Video: 9th-grade football player Robert Simmons squats 550 pounds

Video: Freshman Robert Simmons squats 550 pounds
Incredible display of strength from South Carolina football player.

Robert Simmons set the West Ashley (Charleston, S.C.) school record for squatting on Tuesday.

The mountainous, 6-foot-3, 370-pounder squatted astonishing 550 pounds, an all-time record for the Class AAAA school.

The West Ashley coaching staff believes that Simmons has a good chance to eventually break the state record of 710 pounds, according to one of Simmons' teammates.

Simmons was a region champion and a state qualifier at the Region Strength Meet.



He was also one of only three freshmen listed on West Ashley's football roster during the fall.