Bengals' first-round pick Amarius Mims pulls off highlight reel play in a completely different sport
Amarius Mims is an impressive athlete no matter how you look at him.The Cincinnati Bengals' first-round pick from this year's NFL Draft is a physical specimen for an offensive lineman. He's 6-8 and up to 350 pounds, and he carries that size with abnormal ease.It shouldn't surprise anyone he can launch softballs deep into the […]
Amarius Mims is an impressive athlete no matter how you look at him.
The Cincinnati Bengals' first-round pick from this year's NFL Draft is a physical specimen for an offensive lineman. He's 6-8 and up to 350 pounds, and he carries that size with abnormal ease.
It shouldn't surprise anyone he can launch softballs deep into the stratosphere when given the chance.
Mims participated in Logan Wilson's second annual Celebrity Softball Game and was one of many to blast a home run over the makeshift fence inside Dayton's Day Air Ballpark.
The difference between Mims and his peers is he only needed one hand to swing for the fences.
I mean, good lord. Slow pitch or not, that takes some inordinate force. That ball didn't just clear the fence, it cleared the fence in straightaway centerfield.
Mims played multiple sports growing up, but baseball wasn't one of them according to "The Beast" put together by The Athletic's Dane Brugler. Football, basketball, and track (shot put) were Mims' sports before he went to Georgia for college.
Some athletes can just do it all.
That moonshot was Mims' only homer of the game from Saturday afternoon. Four of Mims' teammates ended up going yard multiple times. Cornerback DJ Turner II, linebacker Joe Bachie, and former safety Shawn Williams each hit two homers, but it was kicker Evan McPherson who led the way with three on the day.
Their dingers just didn't look like the Mims sent into orbit with one hand.
Bengals first-round pick Amarius Mims explains why he’s equipped to quickly transition to NFL life
Mims comes from one of the top college football programs in the country, and he believes that will help him land on his feet in the NFL.
