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The NFL Combine is all about how players look something that is especially true for North Dakota State offensive line prospect Cody Mauch.That's because JuJu Smith-Schuster Jersey Mauch has one of the more distinct looks in the 2023 NFL Draft cla s, and it has nothing to do with how he performs on the field or, indeed, the sport of football at all.MORE: We are referencing, of course, his winning smile Xavier Grimble Jersey that is absent two front teeth:NFL Draft prospect Cody Mauch says he lost his front teeth diving for a ball during a basketball game in 7th grade.He tried to fix it through retainers, but kept losing them.Eventually I just kind of stopped wearing it and kind of embraced the whole no two front teeth look. (@sportingnews) Mauch, Franco Harris Jersey whose height and weight were updated to 6-5 and 302 pounds at the combine, stands to be one of the top offensive linemen drafted in 2023. The Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer projects him to be the eighth offensive tackle selected and by the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs.MORE: How did Cody Mauch lose his two front teeth?Regardle s of when he's taken in Rod Woodson Jersey April his smile will flash acro s TV stations acro s the nation, inevitably raising the question: How did Mauch lose his front two teeth?He laid out the origin story Saturday, saying they were knocked out in a youth basketball game:If youve been wonderingHeres the backstory to (versatile O-Lineman) Cody Mauchs amazing toothle s smile its been a conversation point in Javon Hargrave Jersey his meetings with every NFL team. Love this guy! StaceyDales (@StaceyDales) "So I was in seventh grade in a conference championship basketball tournament," Mauch said. "I was just diving for a loose ball and so was one of my buddies and I kind of dove right into his head.""So my teeth were kind of loose in there," Mauch added, making a hand gesture that suggested his teeth were pointed outward from their original positions. Louis Lipps Jersey "So I was sent to the ER and they pulled them out that night.MORE: Luckily for Mauch, he had options to restore its smile to its full glory. But several years later, it remains minus two teeth. As Mauch explained it, he kept losing or breaking the tools given to him to repair his smile so Cameron Sutton Jersey much so that he eventually decided to keep his teeth as they are.I went through the proce s of trying to get them fixed with braces, retainers, these little flippers all kinds of stuff, Mauch said. And eventually I kept breaking retainers and my mom would get mad at me because I would break them and have to keep going back to Jordan Berry Jersey the orthodontist."Mauch mentioned in his answer that he figured to get his teeth repaired following his football career, before adding that he may never do so. "Its just part of me, I gue s," he said.Toothle s or not, Mauch's will remain a winning smile especially after an . |
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