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[QUOTE="Cuseregular, post: 300240, member: 185"]
highly unusual to have that late a growth spurt. It's more likely the one time he was measured later in the day and the next time in the morning. When it comes to athletes they want to always look as tall as possible and when I deal with many athletes I do heading either to college and less often to a shot at the pros, I always tell them to get measured in the morning first thing as early as possible vs. later in the day.
 
Why? well based on the same reason old people shrink, that being the discs in the spine rehydrate at night, fatten up and provide up to an extra inch in height in the early a.m. after a good nights sleep vs. being measured later in the day when lifes compressive forces compress the water out of them. Temporarily so when your sub say 50, not so much later on in life when lifes challenges permanently change the internal consistency and architecture of the spinal discs for most.
 
It's rooted in the same reason all should get their spinal MRI's at night when you get them looking at their worst or a more accurate and truer indication of how bad things can be making a false negative scan less likely, vs. the early morning when they rehydrate, fatten up possibly giving a faulty impression and missing potential problems.
 
Good for Hogue, love the kid as part of the dynamic duo at LB we had their with Smith.
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