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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/lunchboxthegoat on 2023-06-26 12:17:59+00:00.

Counting down to the beginning of the season - I’m going to attempt to list one player per day for last 99 matching their jersey number to the days left until kick off. The players will be random. Use this thread to celebrate and Talk About Some Dudestm

Terrence “Mount Cody” is just one of those enormous people - otherwordly size and otherworldly athleticism for that size. Cody wore size 10 shoes by the age of 8 and was never eligible to play in Pop Warner leagues because he was always over the weight limit. He was 6’2 and 275 lbs as a high school freshman.

Due to some bad decisions and the burden of helping raise his seven younger siblings - Cody only played his Freshman and Senior seasons at Riverdale HS in Ft Myers. This didn’t prevent the USF Bulls and Miami Hurricanes from offering him football scholarships. Cody could not qualify academically so he enrolled in Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for two years. In 2007 Cody anchored the defense at a planetary 410lbs. MGCCC went undefeated and were co-national champs and Cody was recognized by being named a first team Junior College All American.

His ability and work ethic to trim to a merely superhuman 385lbs saw every major college in the southeast offer him out of JUCO. He agreed to play for newly named HC Nick Saban at Alabama.

2007 (prior to cody) Alabama gave up 128.4 rushing yards to per game. With Cody as a two-down specialist in the center of their 3-4 Alabama reduced their average rushing yards against by almost 50 yards per game - to 78.8 in 2008. Cody was first team All-SEC and a Unanimous All-American.

“Mount Cody” returned for his senior season with a focus on his conditioning with a goal of being a 3 down player. He was already on the watch lists for the Lombardi, Outland and Lott watch lists.

Cody was again fantastic as were the Tide and 2009 saw him finish as a finalist for the Lombardi, Nagurski and Bednarik awards, while again being Named First-Team All-SEC and again unanimous All-American. The Tide again improved their rushing yards averaged against down to just 78.1. In Cody’s two years at Alabama - no individual rusher eclipsed even 90 yards rushing. In the 2010 National Championship game Cody and the Tide defense held Texas to just 81 yards rushing on 28 attempts (70 yards below Texas’ season average) and won Alabama’s first National Championship since 1992 and fully kicking off the Saban Dynasty.

He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2010 draft and played four seasons including a Super Bowl Championship with the Ravens.

Cody enormous in white, Cody during the Rocky Block

Previously: 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63