“I overheard Brandon say, ‘I only measured eight and a half inches. Allen, Kousaleos remembers, was upset, and for a…striking reason. Both players had recently finished up their college football careers, and were now in Florida, at a training facility where Kousaleos worked, preparing for the upcoming NFL Draft. In early 2016, a massage therapist named George Kousaleos found himself listening in on an unusual conversation between two standout football players: Brandon Allen, a quarterback from Arkansas, and Michael Thomas, a wide receiver from Ohio State.