The former Gator caught a 400-pound Goliath grouper during a fishing trip last week.
Jawaan Taylor, the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle, now has an epic fish tale to tell his teammates when practice and the new NFL season returns.
A viral video posted Thursday shows the football player using everything he has to reel in the monster fish. At one point, Jawaan compared capturing the grouper to “pulling up a bus.”
All his hard work paid off. At the end of the video, you can see the massive fish coming up out of the water. Jawaan later posted a photo to Twitter showing off the giant catch.
According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, Atlantic Goliath groupers can grow up to 8 feet and weigh up to 800 pounds. They are the largest grouper species in the western Atlantic. They can also live up to 50 years.
The record size catch of a Goliath grouper is 680 pounds caught near Fernandina Beach in 1961.
Watch Jawaan’s video here.
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