Article: Trinity's Wilkins 'an unbelievable physical talent'

Trinity senior defensive end/tight end Ken Wilkins doesn't like to miss a workout.

Opponents could use that time to get better, and he could lose ground, he reasons.

"I get paranoid if I do miss a single workout," Wilkins said. "I'm in the gym three or four times a week, sometimes five."

It shows. The 6-foot-3, 231-pound Wilkins bench presses 365 pounds, runs the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds and tirelessly chases down opposing ball carriers.

With his combination of strength and quickness, Wilkins attracted dozens of Division I scholarship offers before he made a verbal commitment to Michigan.

"He's an unbelievable physical talent," Trinity coach Ed Dalton said. "He's very muscular, and he ...

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