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7.5-Foot-Tall High School Basketball Player Is Kind of a Big Deal

Tacko Fall is kind of a big deal. Actually, he's a really big deal — 7'5", to be exact. And he's only in high school.

The Internet met Fall this week after his highlights reel (watch above) hit YouTube. The video has since been viewed more than 250,000 times, and for good reason: It's transfixing to watch Fall, who is still just learning the game, dunk over hapless (and relatively Lilliputian) teenage defenders.

See also: A YouTube Legend Battles for His Basketball Future

The YouTube video above claims Fall is the tallest high school player in the country. While we can't verify that fact, it's certainly believable; the average NBA player is about 6'7" and many high school teams start centers who barely grow taller than 6'0".

Fall's nickname is "Taco," according to Home Team Hoops, a YouTube channel that focuses on Florida high school basketball and uploaded Fall's highlights on Tuesday. But Fall's full name, according to the Orlando Sentinel, is more befitting his outsized height: Elhadji Serigne Tacko Diop Fall.

Fall is originally from Dakar, Senegal, according to the Sentinel, which puts Fall's height at a piddling 7'4.5". He played this past season for Florida's Liberty Christian Prep, averaging 11 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Fall is just a junior, according to the recruiting site 247Sports, so he has a year to improve on those numbers and impress college coaches. But given his remarkable height (he would be the NBA's tallest player if he joined the league today), Fall should have no trouble finding a college program willing to take a chance on him.

If things don't work out on the court for Tacko, another Fall could make waves on YouTube soon — his 7-year-old brother is reportedly already 5'9".

BONUS GALLERY: 15 NBA Stars Dominating in High School

15 YouTube Videos of NBA Stars Dominating in High School

  1. 1. Derrick Rose

    The Chicago Bulls point guard starred at the Windy City's Simeon Career Academy in high school before playing one season of college ball then getting picked first overall by his hometown pro team in the 2008 NBA Draft. He was league MVP in 2011, and is currently on the road to recovery from a serious knee injury.

    As a high schooler, he was the top-ranked player in the country. This video, which has over 2.6 million YouTube views, makes it easy to understand why.

  2. 2. Vince Carter

    Before becoming the rather husky swingman you see in Dallas today, Carter was known as "Air Canada" for his high-flying exploits as a Toronto Raptor. Before that, he starred at the University of North Carolina. Before that, he dunked all over helpless youngsters as a Florida high school legend.

  3. 3. James Harden

    The Oklahoma City Thunder guard is known as much for his epic beard as smooth game today. But just a few years ago, he was a baby-faced prep star leading Artesia High School to back-to-back California state championships.

  4. 4. LeBron James

    This Ohio news report on a local high school sophomore by the name of LeBron James is priceless today. From coaches speculating that he might make the NBA one day, to his earnest interviews, it's amazing to compare this with the global icon we know today. Newsman Brad Forster, who you see in the clip, uploaded it to his personal YouTube channel in 2010.

  5. 5. John Wall

    Wall starred at the University of Kentucky for one season before becoming the first overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft. This compilation is from his senior year of high school at Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, is pretty freaking sweet and has 6.8 million views on YouTube.

  6. 6. Jason Kidd

    What makes this highlight reel even more impressive? It all comes from one game, when Kidd led St. Joseph's High School from Alameda, California, to the 1992 state championship. He then went on to star at Cal and is currently wrapping up his Hall of Fame career with the New York Knicks.

  7. 7. Brandon Jennings

    Jennings is a budding star for the Milwaukee Bucks. This video, which has more than 1.3 million YouTube views, shows him as a high schooler dominating for Oak Hill Academy and in various club team tournaments.

  8. 8. Kyrie Irving

    After being this awesome in high school, Irving played one year at Duke, became the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, then won the league's Rookie of the Year award in 2012.

    This video of his high school exploits has earned more than 1.5 million YouTube views.

  9. 9. Anthony Davis

    Davis, the first overall pick of the June's draft, is being counted on to help lead the New Orleans Hornets back to respectability. This is him destroying all comers during his senior year at Chicago's Perspectives Charter School way back in 2010 and 2011.

  10. 10. Austin Rivers

    Davis will be joined in New Orleans by Rivers, another highly touted rookie. He's the son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, and is seen here killing it at Winter Park High School in Florida as a senior in 2010 and 2011. The impressive mix has been viewed more than 2 million times on YouTube.

  11. 11. Damian Lillard

    Who's that, you ask? Lillard, the sixth overall pick of June's NBA Draft, is a trendy pick among many analysts to take home the Rookie of the Year award this year. This is him back at Oakland High School in the Bay Area of California.

  12. 12. Rajon Rondo

    So Rondo's been doing that fake behind-the-back move forever! This is the current Celtics star during his final year of high school ball, in 2004 at national basketball power Oak Hill Academy.

  13. 13. Josh Smith

    Rondo was joined at Oak Hill that season by current Atlanta Hawks star Josh Smith. Now that's what's called an unfair advantage.

  14. 14. Carmelo Anthony

    A couple years before that, current New York Knick Carmelo Anthony played for Oak Hill and, yeah, he was pretty good and dunked a lot, too.

  15. 15. Amar'e Stoudemire

    And here's Anthony's current Knicks teammate Stoudemire completely taking a bunch of high schoolers to well, school, as a prep in Orlando, Florida. All these dunks and blocks, from just four games. What are you supposed to do against a kid like that?

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