## He Didn’t Become the Basketball Star Everyone Expected
Being extremely tall often leads people to make assumptions.
Teachers, coaches and strangers expected Kevin to be interested in sports simply because of his height.
But Kevin has said that basketball was never something he particularly wanted to pursue. He recalled being pressured to play when he was in school even though he didn’t have a passion for the game.
His experience illustrates something easy to overlook: being naturally gifted in one physical characteristic doesn’t automatically determine what a person wants to do with his life.
Kevin’s height was obvious.
His ambitions were not.
## A Life in Military Service
Rather than pursuing a professional basketball career, Kevin eventually entered military service.
Later reports say he served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a military police officer in Texas. His unusual height sometimes affected how people perceived him even while he was working.
Kevin joked that people tended to assume a tall person was automatically in charge.
He also described the difficulty of blending into a crowd—a problem that is almost impossible when you’re nearly seven feet tall.
His height could attract attention even when he wasn’t seeking it.
## What Does He Look Like Today?
The viral headline often describes Kevin as being “40” or “40 years old,” but that figure comes from older versions of the story.
Kevin was born on **April 8, 1983**. That means he turned 40 in April 2023 and **43 in April 2026**.
The most widely reported adult measurements come from coverage published when he was in his mid-30s. At that time, he was reported to be approximately **6 feet 9 inches tall** and around **300 pounds**.
There is not reliable recent public reporting establishing that those measurements remain exactly the same today, so claims about his current weight should be treated cautiously.
What is clear is that the enormous newborn grew into an exceptionally tall adult.
## More Than Just a Birth Statistic
It’s easy to look at Kevin’s story as a fascinating number: 16 pounds 6 ounces at birth.
