He weighed nearly 300 pounds, the heaviest he'd ever been. He left McCallum in 2016 finally understanding what was going on with his health.īut after his workout that March morning - an abnormal weather day, he remembers, warm for a town known for its snowy winters and bone-chilling cold - he was about to leave when instead he stepped on the scale. The 5-foot-10, 258-pound kicker had dealt with erratic eating for most of his life, but after gaining 50 pounds within months of graduating high school - where he was a four-time football letterman and soccer star - in the spring of 2014, his erratic eating rapidly escalated and became an increasingly consuming disease. He stayed for two months.Īt the facility, Julius was told he had an eating disorder, a diagnosis he had never before received. Louis - home of McCallum Place, an eating-disorder treatment center with male- and athlete-specific programs. In May of that year, a then-21-year-old Julius said a temporary goodbye to his home in State College, Pennsylvania, to seek solace in St.
Medically monitored workouts weren't abnormal for Julius, who had openly struggled with binge eating since October 2016. monitored workout scheduled in the training room. On Monday, March 27, 2017, the day after his 22nd birthday, Penn State kicker Joey Julius walked into the Louis and Mildred Lasch Football Building, just minutes from the famed Beaver Stadium, where he had gained national notoriety for his bone-crunching hit on a Kent State kick returner in 2016.
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