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Rioux is 7-foot-9, and 305 pounds. He signed to Florida's 2024 class out of IMG Academy, and he was a three-star prospect per 247Sports.

But he’s more like an alien. No one has seen anyone as tall as he is, but as fluid and as graceful as he is on the floor.” Turns out, Wembanyama liked the nod as well. "I hated when people ...

A college basketball player, who is the world's tallest teenager, will be hoping to make a major statement to NBA teams at ...

You just can’t teach size. On Sunday this really hit home as 7’9 Florida center Oliver Rioux cut down the net without even ...

Rioux was six feet tall when he was only eight years old and ... He would tower over the current tallest player in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama, who is seven-foot-four. Gators coach Todd Golden ...

Olivier Rioux, who is the world's tallest teenager, is set to star for the Florida Gators at March Madness later this week, ...

As the NBA regular season reaches its midpoint, the spotlight turns to the 2024 No. 1 draft pick, Lissache. The French forward, standing 2.05 meters tall and weighing 93 kilograms, has been generating ...

Watch out Wemby, there’s a new giant in town. Florida men’s basketball star Olivier Rioux is the new big man on campus and ...

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Guinness World Record Holder: In 2019, Rioux officially entered the Guinness World Records as the tallest teenager at over 7 feet 5 inches. Since then, he has grown an additional two inches, cementing ...