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He's not Mickey Rourke, but the real deal. An old wrestler.

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Welcome back, Terence.

Terence Haynes is a 45-year-old man with a tiny to-do list: lose 200 pounds, pursue his college degree after a 27-year absence…and become the oldest wrestler in NCAA history.

Check. Check…and check.

He went from 429 pounds to a svelte 228 in just a year's time. He earned a spot on the Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) College wrestling team. A lifetime dream was realized. At an advanced age where many men are ogling fast cars and young women, Terence Haynes is staring down the fast hands of time and young, agile men donning singlets. Forget the 2-13 record; it's a mere footnote to this inspiring story. Haynes pinned his dietary demons and personal woes to the mat.

Haynes was once a top Ohio prep football prospect; back in the early 80's he was dreaming big, but he was deemed too slow by D-1 scouts. Haynes saw his athletic career derailed, playing just one year of football at D-III Baldwin-Wallace. Depression from dashed dreams and the daily grind fueled his dangerous eating habits. Chillingly ironic that a man who's aided countless others—he's a director of a residential treatment facility for teens—Haynes was unable to help himself for a couple decades.

A fortuitous meeting with a personal trainer sparked his life-altering journey to personal freedom and redemption. Their motto? Lose weight, gain control and confidence over one's life. Crimson Tide LT Andre Smith should take a tutorial from Mr. Haynes. The 'Bama bad boy's inflated weight and inflated ego plummeted his draft status, his pocketbook, and his cred amongst his future NFL peers.

Terence Haynes is rock solid in body, mind and spirit, offering his services as a motivational speaker to anyone in need. In fact, the only chance of packing those pounds back on is if he can't shake off the weight of scores of agents and producers hanging on his neck.

And a quick note to you salivating movie producers. Don't turn this eventual script into a sort of Vision Quest yarn. Terence Haynes' inspirational story is much, much more than just pinning Shute to the floor for two seconds.

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