Vince Wilfork: 'Big Boned' NFL Lineman Brings the Sexy to ESPN's 'Body Issue' (PHOTOS)

*When you think of ESPN‘s annual “body issue,” you think of well-toned, muscular athletes with six-packs. So when a “big boned,” 325 pound lineman like Vince Wilfork (Houston Texans) is highlighted, it’s definitely attention getting.

And speaking of attention, Mr Wilfork has no problem representing for the big guys.

I just think it’s a good idea for people that are bigger-boned. If people can look at me, a guy that’s 325-plus, doing an issue like this, I’m pretty sure that they might have a little confidence. There will be critics, just like with everything else. I think a lot of people will get a laugh out of it, I’ll tell you that. I’m looking forward to what the locker room’s going to say. But at the end of the day, I’m perfectly fine with who I am as a person and what I have accomplished. It shows a lot of my personality.

And just what is it that he wants folks to think when they see his body in the buff?

A lot of people look at me as a big person. Some people consider me to be obese. Some people consider me fat and sloppy. But I think this shoot will give people a different look at what I am. Everybody knows that I have a big stomach, but I think sometimes that overshadows everything else on my body — from my calves to my back to my shoulders to my biceps, you name it. What people go to the gym and work for, I have. The only thing I don’t have that they got is six-packs. But I really don’t care about six-packs.

So what’s the difference between Vince Wilfork on the field and off?

I love to have fun. I do my own shopping. I do my own yardwork. I like to garden. I like to fish. I like to golf. I’m an outdoorsman. I like to cook. But when I hit the stadium, I click the switch, because I know I’m there for a job. I get in a whole different mindset when I enter the stadium. But once I leave I’m back to being a father, husband, a friend.