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The safety’s rare combination of size at 6-3, 226 pounds (only 6% body fat) and speed (a 4.32 electronically timed 40) has Bruce Feldman’s attention in his piece devoted to the workout warriors.

Asked if he’s even seen anything that big, move that fast, USC strength coach Chris Carlisle paused for a few moments: “Maybe when I walked by the cheetah cage at the wildlife park.”

Taylor Mays and Kevin Ellison should have fun preying on anything stupid enough to run across the middle.

College football’s top workout warriors [ESPN]