Texans' Vince Wilfork graces cover of ESPN Magazine's Body Issue

Texans nose tackle Vince Wilfork graces the cover of ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue. The issue is out on newsstands Wednesday. Click through the gallery to see the other athletes featured in this year's Body Issue. less Texans nose tackle Vince Wilfork graces the cover of ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue. The issue is out on newsstands Wednesday. Click through the gallery to see the other athletes featured in this year's Body ... more Photo: Peter Hapak For ESPN The Magazine Photo: Peter Hapak For ESPN The Magazine Image 1 of / 32 Caption Close Texans' Vince Wilfork graces cover of ESPN Magazine's Body Issue 1 / 32 Back to Gallery

This is Vince Wilfork as we've never seen him before.

The Texans nose tackle and 12-year NFL veteran will grace ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue. The cover featuring a naked Wilfork was released today. The magazine will be available Wednesday, July 6.

So why'd he decided to bare all for the magazine?

"I just think it's a good idea for people that are bigger-boned," Wilfork told ESPN. 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."

Wilfork's wife Bianca told ESPN it's "almost discriminatory" that athletes with his physique don't get endorsement deals from apparel companies.

"It pisses me off because I know that there's not a lot of marketing advantages for him when it comes to certain outlets," Bianca Wilfork. "You don't see Vince Wilfork-sized guys on the Nike commercials or Under Armour. But yet you have somebody that's going on 13 years in the league, four times to the Super Bowl, a great guy on and off the field. You couldn't ask for a better fit ... he's just got a big tummy."

Wilfork, however, claimed he didn't care, saying "I don't give a (expletive) about that."

SURPRISE!



Watch as Vince Wilfork found out he was on the cover of the upcoming @ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue.'https://t.co/ccC28RLBYZ — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) June 30, 2016

As for his size, Wilfork said he weighted 308 pounds during high school and his tipped the scales "all the way to 350." He's listed at 325 pounds on the Texans' official roster.