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They don’t make defensive linemen like they used to.
Well, there still aren’t many defensive linemen that could pull off what Ohio State’s Rashod Berry did during a little intrasquad dunk contest.
The 6-4, 252-pound redshirt sophomore busted out Michael Jordan’s cradle dunk.
Defensive linemen should not be able to do this… 🤔@Shoddie_13 pic.twitter.com/ErgRovEfuf
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 1, 2017
Was it better than MJ’s? You be the judge.

Amazingly, though, Berry’s dunk didn’t even win the dunk contest.
Malik Harrison won it with this:
OK yup @Leek_8, it's officially #MarchMadness. 😳 https://t.co/F5Z8v0FxYY
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 1, 2017
Harrison, a second-year linebacker, is 6-3, 228 pounds himself.
Clearly, Ohio State has some athletic freaks at non-skill positions.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.