At this point, Shawn Oakman isn’t so much a mortal man as he is an idea; a walking embodiment of fear, intimidation and terror. In reality he’s just a 6-foot-9, 280-pound college football player, but the legend of the Baylor’s hulking defensive lineman grows with each passing day of the offseason.
That’s what happens when the last taste you leave in people’s mouths is a viral photo of you wearing a crop-top jersey exposing a ridiculously cut, tattooed frame, and a gold-cage face mask — a combo that makes you look like a cross between Hannibal Lecter and Mike Tyson in his prime.