CINCINNATI -- The red stripe on his helmet might as well have been a neon warning sign.
In the youth football fields near Cochran, Georgia, players of a certain size had a piece of red tape plastered down the middle, indicating they exceeded the weight limit for ballcarriers.
So if the ball ever found the way into Amarius Mims' hands, the play was over. The risk of an impending collision to a smaller player overruled any number of yards gained. And Mims was playing in an age group above his own.
"I caught a pick one time and I had to just stand there," Mims said.