Weight pays off for Messner
From 215 to 280 pounds
Lineman reaps honors while impressing NFL scouts
NORMAN — When Chris Messner arrived at Oklahoma as a skinny, 6-foot-6, 215-pound kid signed to be an offensive lineman — a position he hadn't really played before — he was more than a project.
Just getting up to his current weight of 280 pounds was tough, not to mention the work it would take to become a starter on one of the Big 12 's top teams.
Consider the project completed.
As a senior this s...
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