Watch the video to see why Barron Trump's massive height may surprise you!
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00:00Does Barron Trump have a future in the NBA? That's the question that has set the internet
00:06abuzz, as people notice young Barron's rather extreme stature. The internet started buzzing
00:12about the 15-year-old's markedly noticeable growth after a recent picture surfaced of
00:17him shopping with his mother, Melania Trump, in early July 2021.
00:22While we don't know whether the young man can shoot a free throw, he can definitely
00:26meet many professional basketball players eye-to-eye at the height of 6 feet, 7 inches.
00:32Jokingly referring to video game advancing characters, one social media follower tweeted,
00:38"'Somebody has to stop Barron Trump before he levels up again.'"
00:42The young Trump definitely cuts an imposing silhouette, as his marked growth is shown
00:47in both height and a broadening overall physique. And what's more? At 15, he could get even
00:54Many young men don't reach their final height until closer to the end of those high school
00:58years. Barron has already gone far beyond the average percentile in height for a boy
01:03his age. The median height, or 50th percentile, for a 15-year-old boy in the United States
01:09is 66.9 inches, or just a little under 5'6".
01:13Barron has also surpassed a standard height prediction called mid-parental height using
01:18the combined heights of his parents. At about 6'2 for his father and 5'11 for his mother,
01:25this means you would combine this number in inches and divide by two, then take that number
01:30and add two. This would predict an adult Barron at about 6'3, a height he's already overshot.
01:37So just how tall will this towering teen be as an adult? Studies have shown that the peak
01:42height boys reach during puberty is about 92 percent of their total adult height. If
01:486'7 is this peak, then the math tells us Barron Trump may reach just shy of 6'11.
01:56Comparing this to the young Trump siblings, Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly 6'1, Eric Trump
02:01is 6'5, Ivanka Trump is 5'11, and Tiffany Trump is 5'8, there is some debate about the
02:08height of former President Trump, as his driver's license says 6'2. He has self-reported
02:13being 6'3, and some pictures would appear to show him shorter than either, but that
02:17speculation actually makes young Barron's height even more astounding.
02:22To compare this growth rate, one can look at the pro athlete LeBron James. James himself
02:28was topping 6 feet tall as a freshman in high school, at a reported 6'5". The NBA legend
02:34went on to reach a touch over 6 feet 8 inches, which is only one inch taller than Barron's
02:40current height. And while this may align with Barron's apparently strong interest in sports,
02:45it should be noted that height does not necessarily indicate ability. Reportedly, Barron is a
02:51basketball fan, but again, being a fan doesn't equal ability. But at the very least, Barron
02:56will always be tall.