AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - David "Big Dave" Jones lands Division I roster as college football's heaviest player at 425 pounds
A 425-pound offensive lineman who once worked as a UPS driver after college offers dried up has transferred to Division I Mississippi Valley State, and he got there by emailing coaches every Sunday until one finally watched his tape. David Jones, known as "Big Dave," spent years grinding through setbacks that would have ended most […] The post David "Big Dave" Jones lands Division I roster as college football's heaviest player at 425 pounds appeared first on American Almanac .
A 425-pound offensive lineman who once worked as a UPS driver after college offers dried up has transferred to Division I Mississippi Valley State, and he got there by emailing coaches every Sunday until one finally watched his tape. David Jones, known as "Big Dave," spent years grinding through setbacks that would have ended most players' careers before they started. He graduated high school in 2022, struggled to land a college roster spot in what he described as the post-COVID recruiting landscape, bounced through a club program, and eventually went home to drive packages for UPS. Now he is headed to Mississippi Valley State as the heaviest listed player in Division I college football. Jones stands six feet tall and tips the scales at…Open