California University of Pennsylvania Athletics
Jamain Stephens wore a size-19 shoe, could deadlift 635 pounds at the ripe age of 14 and could palm an iPad withe one hand. Stephens, listed at 355 pounds, was immovable as a nose guard and athletic enough to play fullback in goal-line packages, even once scoring a touchdown from two yards out.
But even bigger than his massive frame and football stardom was his personality—a smile-wearing, people-loving guy whom everyone flocked toward.
“The best way for me to explain him is that he was a one-of-a-kind person,” says David Adams, a high school teammate with Stephens at the Pittsburgh-based football powerhouse Central Catholic.