Duncanville's Alex January and the belief in monsters

Before Alex January was a two-time state champion at Duncanville and DCTF four-star defensive line signee to Texas, he was perhaps the state's largest peewee baseball player.

His 6-foot-4-inch, 325-pound frame wasn't the result of a late growth spurt. He's been about a foot taller and 50 pounds heavier than other kids all his life. College football coaches drool over his size and production at Duncanville, most recently winning District 11-6A Defensive Player of the Year. But his father, Michael, can't help remembering all those home runs Alex mashed.