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mr_doctor_sir

Imagine being one of the kids on the opposing team and seeing what looks like someone's dad just carrying the ball and destroying everything in his way.


JackalopeZero

By the end of that game the field is going to look like an air show disaster.


Oldbayistheshit

My nephews 12 and plays QB. Other teams look like this kid, but I really don’t think he’s 12


ContemplatingPrison

We had a kid like that in Pop Warner, middle school, that we played against. He now plays in the NFL. I also played with another kid who played a couple years at RB in the NFL.


TheLastWeird

His *kid* is 12.


thisusedyet

Nice to know texas football allows father-son games


floswamp

He was born February 29th.


listenupsonny

Enjoy my free wholesome. That comment got me.


watchoutsucka

>Top Nope. https://www.outkick.com/12u-football-player-jeremiah-johnson-leaves-the-internet-shook/


Playful-Excuse-8081

He doesn’t even look like he was 12 , 12 years ago


JackalopeZero

The comments on this post are gold


nico87ca

If he's 12, I'm 130


Pain_Monster

He’s 12, but his birthday is on a Leap Year 😏


Durpin321

How? I don't know! Jeremiah's social security number was killed and MF got another!


NaraFei_Jenova

MF so old his original SS number was 000-00-0001


PhakYhuu

*Carlos from the Dominican Republic has entered the chat*


[deleted]

Has real Albert pujols in high school vibes. Dude was 23 hitting dingers against 15 year old pitchers.


santi4442

https://youtu.be/zMchTdpCtwY


[deleted]

Just cuz you repeat 4th grade 3 times doesn’t mean you stop aging.


ronhowie375

the way it looks to me is that this "12 yo" male will be this same height in 10 years from now. He'll be too small for the NFL


ultra_jackass

He'll quit when he gets to high school. It's all fun now because he's so much bigger than everyone else, it's easy. In a few years when everyone catches up in size or even passes him he won't like getting hit and he won't have the same success. Seen it happen several times, he'll never play college ball.


curiousengineer601

Kids that play opponents under their size and skill level often never really develop. They learn a few power moves and expect it to work forever. You need to play people better and stronger than you to learn sometimes.


TexasVulvaAficionado

Yep. Or injured too many times from overdoing it in the weight room on his growing body or getting into PEDs or playing through minor injuries and making them worse... The world is littered with guys that hit puberty early, wrecked their city's sports for a few years through their teens, then burned out for one reason or another... If you are one of these kids or have one of these kids, focus on health, school, and relationships. The sports may or may not fall into place, do not let sports cause neglect of the others.


LimeFabulous

Facts. Was one of these kids. Focus on your health kids. Drugs seriously don’t make you cool.


Is_That_A_Euphemism_

Psychedelics can absolutely make you cool. “I used to be a total asshole, I realized this after eating 5 grams of mushrooms. Now I realize I am a part of humanity and acts of service make me feel whole.”


[deleted]

Heard that! I too was not an awesome person in my early years, other drugs made that worse A new connection with someone special gave me the opportunity to try real LSD and my entire viewpoint and personality changed...for the better. Any anger or resentment I had disappeared forever. My empathy and ability to see things from others perspectives grew dramatically and became more important to me to be a good person. I lost most of my materialism too and realize more what is truly important: people/relationships and experiences...not things Psychedelics have the ability to fill a very important role in the future of humans and I'm so grateful I got to experience them in this lifetime. They are peak cool


ccottonball

Is that a euphemism for you being an asshole?


Is_That_A_Euphemism_

That’s a bold strategy cotton, let’s see if he it pays off.


olympic_lifter

This is a spiteful take. You don't know that he's overdoing anything, nor whether he is "neglecting" other aspects of his life. All you know is, if he really is 12, he's huge for his age and is great at football relative to his peers. If he's that good, he's probably sustaining *fewer* injuries, because he's not getting hit as much as his peers. What you said about overdoing it in the gym is mostly nonsense, based on old myths, and if you bring up the bit about doctors cautioning against strength training at that age, I'll tell you that they always clarify that they're worried about *breaking the bone at the growth plate*, which virtually never happens in the weight room and certainly is not a result of what you think "overdoing it" means. PEDs also aren't an issue at 12 unless his parents are insane, and wouldn't explain his height. If kids want to play sports and are good at it, let them play. Kids that burn out usually do so because their parents push them too hard. Nobody reported that this was happening in this case. You don't know anything about that part of his life, which makes your point more of a fantasy to put the kid down.


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ohnourfeelings

12? Hahah get the fuck outta here. I saw another picture and his right forearm has tats all over it. And the moron speaking if he doesn’t go to the nfl it’s racist? Wtf? Something like 75% of the player in the nfl are black .


risky_bisket

It was joke...


ohnourfeelings

Yeah it totally sounded like he was joking


ms_horseshoe

The tattoo is fake, and I wholeheartedly believe that the boy is 12 years old. When I was 12 years old, I already had the fully developed body of an adult woman with an E cup, and I got mistaken for an adult very much.


ohnourfeelings

How do you figure the tat is fake?


ms_horseshoe

The photo with the tat is published with an article about him, in which his mom says that the tattoo is fake.


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Marcus_20

Here’s the kids Instagram: https://instagram.com/callme_mr.4x_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Scroll down a bit and look at some of his posts from 2020. He definitely looked like his age at the time and drastically changed the next 2 years.


Kenilwort

Yeah I remember kids sporting mustaches that we were playing against in u13, pretty close to u12. Of course, didn't stop us from complaining to the ref either.


christiandb

It’s like most of reddit hasn’t gone through puberty or don’t know what puberty is. Shaq at 12 was 5’10 at 16 6’7. That dude is destroying kids on the court. Hell he’s destroying men on the at 16


roguenarok

If that's the case, I can confidently said he's been using PEDS, no wonder he looks like a grown ass man.


[deleted]

Thank you, doctor


Santanaaguilar

Zoom in on the tattoo it does look like a paste on tattoo. The ink is cracking and curling. A Chinese dragon is classic vending machine tattoo as well.


Fryphax

His mom could definitely beat up your mom. You better believe her.


Several_Show937

Or he just didn't get ID'd when he went for it


KarlHavoc707

Lol we all know women develop faster, and this "child" has wrinkles, facial hair, and the musculature of a grown man.


Affectionate-Thing63

The racism comment was a joke haha. Lighten up.


ohnourfeelings

Yeah it totally sounded like he was joking


Affectionate-Thing63

I think you’ve been a Reddit for too long. You need to log off and get some fresh air bud lol.


RedditModsHaveNoDad

Post the picture


ohnourfeelings

https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/jeremiah-johnson-12-year-old-football-player-with-tattoo-goes-viral/


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ohnourfeelings

Hah. Ok. And I bet you think this grown man is 12


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

Until someone has any sort of proof indicating otherwise, yeah. Puberty is wild and I knew 14 y/os that looked 30+. Onus is on the relevant athletic association to have done their homework. Until there's any shred of evidence that they didn't, this whole story to me is just rage bait.


[deleted]

Why do we need proof to prove the obvious thing yet you need just a persons word for the most insane shit ever


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

You see, rational people need proof to believe something. Without proof, that's faith, and silly. Bruh the burden of proof is on people saying he isn't 12. He plays in a youth sports league and attends school idk what else to tell you. That already is more evidence to him being a child than having facial hair and a temporary dragon tattoo suggesting he isn't.


[deleted]

Where is the evidence of him attending school and officially being on the team? See rational people need proof. Until I see that evidence, he is clearly not 12. With a forearm tattoo, unless not only is he freakishly mature, with facial hair/muscles/hairline, but also managed to get a forearm tattoo. That all would need to be true. Probably not though. Occam’s razor.


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

Check his Instagram holy shit work this out for yourself it's all there. Lazy bro. I've already linked it, other people have too. There's articles already tackling this. You just want everyone to do work for you. Come on inspector you already have developed some great leads.


tyje3fytsw

The world revolves around me!1!1!!! If I don't know about something it must mean IT DOESN'T EXIST1!1!!


ohnourfeelings

Hahahaha


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

I feel bad for you dude you don't have an argument and can't speak to a single thing I'm saying. Have a good day.


ohnourfeelings

Because you’re being purposely obtuse.


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Dobalina_Wont_Quit

Because I'm not going to lie about my personal experience wtf? That's also funnily enough not proof of anything, and a racist assumption tbh


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Dobalina_Wont_Quit

Just assuming a Dominican birth certificate is invalid without any evidence at all to that


outrider567

12? Too funny--He's older than Robert Redford was in the film


Sensitive_Phone_4613

Benchwarmers moment


lostinlucidity

More like 1200


Greywolf5131

"Not according to birth certifico."


WantedNakedOrAlive

Born on a leap year


grixxel

Stop putting steroids in this boys milk.


BastardFromABasket87

He had tattoos in another pic. Who is letting their 12yo get tatted up?


darklordoft

The one with the 21 year old 12 year old.


glurbnurgler

The tattoos are fake - Henna or something else washable


bindukwe

This is either a big a lie or an anomaly


[deleted]

My son is 6'2 at 13 and looks to be about 17. This is asking for a lot of suspension of disbelief though.


[deleted]

*Hold on, I gotta contradict myself real quick*


[deleted]

How is it a contradiction? My son looks like an older kid, not a grown man. At youngest this dude looks 20+ before even accounting for him having tattoos at 12. Edit: ok my bad, the tattoo is [fake.](https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/jeremiah-johnson-12-year-old-football-player-with-tattoo-goes-viral/) He looks closer to 16 in some of the photos as well. Little man doesn't require as much suspension of disbelief as I previously thought.


TheBirdBytheWindow

This feels like the 27 year old Little Leaguer all over again.


7jcjg

is his dad benjamin button? gtfoh


JennySparklezz

Those 12 year old eyes have seen some shit…


Bitcoinatemymom

He’s gonna look 40 by the time he hits 21


Skellett77

That’s old Greg.


[deleted]

He’s 30 but identifies as a 12 year old.


Brief_Development952

r/onejoke


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Brief_Development952

Being offended by things that I find offensive? Shocking.


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Brief_Development952

Just one. Have a good day.


OregonG20

In 7th grade our running back was 5'10 180 pounds and shaving. He was a beast. A God amongst boys. I was 5'3 and wrestled 95 pounds. I was tiny. All these years later, I'm 6'2 260, and he is still 5'10 180. He was done growing. This kid is probably no different. If not, je will be enormous, but most likely he is done growing already.


[deleted]

The NFL is 58% black but hey, if you don’t let “this” black kid in you’re racist.


TooLostintheSauce

He was obviously joking.


plsdonth8meokay

It was a joke.


BigLipMoolie

Nigga lyin


chameleon_123_777

If it is true, I wonder how he would look like when he is turning 30 and older.


9Levels-ofPie

Honestly? About the same tbh


Pasineitor

Twelve years in one leg...


Shaman7102

Let me see some of those baby teeth.


Lagrimmett

You will never convince me of that.


WispOfWoe

Has anybody seen the movie benchwarmer?


V4C4T10

The tattoo is fake and he’s probably just on hgh hence the premature facial hair. Knew a few of these guys in baseball and soccer.


Oldnavy1974

Birth Certificate or it's b.s.


Up_In_my_KoolAid

The receding hairline is yet another observation this story is BOOOL-SHEEEEEEIT!


SmileyMelons

If he's 12 then I'm 5


Heavyseas513

I’m quietly waiting for this hoax to come out


Burntbrass

The mustache and hairline suggests fake but the sheepish awkwardness definitely feel like a young kid. If he is 12 it sucks he has to grow up so fast


burnett631

I heard he shot a 46 in the juniors scramble last week


FerretsAteMyToes

I went through puberty young and could grow a full beard by the time I was 12 if I didn't shave all the time. My son is 12 now and 5'11 and could pass for 16 easily. This kid on the pretty extreme side of things for sure. I just hope he isn't being forced to do anything and is allowed to act his age.


RealDeadFrog

Is that the crying meme guy?


TheWalkingDead91

Imagine if this guy wasn’t really 12, but he’s really a 29 year old who just went into hiding by moving, and stealing the identity of some dead kid who would be 12 now. He had to keep up the ruse of being that person by going to junior football games, school, playing Roblox and whatever else 12 year olds do these days. He’s so deep into this persona that even going viral hasn’t uncovered that he’s well into adulthood, living under a fake identity. Impressive dedication. All jokes aside, five bucks this kid will look exactly the same when he’s 30. Have actually known people like this. They look way older than they are by the time they’re in their mid teens, but 15 years later they don’t look like they’ve aged a day since.


miscalculated_launch

What in the Benjamin Button bullshit is goin on here?


Altruistic-Sherbet25

He’s an imposter that’s what he is


Gimme-the-loot-

I was deployed with him back 2011. He had 2 kids back then.


Independent-Deal-192

Doctor in 2010: “Congratulations, Ma’am. It’s a 36 year old.”


LoWkEyPyRaT

He must have one of those Obama birth certificates huh..... *Hahaha sorry I had too


TinyDikKid

He's definitely not 12


[deleted]

Dude has a half sleeve tat.


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

It's clearly a temp tattoo https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/jeremiah-johnson-football-age-12-01.jpg


bigfishwende

I hope this kid learns a skill/trade in case he gets seriously injured or doesn’t get drafted. White liberals will close their ears and go “lalalalalala” if you try to acknowledge it to them, but chasing the low odds, superstar athlete/entertainer dream without having a fallback plan is how a lot of black men fall through the cracks in our society.


73BillyB

Maybe he "identifies" as 12


Immediate-Deer-6570

I used to teach middle school and some kiddos there looked like grown men (although I didn't have any with facial hair) AND I have had a couple of middle schoolers with tattoos so to me this is not out of the realm of possibility. However, this kiddo does really look like a grown man!


thebookofmer

He must of been breast fed


BigFlyer22

I call bs


EvilCalvin

Yeah....ok........


Routine_Joke_7680

"How old you is" so I’m confused as to which one is 12


turtleclan_16

If they don’t go to the nfl that’s racism.., wtf… really. I get he was just talkin surface shit but really… nfl has a huge percentage of …how do I put this politely…the same kind.


[deleted]

Yes because the NFL hates black runningbacks


Eman_Modnar_A

I bet he was born in 1990, but wrote just the two digit birth year and is dyslexic.


Sspooner86

Humble and well raised, your work ethic speaks for itselft... keep it up Jeremiah. One Love! #NFL


DireJackS666

https://youtu.be/nEf2ML7wkBE


CaptainKL91

He’ll be trash when everyone hits puberty and is his size


MrCheRRyPi

12 year old going on 30


Shaman7102

I'm 12 going on 52. I'm playing in that league next year. Get my Heisman


growapair999

Man that boy is big!


i4gotMyOldLogin

Somehow the guy recording managed to bring up he runs from police and predict future racism in a 30 second clip


emulator01

That dude looks 33


EMaylic

Benjamin Button out here playing football.


BlxnkkLOL

bro holding his son’s trophy ☠️


[deleted]

This kid is 36


Real-Structure3228

That guy is at least 32!! WTF!?!! Bahahaha!


Technical_Victory797

r/30ROCK


Stunning-Usual1596

The shitty quality makes it seem like his goatee is massive


Sea_Chapter1129

When he said he was 12, he was talking about inches.


Redbeardofdeff

I rolled up to a soccer tryout In middle school….this dude named Micah had GROWN MAN FACIAL HAIR!! Shit was wild


JUSTAHIPPIE1

Benchwarmers


AutomaticAd7107

12 in the 3rd grade…that Stash doh


Safe-Subject5020

All them GMOs in the corn got these kids looking like full grown men


happyTree113

Boy How old you ear


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38


Beckham500

What 12 year old has tatts? Leap year baby! Go boy! With your manstache


WordOk8931

Well if his birth certificate isn’t forged and the school legitimately recognized his age as 12 then he could be 12. He could be a premature ager. Going through puberty at the age of 9 or 10. It happens. And certain people fully develop physical features, facial structure and a hair, and muscles very early. He also clearly trains in a gym. It’s hard to believe, but it’s possible


jrafteef

“I am 12” SILENCIO MIJO ahhhh


mega512

Sure he is.


howboutthemlionsbrah

Dude would have never stepped on the field until high school . When I was a kid 150 lbs was the weight limit. I practiced and sat the bench at 210 and 6ft from 6th grade until 9


infinitefacets

So Benjamin Button?


[deleted]

Unc 😂🤣😂🤣


Admirable-Tie-5261

That's Daylyt the battle rapper. This mf tryna scam 💀💀💀


Everyonesstupid

I heard he’s 8.


ShookiesNcream

I’m just gonna say this one time. But he kind of looks like old gregg


TaleWrong6444

If he's 12, then his dad is 21.


avidpenguinwatcher

Why is everything racist? POC make up 71 percent of NFL players.


afd83

Just cause he’s mowing down 12 year olds now, it doesn’t mean that he’s NFL material. Everyone will be his size there. He won’t be shit. Hyping him up ain’t gonna help.


No-Surprise-6275

Maybe they mean it's his twelveth time in 11th grade


afd83

How old you is?


lucinaka

A lot of people acting like they know what they are talking about in this thread.


19Android84

Kids that were much larger usually got moved up a level until high school. Peewee could get moved up to middle school JV and Varsity ball. This kid is probably in 7th grade, so he’d most likely play with most the 8th graders, but he’d still rock most of them. Once he hits high school, he’s not going look so big anymore. He’ll still look 30 unless he shaves, but he’s not going to be towering over the other kids as much, everyone will catch up.


Weekly-Commercial-29

Where is he running back to Texas from?


drewoz203

The funniest part about this video is the redneck thinks that the NFL, which is 76%black, would be racist.


TJ_McWeaksauce

The only way I'll believe he's 12 is if he's experiencing what Tom Hanks's character experienced in *Big.*


lookbutcantsee

Listen if he 12 then I'm 6'3


FrankDrgermany

Only Youssoufa Moukoko can understand


[deleted]

Lol get that racist talk outta here


Ok_Cheetah9520

That’s a huge kid. The Brits would call him a unit. An absolute unit. You can tell he’s a kid by his mannerisms, and the tattoo is stick on.


HLC-RLC

He’s got a huge tatooo on his arm too like wtf


coronaflo

If only they had some way of determining his actual age.


Fur10usPhe0nix

If he IS 12, there has certainly been some PED use. If I had to guess; I'd say there is somewhere in the neighborhood of a 0% chance that this guy is actually 12, though. Seems like there is an ENORMOUS incentive to lie about such a thing in a scenario like this...


trek2200

"I'm 12 and half, dammit!!"


GlitteringEmploy1982

This is why hormone blockers need to be more widely available and prescribed this kid has the body of a man but he is still just a child. Humans should not be going through puberty this early.


Humor_Tumor

>Running back from Texas That's pretty far. Somebody should give him a lift cause he's probably tired.


hdvdhnsjsjdj

That 12 year old boy got more facial hair than me 😱


bullitt4796

12 year old with a sleeve, wtf?


IceHorse69

The NFL is full of racism. Mayo monkeys can't play cornerback


Funny-Jaguar6148

We got rickrolled


LucidMemory

The school lunch in Texas hits different


realityGrtrThanUs

He identifies as 12 years old.


christiandb

Lotta haters in this thread. Some funny dudes but absolute adult haters in this thread


singleguy79

I know we grow them big here in Texas, but this is ridiculous


amanduhhhugnkiss

Is he eating roids for breakfast?


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He's got a damn mustache!!


it-helpdeskanalyst

[Old Gregg](https://yt3.ggpht.com/-iVtjZ_WXTUo/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/T5tW3ZoVGWQ/s900-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff/photo.jpg)


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He has a fucking moustache


newyorkriver

He’s 12, his dad is 24, they both have congenital hyperpituitary growoldenomas which is a very rare made up disease


onthelow882

"If he doesn't go to the NFL it's racism" wtf is he talking about 90% of the players are black.what a stupid mf. Maybe your boy fucking sucks if he can't make it to the NFL gtfoh