Incoming Florida Gators freshman Olivier Rioux's listed height of 7-foot-9 would make him the tallest college basketball player ever.
for tallest living teenager. He was 6-foot-1 by age 8, sprouted to 6-foot-11 by the sixth grade and reached the 7-foot mark before starting the seventh grade. He wasThe now-18-year-old Rioux has seemingly hit 7-foot-9 as he joins the Gators, and that eye-popping measurement, if accurate, sets him up to make college basketball history this upcoming season:The 7-foot-8 Paul Sturgess, who played at Florida Tech and Mountain State, currently holds the record for tallest college hoops player ever,.
The record for the tallest Division I basketball player of all time is shared by Kenny George and Mike Lanier, both of whom stood 7-foot-7,Rioux would become the tallest college basketball player ever with the 7-9 height he's listed at by the Gators. Olivier Rioux of IMG Academy looks for an open teammate in their game against Richmond Heights in the City of Palms Classic on Dec. 20, 2023, at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers, Florida. Rioux's record height certainly didn't come out of nowhere. He told Guinness World Records that his father is 6-foot-8 and his mother is 6-foot-2.
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