Stephen Galvin/South Florida Athletics
There was a time when USF men's basketball senior center Jamille Reynolds didn't like being the biggest person in the room. Other students stared at him. He felt self-conscious and dreamed of blending in, almost unnoticed, although he knew that would never happen.
And now?
"I don't mind the attention being on me,'' said Reynolds, a 6-foot-11, 275-pound product of St. Petersburg's Lakewood High School. "I see it as a blessing. Basketball can help me in my life, and it can help me take care of my family. It can help me go places.