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Marshawn Lynch’s high school photo is full-on Urkel Mode

The internet is in love.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

ESPN gave us one of the most beautiful things to ever grace Monday Night Football.

Marshawn Lynch in high school might as well be a photo from an alternate universe where reality folded back on itself and gave us a timeline where Lynch went from being the president of the A/V club before parlaying it into a job managing a Radio Shack.

We all looked different in high school — but this one is so pronounced that the internet immediately fell in love with HS Marshawn.

But remember, as different Lynch looked in the photo he was still Beast Mode at heart.

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