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Jaxbuck;1683894; said:
26% body fat. Holy hell. That's 88 lbs of fat on a 340lb guy.
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Cutting the drinking alone would have done wonders. When you're putting away a (alleged) case-and-a-half a night, those 4000 calories and 200g of carbs jacking up your insulin have to go somewhere.
 
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ProFootballWeekly.com - Giants may surprise with offensive pick


• While it's quite likely the Niners will use their first pick in the draft on a badly needed right offensive tackle, we hear the formerly very out-of-shape Alex Boone, who was on the practice squad last year, is considered an intriguing long shot at the position. The Ohio State product earned praise last year for steadily losing weight after coming to camp weighing a very flabby 340 pounds. This year, we hear Boone reported to the team's OTAs weighing 280 pounds and looked flat-out chiseled after adding considerable muscle. "It's like a different guy," one team insider said of Boone. "If he can recapture the form he showed in his junior year at Ohio State, he definitely could be a factor at right tackle."
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Right tackle: Make no mistake. Anthony Davis is the favorite to win this battle beginning in Week One, but he won't be handed the job. Adam Snyder was rolling with the first-team offense at right tackle while second-year player Alex Boone already has worked himself into the conversation after transforming his body in the offseason. Raye called Boone's conditioning "tremendous," and the best competition might end up being between Snyder and Boone for the backup spot. Conditioning will be one of the hurdles for Davis. His feet were as quick and impressive as advertised during the rookie minicamp, but he wilted toward the end of each session. He might want to do a few (hundred) gassers between now and the next OTA.
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Read more: 49ers Blog and Q&A: Battle stations! Competition at key spots for 49ers.
 
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Alex Boone: One of the interesting developments was Boone's transition to left tackle. He spent his entire rookie year at right tackle, where he is best-suited. But in order to be a backup on the 53-man roster, Boone must be proficient at both sides. He's in much better physical condition. He is much lighter on his feet, but he needs to work on that aspect of his game to hold his own on the left side.
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Another development on the offensive line, includes the physically-refashioned Alex Boone, who started to eat into Barry Sims's reps as the second-team left tackle. "It's been fun," Boone said. He also said his re-acquiescence with the left side is going smoothly. With Boone's versatility to play left and right, he could push Sims off the roster should Boone continue to develop.
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Sobriety, Singletary have given 49ers' Boone shot at making team
By Steve Wyche | NFL.com
Senior Writer

Alex Boone has such a compelling back-story that it is easy to focus only on his past when the real story is his present and his future. It's easy to dwell on the decisions that nearly cost him a shot at an NFL career when the more remarkable decision was the one that led him to rebuild himself physically and mentally and finally land him where he seemingly was born to be -- in the NFL, with a chance to make a roster.

Of course, challenging for a backup role with the San Francisco 49ers and being happy for the chance is not how things were supposed to go when Boone came out of high school as one of the nation's top recruits. Or when he developed into one of the Big Ten's best offensive tackles at Ohio State.

An affinity for beer, hard-partying and being the center of attention off the field steered him off track and left him scratching and clawing to salvage his career -- and his life -- instead of reaping the rewards of his massive size (6-foot-7, 310 pounds), exceptional talent and dynamic personality.

"I think everyone is worried I've gone up so far now I can only go back down," said Boone, 23. "You can only be so focused, and then it starts to fall away. This is the most focused I've been in my life. I see the goal, and I see the prize at the end, and I'm working as hard as I can to get it."

Boone making San Francisco's 53-man roster would be more than a story of redemption. It would be one of clarity, dedication, sobriety and second chances. He has a locker room and a coaching staff pulling for him, and there are mechanisms in place to prevent regression. However, the team's affinity for the charismatic tough guy won't supersede the need to put the best players in uniform. If he doesn't make it, it will be because he either wasn't good enough or someone else was better.

"It's all on him," 49ers coach Mike Singletary said. "For him the sky is the limit. It's a matter (of) him continuing to make those steps."

Now the back-story.

Today, Boone is the guy everyone
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Sobriety, Singletary have given 49ers' Boone shot at making team

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Former Buckeyes eye big things with 49ers
Published: Tue, June 22, 2010
By TOM WILLIAMS
[email protected]

HOWLAND

Two former Ohio State Buckeyes are hoping to kick start their NFL careers this fall with the San Francisco 49ers.

Offensive tackle Alex Boone, who grew up in Lakewood, has spent the offseason toning up, hoping to earn his first appearance in a NFL game. Last year, the 49ers signed Boone as a rookie free agent and assigned him to the practice squad.

Wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. has even more to prove after being traded to the 49ers in April for a fifth-round draft pick. The overall number nine pick in the 2007 NFL draft, Ginn played three seasons for the Miami Dolphins, accumulating 128 receptions.

Boone and Ginn attended Monday?s fund-raising banquet for the The Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial Scholarship Foundation at Leo?s Ristorante. Also attending were 49ers coaches Mike Singletary and Tom Rathman and defensive tackle Justin Smith, linebacker Parys Haralson, wide receiver Josh Morgan and tight end Delanie Walker.

?It?s an honor to be here, to be with the ownership and have fun for a night, and raise some money for a good cause,? Boone said. ?I went to see my Mom earlier today. We have some time off now, a nice little five-week vacation.?

Boone has earned a break since he took just three days off once the 49ers? 8-8 season ended in January.

?I went right back to work,? said Boone, a two-time All-Big Ten Selection during his four years playing for Ohio State. ?I hit the weight room extremely hard. I was fortunate enough to be able to work out with [retired Browns center] LeCharles Bentley.

?Learning from him was like learning from the master,? Boone said. ?Great guy, even better football player.?

Now that Organized Team Activities have ended, Boone hopes his hard work will pay off with a spot on the 49ers? 53-man roster.

?Everyone expected me to come back the way I came in ? kinda heavy, not in shape,? Boone said of the OTAs. ?Here I was slender and trim. I think it opened up a few eyes.

?I had a great OTA session,? Boone said. ?Now it?s time to kick back and get your mind ready for training camp.?
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Youngstown News, Former Buckeyes eye big things with 49ers
 
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June 27, 2010
Roster wars: Boone or Barry?

Boone or Barry? Or both? One of the 49ers' best training-camp battles will be at the back-up offensive tackle position where Barry Sims will try to hold off second-year player Alex Boone. Sims, of course, is the 11-year veteran who played very well at left tackle after starter Joe Staley went down in Week 7. Sims is experienced and earned a lot of trust from the coaching staff last year, so much that he was signed to a one-year deal in March.

The 49ers made that move when it looked like they had very little depth at the position. Since then, however, the team A.) drafted Anthony Davis with the 11th overall pick and B.) Got a look at a reformed and renovated Boone. A year ago at this time, Boone was a flabby, undrafted rookie who was trying to live down an alcohol-fueled altercation in Southern California. Since then, Boone is a changed man both in attitude and physique. He's replaced fat with muscle and doubt with confidence.

The 49ers currently have five offensive tackles but probably will go into the season with four. (Last year they had three). Staley and Davis are locks at the position, although it's questionable whether Davis will begin the season as the starting right tackle. Adam Snyder ran with the first-team offense during spring sessions, and he figures to be the starter when training camp begins Aug. 2.

The 49ers then would need to choose between Boone and Sims. Both can play both right and left tackle, although Sims is more comfortable on the left side while Boone might be better suited to the right. Another question is whether the 49ers can solve the issue by stashing Boone on the practice squad like they did in 2009. A year ago, teams wouldn't touch Boone because they didn't think he was nimble enough to be anything but a right tackle and because of character issues. His turnaround, however, has been well publicized, and you can bet scouts will be eager to see whether his improved fitness translates to the playing field. That is, if Boone ever were to go on the waiver wire - a prerequisite for the practice squad - he might find a lot more interest than he had a year ago.
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Read more: 49ers Blog and Q&A: Roster wars: Boone or Barry?
 
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