Jesse Williams benched 600 lbs. this morning

Via twitter

Jesse Williams is strong. Really strong. But word from twitter today may confirm that he’s the strongest man in college football.

According to tweets from his teammates, and himself, the Alabama defensive lineman benched 600 lbs. early this morning, setting twitter ablaze with Alabama fans and others who were impressed, to say the least.

It started with a simple tweet (at 3:26 a.m., mind you):

About to Put the World On the Bar This Morning #LightWeight #Iliftheavythings

— Jesse Williams (@ThaMonstar) July 26, 2012

Apparently, the world weighs 600 lbs., because a little over two hours later, long-snapper Carson Tinker sent this:

I saw @thamonstar dominate 600 lbs on the bench this morning… Incredible

— Carson Tinker (@carsontink) July 26, 2012

Williams then confirmed what Tinker said:

https://twitter.com/ThaMonstar/status/228480932527632384

And kicker Cade Foster made for the third witness to Williams’ amazing feat:

https://twitter.com/cadefoster01/status/228483442466234369

(Equally impressive is a kicker benching 445 lbs.)

Need visual evidence? Williams has you covered:

https://twitter.com/ThaMonstar/status/228484621334085635

If I’m not mistaken, that picture looks like a still from a video, so that video must be out there somewhere. Hopefully, it will eventually surface. Any idea what the other SEC offensive linemen are thinking right about now?

Update: Never fear, because Williams made it to class, too:

Not only did @thamonstar bench 600 pounds this morning, but he showed up to astronomy lab, too. #beast #rolltide

— Rachel Goggins (@rolltiderachel) July 26, 2012