Nate Mink caught up with speedy Syracuse Orange wide receiver Steve Ishmael recently and noticed a bunch of changes.
Apparently, the sophomore has bulked up, gaining twenty pounds of muscle to top the scales at 203. No word, however, if that weight has been offset by the loss of the beautiful dreadlocks that topped his noggin last season. Ishmael has traded in his look for a new one:
"Through all my optimist years, I've always had an afro," he said. "That's what people know me for. When I got my dreads, I didn't really like them.