CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle T.J. Slaton Jr. has a good -- if debatable -- reason for why he has always been pretty big. He was once hit by a car.
When he was a year old, he chased a ball into the street, where he was struck. The small piece of discolored flesh down his left leg and the deep indention on the outside of his upper thigh are reminders of the broken femur and other injuries he suffered.
To ensure his physical development wasn't hindered, he said he had supplements mixed into his milk as an infant.