If anyone doubts that rookie Ben Cleveland can start immediately on the Baltimore Ravens' offensive line, they should step inside his family’s kitchen in Toccoa, Georgia.
There are markings on the wall where Cleveland would stand and his mother would take a pencil and ruler to line the top of his head. One reads: Ben 6' 2" -- he was 13.
You learn quickly that nothing has ever been too big for Cleveland, the Paul Bunyan of the Deep South whose sprawling beard is as enormous as his stories.
Growing up, it was easy to remember his shoe size because it matched his age through much of his teenage years.