WATCH: Alongside track, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson showcases exceptional skills as a football player in his high school varsity team

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Aug 20, 2024 03:40 GMT

Quincy Wilson has been the talk of the town of late and for all the right reasons. The 16-year-old sprinter from Maryland became the youngest male track and field athlete from the USA to win an Olympic gold medal in the men's 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics.

However, apart from track and field, Wilson is also adept at American football. A recent video of his high school performance has gone viral on social media, where the American sprinter is seen running furiously with the football toward the touchdown area.

Sports portal SportsCenter Next uploaded the video from Wilson's high school on Instagram, with the following note-

"The 16-year-old Olympic gold medalist can do it all.

Wilson attends the Bullis school in Maryland."

Quincy Wilson is currently studying at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland. Apart from high school football, the American sprinter has been pursuing athletics in this very school since the age of eight.

In March 2024, Wilson broke the indoor under-18 world record for the 400-meter dash while competing for Bullis School. Then, at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials held in Eugene, Oregon, earlier this year, Wilson broke the outdoor under-18 world record for the 400m not once but twice. This was one of the reasons why he made it to the Paris Olympics as the youngest male track and field athlete from the USA.

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Quincy Wilson beats former NFL star Channing Crowder in a 40-yard dash

Quincy Wilson in action during the preliminaries of the Men's 4x400m relay event at Paris Olympics 2024 [Image Source: Getty]

The high school football video isn't the only reason behind Quincy Wilson becoming a social media sensation. Only a couple of days ago, the Olympic gold medalist had a fun dash with former NFL player Channing Crowder, and he 'beat' him at it as well. For the unversed, Channing Crowder is a former football player, who played as a linebacker for the Miami Dolphins in the NFL for six seasons, until 2012.

Olympic medalist turned digital content creator Rori Dunk shared the video on his X account, writing:

"Quincy Wilson takes on former NFL player Channing Crowder in the 40 yard dash. And, it wasn't fair [Laughing Emojis"

In this video, one can see that Wilson and Crowder are racing each other for a 40-yard dash, and even before they reach midway, Crowder playfully gives up, while Quincy Wilson runs the entire stretch and lands on the foam the same way as the Olympic champion for men's high jump Hamish Kerr did during one of his attempts, leading to a flurry of memes online.

However, Quincy Wilson was not at all satisfied with his performance at the Paris Olympics, where his timing of 47.3 seconds landed the USA in the seventh position before he handed over the baton to Vernon Norwood. If not for the rest of the team, the USA would have been eliminated in the preliminaries of the men's 4x400m relay event at the Paris Olympics, a fact that Quincy Wilson wants to improve upon in his next attempt.