Houston Texans lineman Vince Wilfork bares it all for the cover of ESPN The Magazine’s 2016 Body Issue — and the magazine offered a sneak peek on Twitter. The eighth annual issue, which hits newstands on July 6, features 19 athletes in the nude.
Forget the overalls. Vince Wilfork bared all for this year's #BodyIssue cover.
— ESPN (@espn) June 30, 2016
The full issue drops July 6. pic.twitter.com/UBtedTLxnx
Wilfork, who won two Super Bowls while with the New England Patriots, isn't the largest athlete to pose in the nude for ESPN. The first issue in 2009 featured sumo wrestler Byambajav Ulambayaryn at 360 pounds. Wilfork, weighing 325 pounds, ties with Pittsburgh Steelers’ nose tackle Casey Hampton, who also has appeared in the magazine.
The 34-year-old Texan, who is shown in a running — or more like frolicking — pose told the magazine:
"I know I don’t have the six-packs and the eight-packs and all that… but I’m perfectly fine with what I am. If people can look at me, look at a guy that 325-plus doing an issue like this, I’m pretty sure that they might have a little confidence after seeing that it’s ok to be who you are."
