Tyler Seguin is the latest athlete to pose for ESPN’s body issue

It’s that time of the year again, as ESPN is set to release another issue of their popular Body Issue series.

Featured this year is Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin. He’s posed in the issue, while selectively covering certain body parts with rubber ducks.

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Pictures aside, the issue features some great tidbits from Seguin including a growth spurt that changed the way he saw his career.

I was prepared to take the safe route by going to college and fighting my way into the NHL as a smaller guy. It wasn’t until one four-month period over the summer when I all of a sudden spurted up — I was probably 15 or 16; I grew like five or six inches easily that summer, easily. I went from being this good player to being ranked first or second in the NHL draft for the world rankings. That’s when I grew into my body and realized I was one of the top players in my class. The following year I was in Boston, and we won the  Stanley Cup. It was pretty surreal.

He also talks about his massive feet.

I’ve had size 13 feet since I was 13 years old. I wasn’t a tall kid, but I’ve always had massive feet and big hands. I did feel a little clownish, especially as a kid. Keeping a good pair of sneakers was a problem. But it was actually a good problem for hockey; I’ve always been a good skater, and I can attribute some of that to having big feet since a really young age.

While the pictures are certainly tantalizing, the issue features stories (like Seguin’s) that talk about how hard it is to be an athlete physically, and is usually a surprisingly good read.

The body issue comes up July 10th and this year’s version features athletes Kevin Love, Bryce Harper, Chantae McMillan, Natalie Coughlin, Odell Beckham Jr and Seguin among more athletes featured.

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