Florida heart Olivier Rioux set an NCAA report by merely getting into the sport on Thursday evening.

The redshirt freshman turned the tallest Division I participant ever to seem in a recreation when he checked in with simply over two minutes to go within the Gators blowout win over North Florida.

Rioux is formally listed at 7-9 by Florida and spent the 2024-25 season on the bench because the Gators gained the nationwide title. If he makes the NBA and his peak formally holds up, Rioux could be the tallest NBA participant ever by two inches over Gheorghe Muresan.

Hes additionally two inches taller than Kenny George and Mike Lanier. The 2 7-7 facilities beforehand held the report for the tallest Division I gamers ever. George performed from 2006 by 2008 at UNC Asheville and Lanier performed from 1988 by 1993 at each Hardin-Simmons and UCLA.

Earlier than signing with Florida, Rioux set the Guinness World Document for tallest teenager on the age of 15 when he was 7-6.

Riouxs peak was even of curiosity from the Florida soccer crew this summer time. The Gators experimented with Rioux on the sphere objective block crew given his peak and his attain. Nonetheless, based on an article from ESPN, the facilities vertical bounce is simply 11 inches.

Rioux didnt report a statistic in his two minutes of motion within the 104-64 win towards North Florida and can seemingly be a bit a part of the Gators title protection. Florida introduced again gamers like Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh and Rueben Chinyelu from that nationwide title crew and are loaded within the entrance courtroom forward of Rioux on the depth chart.