It's no secret that world class athletes eat special diets to stay in tip top shape. But the daily intake of 19 year old Tacko Fall, a 7 foot 6 inch 280 pound behemoth currently committed to play Basketball at the University of Central Florida, will surprise even you.
In a short video he did for Bleacher Report, Fall says that he consumes, on average, 7,300 calories a day. Fall's typical day may include 5 pancakes (328 calories), 3 Bananas (328 Calories), 2 Apples (232 Calories), 2 Cups of Yogurt (240 Calories), 1 Box of Macaroni and Cheese (320 Calories), 4 pieces of Fried Chicken (1,468 Calories), 4 Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches (1,504 Calories), and one entire box of pizza (2,800 Calories).
Fall says he needs to eat all this in order to bulk up his frame in time for the upcoming college basketball season.
Fall, who hails from Senegal, will obviously draw comparisons to former NBA player Manute Bol thanks to his staggering height and incredible wingspan. While most NBA experts peg him as the second coming of shop stopper Dikembe Mutomobo. However the gentle giant, says that while Basketball is surely one of his talents, it isn't the only thing that defines him.
Bleacher Report notes that Fall came to America not just to pursue his love of Basketball, but to further his Academic aspirations as well. Fall's main goal is to become an engineer at a big US corporation and earn enough money to help spur growth in his African homeland.
Fall tells Bleacher Report:
"If I could be LeBron James or Steve Jobs, I would be Steve Jobs because your athleticism will fade one day, but your knowledge will last forever, you will be able to impact people for a long period of time. Basketball can be very helpful to me to accomplish bigger things. It's going to be really helpful to me to have that kind of finances to go back to my country to my people and open businesses."
