From the Florida Times Union, September 9, 1955, page 25
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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43 Emil Abood FB 5-9 170 So Jacksonville (Bishop Kenney)
51 Hobo Ackerman C 5-11 190 So Hopewell, NY
* 60 Leo Baggett G 5-9 195 So * Panama City
* 75 Bob Barber T 5-11 207 Jr ** Belle Glade
* 52 Troy Barnes C 6-2 206 So * Chickasaw, AL
* 29 Carmen Battaglia HB 5-8 180 So Niagara Falls, NY
* 81 Hamilton Bisbee E 6-1 175 So * Sanford
* Bill Brown T 5-11 191 Fr-R Orlando (Edgewater)
* 20 Lee Corso HB 5-10 165 Jr ** Miami (Jackson)
* 27 Gene Cox HB 5-10 175 Sr Lake City (Columbia/Vanderbilt/South Georgia JC)
* 78 John Craig T 6-1 200 So * Orlando
* 50 Bob Crenshaw C 5-9 165 Sr *** Miami
Hal Cummings HB 5-9 179 So Clermont
88 Peter Curry E 6-1 185 Jr Medford, MA
28 Stephen Dean HB 5-10 173 So Oxford, NC
89 Bob Douglas E 6-1 196 Fr Dayton, OH (Fairmont)
* 67 Robert Elliott G 5-11 185 Jr Saint Petersburg
* 85 Tom Feamster E 6-7 250 Sr * Warwick, VA (Warwick/William and Mary)
83 Bob Fountain E 6-2 190 Fr Crestview
74 Willie Gardner T 6-0 220 So Tampa
* 65 Vince Gibson G 5-10 190 Sr * Birmingham, AL (Howard)
* 42 John Griner FB 5-10 175 Sr *** Jacksonville (Lee)
* 23 Jerry Henderson HB 5-11 160 So Pensacola
* 40 Joe Holt FB 5-10 176 Jr ** Graham, NC
* 61 Jerry Jacobs G 6-1 200 Sr *** South Bend, IN
* Eddie Johnson FB 5-10 205 So-R * Charleston, WV
84 David Keene E 6-3 200 Fr Bethlehem, PA
71 Charles Kicklighter T 6-1 211 Sr Savannah, GA (South Georgia JC)
* 44 Bud Leonard FB 5-11 200 Jr ** Ocala
54 Leonard Little C 6-3 203 Fr Nitro, WV
* 22 Buck Metts HB 5-10 168 Jr ** Sanford (Seminole)
Bill Musselman T 5-11 215 So * Lynchburg, VA
15 George Norman QB 5-10 185 Jr Tallahassee (Newnan)
* 21 Billy Odom HB 5-8 165 Jr * Mount Dora
86 Norman Olson E 5-7 171 Jr Chicago, IL
82 Jonah Overton E 6-1 180 Jr Chicago, IL
* 66 Al Pacifico G 5-7 203 Jr ** Altoona, PA
53 Leonard Philion C 5-11 176 Fr Highland Park, MI
* 70 Don Powell T 6-0 205 Sr *** Birmingham, AL
* 10 Vic Prinzi QB 6-0 175 So * Waverly, NY
* 77 William Lee Proctor T 6-4 235 Sr Winter Park (Florida/Rollins)
Bobby Renn HB 5-11 170 So Henderson, NC (Henderson/Davidson College)
25 Burt "Buddy" Reynolds HB 5-10 180 So * West Palm Beach (Palm Beach)
* 69 Ted Rodrigue QB-G 5-11 187 So * Lynn, MA
* 80 Ron Schomburger E 6-1 190 So * Pittsburgh, PA
* 76 Ray Staab T 5-11 205 Jr * Charleston, WV
* 12 Len Swantic QB 5-11 180 Jr ** Columbus, GA
87 William Swilley E 6-1 185 So Albany, GA
Herb Taylor E Fr
64 Bob Thomas G 6-0 180 Fr Mansfield, OH
* 13 Pat Versprille QB 6-2 190 So Norfolk, VA
* 26 Billy Weaver HB 6-0 180 So Miami
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Here's what the Beaufort High School varsity roster looks like:

Football - Boys Varsity

1 Brad Gonzales SR 5'9" 170 RB
2 Duane Chisolm SR 6'3" 250 DL
3 Brian Simmons SR 5-9 160 WR
4 Bryan Jenkins SR 5-8 155 DB
5 Jimmy Legree SR 6-0 175 DB
6 Antwan Smalls SR 6-2 175 WR
7 Trey Nichols SR 6-3 205 LB
8 Justin Parker JR 6-2 205 LB
9 Beau Brown SO 6-1 185 QB
10 Thomas Gruel JR 5-9 170 QB
11 Michael Ginn SR 5-11 180 WR
12 Blake Gruel SR 5-10 175 QB
14 Owen Plair SR 5-10 155 K/P
15 Dymonte Gwathney SO 5-11 175 WR
18 Morgan Martinez JR 5'10" 170 WR
20 Alex Simmons SO 5-10 180 RB
21 Marquis Simmons SR 6-0 175 LB
22 Josh McPherson SO 6-1 195 RB
23 Xavier Fields SR 5-8 150 DB
24 Keenan Jackson SO 5-10 170 DB
25 Calvin Atkins JR 5-10 165 DB
27 Arthur Smith SR 5-11 180 DB
33 Antonio Coaxum SR 5-11 190 LB
34 Alex Wierzbicki SR 6-3 203 DL
35 CJ Powell SR 5"8" 155 DB
40 Marcus Heyward SR 5-10 180 LB
41 Kevin Gess SO 5-9 165 LB
42 Demeo Holmes SO 5-9 165 RB
45 Dalvin Broussard SO 6-0 260 DL
50 Sam Venning SR 6-0 215 LB
51 Chris Waters SR 5-11 190 LB
54 Brandon Frazier JR 5-10 185 LB
55 Karl Lyttle JR 5-10 255 OL
56 Mannie Byas JR 6-0 205 DL
57 Alex Amaya JR 5-10 185 TE
60 Patrick Dennis JR 5-10 245 OL
61 Michael Boles SR 5-10 265 OL
62 Jack Ferreri JR 5-10 200 OL
65 Victor Blackburn JR 5-10 205 OL
69 Shane Dwyer SR 5-11 215 OL
71 Ronald Spain JR 5-11 250 OL
72 Zach Trent JR 5-10 245 OL
73 Conrad Alston JR 6-0 235 DL
76 Conner Buss SO 6-1 215 DL
78 Derrell Garry SR 6-0 225 DL
79 Deon Fuller SR 5-10 235 OL
80 Cody Gasque JR 6-0 190 TE
81 Tim Britton JR 5-10 155 K/P
85 Shawn Reed JR 6-0 190 TE
87 David Davenport SR 6-4 180 WR
99 Maurice Jacques JR 6-1 240 DL
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