Big Men on Campus

Illustration by Tim Bower

Texas Monthly, September 2016

Are all those three-hundred-pound high school football players a health crisis waiting to happen?

As concussions and traumatic brain injuries dominate the headlines, lost in the debate is a far more insidious, unrecognized threat: the consequences of obesity. Boys and young men must be ever larger for success on the field, but once their last game ends, many are left with a jumbo-sized body and eating habits that jeopardize their health.