What Happens When A 12 Year Old Football Phenom Actually Grows Up?

This is a repost from my "What Happened To Cody Paul?" video I dropped in 2019.

[@ChiefsFanInSC]

If the dude got a college degree without having to take out a student loan to pay for it, then that qualifies as an awesome accomplishment!

[@BigBoost73]

Boo Yah the NFL is overrated

[@oceancycloneblue5356]

Yup! Married retired and coaching, hes winning for sure.

[@DragonWarrior1524]

People aren’t saying he’s a failure in his life, but in the sense of a football career

[@user-bq9ii9vz8e]

@@oceancycloneblue5356 Retired? Retired from what?

[@oceancycloneblue5356]

@@user-bq9ii9vz8e need a timestamp? Or you didnt watch the whole video?

[@jalenfrommiramar]

I’m gonna tell my kids Cody Paul grew up to be CMC

[@flemlorapsRM]

lol

[@monello99z96]

Why not make him Jake Paul?

[@jalenfrommiramar]

@@monello99z96 why would he be Jake paul

[@user-ye1ex4to7j]

​@@flemlorapsRMWeak. Tell them you are Jesus. That way they really believe you. Do better.

[@cliffbooth4826]

Flemlo has a kind heart..what a great creator he is. Best wishes to Cody also.. cant be easy dealing with that pressure

[@flemlorapsRM]

Appreciate u bro

[@JoshBeFreeTV]

As SOON as that highlight tape popped up, I was transported back to 2007 on god. Despite the adversity later on, dude accomplished what so many people strived for during that time of innocence in our lives. Props to him for staying true to his grind

[@rshowers7590]

Genetics are tough. Shows this guy’s heart when you consider the work he put in despite the obstacles he faced. How many people’s lives spiral under the pressure of high/unrealistic expectation? God bless this man. This is a cautionary tale and deserves a full-blown documentary.

[@cade_hawkins55]

Most of them end up like Normal people like us with normal jobs a select few make the league but most won’t truly be the superstar players they were hyped to be

[@flemlorapsRM]

One of the reason I was never into Friday Night Tikes.

[@dontaveonlove626]

@@flemlorapsRMthis is how I feel about coaches telling my mom she needs to pay 600 dollars for my brother to travel and play and promising that he’ll get eyes on him and it’ll get his name out there.

[@silversurfer231]

I know its not football nut lamelo ball is one of the verry few child stars to actually make it n be successful

[@OhDrewzy]

@@flemlorapsRM false KOBE, LEBRON was GREAT young same with Lamelo ball so on its just way more that dont make it then do.

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

That’s usually how it goes. Guys grow before everybody else and are superstars until everybody else gets bigger and they don’t grow much more.

[@primoshe2]

excellent story... u are well spoken and very intelligent... and u know how to captivate an audience and hold them there thru out the video... huge props...

[@Zeb-gb2uk]

Ive been binge watching your content. Flemlo, you're a great storyteller 👍✌️❤️

[@colemanjr]

Great job young man. Love your work. Glad YT recommended your channel to me. As for Cody, looks like he turned out just fine. Like you said just like most of us out here who played ball while in school

[@dmc0015]

I love your content man! Really informative and entertaining, and the positive mental health approach plus building up the subjects of the videos is what puts them on another level. Keep up the phenomenal work!!!

[@Invertmini1212]

Damn watching this brought me back in time.... Not just from the highlight but from life and what was happening at that time, was not expecting this 😅

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

Thats cool. He took all the shots and opportunities available to him and he gave it his all. Hats off to the man. I hope hes living his best life today.

[@garysapper8716]

Thank you for this video update. I know you put a lot of work and care into the research and editing - it shows. My hat's off to you!

[@CT-ob2bw]

Young man you did a great job with this vid doc. Congrats! Talented.

[@TheBalty]

I remember watching his highlight video back then. My little brother was just getting into to Jr Football. Cody Paul was a beast at a young age. This is cool seeing this video all these years later!!

[@historybuff1483]

This is so common. When me and my cousin were 11-12 he was a RB and really quick and a highlight reel. I was fast and had good hands and was more of a natural athlete. By time he was in HS he was only 5-7, slow, and chubby and played backup center. I grew to 6-5, 220 and ran a 4.6 40 and ended up playing D-1 football. Anything pre-puberty is pointless for scouting. The body just changes or for some…doesn’t change much at all.

[@michaelkraus4135]

You left out HGH Along with '' ORALS & INJECTABLES ''.

[@historybuff1483]

@@michaelkraus4135 ive never taken HGH or steroids lmao. I was 6-5, 220 in HS lol

[@tgs5725]

100%. Some kids hit puberty earlier than others. I also had a friend we used to swear was going to the league. Man was 5'7 185lbs in like 7th grade. He used to abuse the opponents in the games. Run for like 8 TDs a game... Fast forward to our senior year and his ass was 5'7 185lbs and wasnt even on the football team anymore.

[@King_riotv]

What school you went to and did you play?

[@jamesbroomfield7799]

You gotta remember, the stats between Woodhead and Cody. Back then , it was more popular to run the rock and have a stellar defense. But within the past 5 to 10 years, passing the ball is the new cool trend. So I'm wondering if that affected Cody's stats, And even nowadays, the RB position has been unappreciated by the nfl as of late. So I'm wondering if Cody just got caught in between the transition of football trends. During the Reggie Bush days , rb's were highly sought after. But fast forward til now and even top RBs have to fight and prove they're worth a decent contract

[@KWillo]

Interesting point.Though, the RB position has been oversaturated with talent for thw last 3 decades.It's supply and demand where value dropped when the demand decreased.

[@posysdogovych2065]

The biggest factor is that Cody only ended up growing to 5'5. If he had grown two more inches, he probably would have gotten a D1 scholarship.

[@uPSIDEdOWN577]

A lil off topic but Reggie bush run vs Fresno state was the best run I’ve seen by a tail back ever.

[@lj2official882]

I ran against him in high school when he was at Los Al lmao. He was a KZbin legend. I appreciate the piece you did on my cousin Caylin Moore as well🫡🔥

[@flemlorapsRM]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@jacob9538]

I played defense against him senior year. He came up the middle on a draw in the 4th quarter and I laid him out. He was out cold for about ten minutes. We were all expecting the worst but he finally woke up eventually.

[@l.d.8310]

That was an excellent report young man...thank you!...a lot of work went into that I can tell

[@austindavidson6150]

Can’t wait to listen tomorrow. I went to school with Cody at CSC. Great dude. Hope he’s doing well. I know he went through some hard times recently.

[@TEAMGETHELP]

How so? I was curious with this vid if his brother got into digital work😄

[@madmaxxcrosby]

OC legend man if you ever get in touch with him man i wish him all be best

[@chrishoye2949]

Brilliantly done. You honored a great athlete and a very fine young man. Thank you.

[@AlphaOmegaMMA1]

First time viewing a video from your channel. I really enjoyed it. Great work! I'm subscribed and hope to see more God bless.

[@sproles88]

I played against his team in pop warner and what made him really good is he was ahead of his time skill wise as a 12 year old. He had a skill set of a college athlete playing in pop warner he could catch, pass, block, cut back, juke, and was fast and strong for his age but he top out and seemed like he reached his potential at a very early age

[@HonestFreshly]

Flemlo you gotta run the OG background music back 1 time🔥🔥😂😂

[@thelive6103]

@Flemlo Raps Remastered -I would love to see a video of underdogs who made it in the league..guys people forgot about but were studs despite their size…Mark Mcmillian (5’7 CB), Bob Sanders (5’8 HOF Sfty) , Dave Meggett (5’7 Special Teams Specialist), Mike Alstott (260lb RB), Dat Nyguen (5’11, NFL First Vietnamese player) , Larry Allen (Sonoma State U) and Danny Woodhead (5’6 RB, Division 2)…there are so many great stories of guys fighting and clawing for that inch!

[@notchildish]

run cody run was a fucking banger. lowkey shook that video wasn’t completely forgotten

[@jezmez68]

This was fantastic and very positive! Thank you!

[@victorkrese6727]

Definitely no shame in that career. Football got him into a school and he got to play a game he loved for four years longer than most. He met his wife through football. Maybe a couple of inches taller, a few pounds heavier or a few tenths faster, the story would be different. I’m sure there are thousands of amateur sports athletes that could be said about. Me, personally, I’m happy for him. Looks like he’s living a good life.

[@zaizai332]

Best highlight tape of all time

[@iakazul]

Thank you for sharing some really solid content

[@teatone1170]

SoCal (IE, LA & OC counties) are loaded with big time high school programs and with tons of backs, I think he was just out shined.

[@jbj7599]

Glad to see Cody saw that and hope he sees this

[@huejaynus3134]

I remember watching this when it was making the rounds back in the early 2000s.

[@teti_99]

Ayyye I train one of the DT's for the Bengals. But I remember watch Cody's highlights in high school 💯💯💯

[@loncho5079]

Cool video, and great commentary!

[@iceman4660]

This happens in every sport. It's a reality of life.

[@patrickmoan4086]

Really interesting story. Thanks for putting it together.

[@RealRap501]

Everybody that played football in the late 2000’s early 10s definitely seen his highlights on KZbin good times

[@MCbusiness2]

Danny Woodhead was an absolute animal in college. As a Jets fan and also a small white rb in HS at the time, a small part of me died the day we cut him and he went to the patriots.

[@cb750k1974]

Great video. I, and so many others will never forget Cody Paul......I was hoping Georgia Tech and their, Paul Johnson, triple option would have offered him a scholarship......he would have fit in perfectly with that offense.

[@FC-cz6zd]

Wow, great story! You did him justice and I hope he sees this. Well done.

[@shawnthomasbrown3867]

Someone should’ve showed his tape to belichik.

[@user-bq9ii9vz8e]

Why?

[@gregbennett4769]

Wes Welker, Julian Eddleman small white guys that played for belicheck and were super productive.

[@user-bq9ii9vz8e]

@@gregbennett4769 Oh, that's what you meant. They were small, but compared to this guy after he'd grown up they were giants

[@dwoods744]

Can we get one on Mark Bradford from Stanford ?? I’m really anxious to know why he never made it to the NFL Thanks Big Dawg 💪🏽

[@MrZola1234]

Good video bro... like your style

[@CTidda23]

Seeing them stats.. Cody was a baller, can't take that from him💯

[@mpcinlv]

Stumbled in ... professional video and storytelling.

[@Bigguccirambo]

To this day when I hear make it rain I think of Cody Paul

[@darrylgraves6751]

He Bro,You are very good at what you do!!! Keep up the good work.

[@LeeePowers]

The ad popped up as "The Wayne was cued."

[@javi__...]

From what i got from this video is that i need to see more danny woodhead highlights

[@mikejmckelvey]

I'm from Fresno. Cody is the type of player the Bulldogs usually keep their eye out for. Players with big hearts.

[@TrueCody]

I remember being a kid watching this…. Thinking no way, this dude has to go pro. Was so inspiring to my 10 year old football self lol

[@graniteguy8410]

Great info. great vocal !!

[@jakerobertiello2864]

These kid was so good as a kid whatttt 😳

[@bobbybrandon584]

He probably could've produced at FCS but D2 is still good football, and given how happy they seem it looks like worked out for him!

[@aramismcginty918]

Danny woodheads college stats are crazy.

[@charliehuntsman9827]

Played highschool ball with Woody great dude very Humble And to him he would put too all glory too God and the players around him 🙏🙏🙏

[@Father0four]

Love the Bengals swag in the background

[@J.Solo1969]

When your that small you gotta be more than "SOLID" you gotta be "SUPER SPECIAL"

[@thewhite335]

I remember when i was 11 watching cody paul. Literally made me a beast like him when i was playing football. I wanted to be like him

[@donovanroberts476]

Cody Paul!!! You are a legend for brining this back!!

[@henrylam92]

Played against him when I was senior and he was a Junior. His Oline were huge and remember studying his tape. He definitely ran like he was 5-10 and 200lbs like a cannonball on top of being able to change direction. Due to his size and strength people would actually miss a lot of tackles or get run thru. You’d never know but nice/humble guy tho (source: me who played LB and got their asses whooped 😂)

[@timmcdowell6027]

The kid reminds me of Christian mccaftrey from the 49ers the way he runs the rock, never heard of Cody paul til now but this was a great story

[@definitelynotchadfish]

Dope video man.

[@jimedwards7755]

David Adams was 5'6" and was a stud at Arizona back in the 80's...

[@A-FrameWedge]

I have seen so many times these are the kids who hit puberty earlier than other kids or are just bigger than the kids their age but don’t get much bigger as they get older. Some kids peak early.

[@YourGrannysThong]

It's weird how high Flemlo's voice was when he made this compared to now

[@Bythebartalk]

Highlights were 🔥🔥🔥

[@goliath9081]

Great video once again.

[@swoletimeappareltv9655]

Better than the first time I seen it 😊👏🏽

[@jaketrippy3479]

I was at nationals that year, we heard a rumor about him while we were down there and my team watched him play for maybe 15 mins before we had to go warm up for our game, he was very shifty but a lot like our team that year, the blocking didn’t stop till the whistle blew. Not taking anything away from him just saying his team had the same rule ours did, if the ball aint in your hands a defender better be

[@shinglesshingles]

Great video. Thanks for the follow up...but my g is that a picture of Nick Cannon in the background? What's going on lol

[@DaileyShorts]

I mean, I guess it's not unlikely at this point that Nick might be... Ugh, I can't bring myself to say it

[@artartwell1992]

Great work Cody Paul #5

[@gregbert4974]

Flemlo is ready for ESPN/Prime Time announcing fame! Nice job!

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

As a high school football coach the last 13 years, 170 lbs at 5’6 is pretty damn solid for a high school. But… I wouldn’t recruit him in a power 5. Like you said, a smaller D1 could have used him, but he just lacks the explosion a D1 guy has. Also, watching his High School highlights doesn’t look like the competition was great either. Lot of kids get thrown to the wolves at a young age and I’m happy to see how well he handled the entire situation. He seems to have his act together ( just based on the little research I’ve done). Thanks for the Video Flem, you always do a first class job.

[@user-mp8cj3ik5u]

He is skilled and has talent, but people just couldn't see. But those who see it know, i believe he could be a Star. Who cares about his size or weight. Shout out Cody 💯

[@BofaMahnuts]

If I were guessing, if he were as good as advertised, the schools probably didn't want to deal with the publicity.

[@robertward553]

Thanks for the video, interesting stuff.

[@jesscooley3522]

Great video!

[@pdraggy]

That was phenominal researching! Shame he never got his chance at the big spotlight, but dude seemed to do pretty well for himself! Hope you hear good news about him soon!

[@doriangray7112]

He lacked the quickness and acceleration that those backs you named have and his small stature only succeeded in making those discrepancies worse.

[@banana403]

In grassroots sports, performance ultimately comes down to who hit puberty first, then who hit puberty the hardest - in that order.

[@jamespohl-md2eq]

Cody should have switched to a sport like soccer or baseball where size isn’t as limiting. So many great athletes play sports that they are good at where they could be great in another.

[@protroll697]

Damn I thought it was something new. For everyone seeing it for the first time enjoy.

[@Ghostmaker36]

Can you do video on white boy who went to Michigan back in the 07 timeframe, his highlight reel was one of the most incredibly insanely talented, I remember he either fully hurdled dude who was 6’4 and standing completely vertical and cleared him effortlessly, my words can’t do that highlight reel justice 💯

[@sterlingwilliams8645]

You mean Sam McGuffie, FlemLo has already done a video on him

[@Ghostmaker36]

@@sterlingwilliams8645 yeaaaaa he was nuts bro, but he doesn’t have a update on him does he?

[@therealspikeflee]

Damn FlemLo that voice sound light as hell 😂

[@CloutGod_504]

Cody Paul ran HARD !!!!

[@BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee]

It’s kind of a weird coincidence that the phenoms seem to end up being short in stature. It’s like they stopped growing. Does anyone know if the hits would have anything to do with stunted growth?

[@chapter6verse22]

I used to watch his highlights videos dude was snappin

[@brownfox4995]

You should do a video about your own career in football. I did not realize you played college ball.

[@21bluefins]

I saw Daunte Culpepper play high school football. He looked like a grown man playing against a bunch of 10 year old kids!!

[@g.o.a.tsports2880]

The college had him listed at under 165 for every year except his senior season.

[@JohnMurphy-zs1vn]

Great content!

[@FranklinGray]

I wish my boy had his desire and work ethic.

[@Bill_8864]

The problem is people hit their growth spurts at differing times. So, kids around 12-14 can mature faster or slower. The guy who's a beast at 12 can then never grow anymore after that & due to that not get any more height. I hate that the scouts/coaches rate height over can he play.

[@MrCaptainCrazy]

D2 was appropriate. Good college career.

[@brianjones9392]

This was a good video.

[@bc8683]

As a 5’6 small college TB weighed 180lbs my senior year with 330 squat and 27 reps of 225 it’s the injuries bro. Bigger dudes or special cats like Woodhead can take the wear and tear, most of us can’t.

[@jokezup7850]

Woodhead was D2 Heisman too. I dont think Cody was ever considered

[@ccook3659]

Good Report.. Still making Cody Paul famous to those of us that didn't know anything about him...😊

[@artofficialstudios2410]

Great video