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For all you sports parents out there…

As the Vikings – and their new defensive end Jared Allen – get set to kickoff the NFL season in Green Bay, I thought I’d pass along a note all parents of up and coming athletes can appreciate, no matter how old they are right now!

In today’s Pioneer Press, Allen said he was just 5′11″ and 155 lbs. at the end of his sophomore year in high school. “At 5′11″, nobody cared about me,.” – Meaning no college scouts were knocking down his door.

But at the beginning of his junior year, Allen said he had grown to 6′3″. 205 lbs and the scouts started coming.

Today, he’s 6′6″, 270 lbs!

Go Vikes!