FOOTBALL PLAYERS COME IN ALL
SHAPES AND SIZES BUT THERE
AREN'T MANY AS MAMMOTH AND YOU
INSPIRING AS ALL AMERICAN GUARD
CODY OWE CONNELL.
>> WHAT IS THE NICKNAME.
>> DUBBED HIM THE CONTINENT
OBVIOUSLY I SAID HE IS THE
BIGGEST KID I EVER COACHED.
>> 6'8", 370 POUNDS.
>> WE KNOW HE CAN MOVE THE
POINT OF ATTACK.
>> HE IS LIKE A TREE OUT THERE.
>> THINK OF TO SAY CONTINENT
COVERS IT FROM COAST TO COAST.
>> ONLY WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW
THE 6'8", GUARD THAT YOU TEAR
AWAY THE PADS.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR
PERSONALITY.
>> I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF FUN
WITH EVERYTHING I DO.
KEEP THINGS LIGHT.
WHY NOT HAVE FUN WITH LIFE, IF
I CAN HELP SOMEONE ELSE HAVE
FUN WITH LIFE, ALL THE BETTER.
>> HE MEASURED 10 POUNDS AND 24
INCHES.
AT ONE MONTH, HE OUT GREW HIS
CRIB.
AT TWO YEARS OLD HE WAS BEING
MISTAKEN FOR A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
>> GROWING UP FOR YOU, WERE YOU
ALWAYS THE BIGGEST KID?
>> OH, YEAH, I WAS ALWAYS THE
BIGGEST KID.
>> WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
>> YEAH, YOU HAVE THIS GIFT,
YOU HAVE ALL THIS STUFF, HAVE
YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND USE
WHAT, YOU KNOW, GOD GAVE YOU.
BE BETTER, JUST GET BETTER.
DOMINATE.
>> CODY'S GIFT EARNED HIM A
FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO
WASHINGTON STATE.
THE COACHING STAFF REALIZED
THEY HAD A PROBLEM ON THEIR
HANDS.
>> YOU COULD TELL HIS WHOLE
LIFE HE HAD BEEN TOLD BE BE
EASY ON THE OTHER KIDS BECAUSE
THEY ARE SO MUCH SMALLER.
>> WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE HE
WOULD STICK HIS ARM OUT AND
SOME BODY WOULD GO FLYING,
RATHER GO FINISH TO THAT GUY --
NO, YOU GO HERE.
>> WAS THAT HARD FOR YOU TO
LEARN HOW TO BE NASTY AS A NICE
GUY?
>> NOT REALLY.
JUST -- JUST GOT A LEARN THEY
HAVE PADS ON, YOU CAN HIT THEM
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET HURT.
>> NICE GUY MENTALITY MAY BE A
WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE CONTINENT HAS FOUND A
PERFECT PLACE TO CHANNEL HIS
TENDERNESS.
>> EVERYONE HAS THAT ONE THING
THAT THEY JUST ISN'T EASY FOR
THEM, SOMETHING THEY LOVE DOING
AND ALL THAT AND JUST HELPING
KIDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS
JUST FUN FOR ME.
>> IS THERE A KID OR TWO THAT
YOU CAN THINK OF THAT MAYBE YOU
HAD A PRETTY GOOD IMPACT OR
THEY IMPACTED YOU.
>> LITTLE GIRL SHE WAS IN THE
STATES A COUPLE MONTHS SO SHE
WAS LEARNING ENGLISH BUT SHE
WAS SHY.
SHE HAD THAT ONE PERSON THAT
SHE CLUNG TO.
AND I GOT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, I
KIND OF SLOWLY, YOU KNOW, BROKE
HER AWAY FROM THAT AND PULLED
AWAY AS I'M PLAYING.
I THINK THEY SAID THE FIRST TWO
WORDS OF ENGLISH THAT SHE
REALLY USED WERE TO ME AND THEY
WERE THANK YOU.
THE GENTLE GIANT WHO ENJOYS
BONDING WITH KIDS LOOKS TO
REPEAT AN ALL AMERICAN
PERFORMANCE.
>> EVERYONE LOOKS UP TO HIM,
LITERALLY, LITERALLY EVERYONE
LOOKS UP TO HIM, USUALLY WHEN
CODY TELLS SOMEONE TO DO
SOMETHING THEY LISTEN TO HIM.
I'M HAPPY THAT HE IS, YOU KNOW,
ONE OF MY SHIELDS OUT THERE.
I FEEL CONFIDENT BACK THERE
WITH I AM.
>> YOU HAD SUCCESS LAST YEAR,
IT WAS RECOGNIZED.
WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR THIS
SEASON?
>> GET BETTER, KEEP GOING.
GO OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN WITH
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