He'd Be The Wideout of Eli Manning's Dreams

At close to 7' 5", 14-year-old Brenden Adams is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest teenage boy. And he happens to play wide receiver for his middle school team, so presumably he has the world's tallest wide receiver record nailed down as well. 

But don't expect him to revolutionize the sport anytime soon, however. his genetic abnormality, caused by a chromosomal defect, has left his blood count dangerously low, making it difficult for him even to get medical clearance to even play on the middle school level.

Brenden is no athlete. He has serious health problems. His body is full of tumors, his joints are enlarged and he has a recently-discovered heart arrhythmia. “I can’t run anymore,” Brenden explains. “I can’t be active like I used to.”

And as is the case for the highest outliers on the height spectrum, he's likely to face at least serious knee issues when he fills out as he approaches his twenties. Thought for the time being, a kid who once garnered national attention from an appearance on Oprah and a meeting with Shaq, gets to fulfill his dream to play football. Unfortunately, it's a dream that won't stay a reality for long.

[H/T - SB Nation]

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