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7-year-old athletic freak can’t stop going viral

Brace yourself, Rudolph Ingram is coming.

The 7-year-old kid known as “Blaze” from Tampa Bay is the scariest thing on the internet right now — no joke.

It’s been six months since Ingram first went viral when NBA superstar LeBron James posted a video of Ingram, with the little man exploding through defenders in a football game.

In the last six months, Ingram has actually gotten more freakish.

The sprinting sensation returned to the track over the weekend for his first meet of 2019. The video of Ingram competing in the first 60m and 100m sprints of the AAU season in Florida has him going viral all over again.

He is in a league of his own in the video, exploding out of the blocks in the 60m dash and embarrassing the field of older competitors in the 100m.

The newest sprinting clip has seen his number of Instagram followers climb above 270,000.

Under an Instagram account operated by his father, Rudolph Ingram Sr., it is claimed that the pint-sized freak completed his 100m dash in just 13.48 seconds.

That time is an astonishing 1.5 seconds faster than his reported personal best in August last year.

It’s also a new world record if accurate, smashing USA Track and Field’s official record of 13.67 seconds for 7-year-olds.

In the past two AAU national championship meets, he has won a combined 36 medals (including 20 golds).

At the 2018 AAU championships in Orlando in July, he finished first in the 100m sprint and second in the 200m dash for 7-year-old boys.

Oh, he’s also had a six-pack since he was 5 years old.

He is just as freakish on the football field as he is on the track. Six months ago, it was Ingram’s football videos that had the internet losing its mind.

At the age of 6, Ingram was last year playing running back and safety for the Tampa Ravens in a league for older boys. The videos are spellbinding. Even against the taller, older opponents, Ingram is dazzlingly freakish.

Heading into the 2018 football season, Ingram reportedly measured at less than 4-feet tall and less than 50 pounds.

He scored 10 touchdowns last season for the Ravens and was named the team’s MVP for the season.

It’s no wonder his coach, Jimmy Watson, was left blown away.

“At running back you can count on him to put the team on his small back and carry us to the promise land,” he said, according to youth1.com.

“At safety, it’s unbelievable how he can make plays in the backfield. At running back, he’s very fast but even more elusive. The kid has vision like I’ve never seen in a 6-year-old before. One second he’s going one way and then you blink and he’s going another way. He stops on the drop of a dime and runs so aggressive. The kid is one in a million at safety. He’s so fast. He gets to the ball in the backfield and has great hips. I’ve yet to see someone put a move on him. The kids is an all-around great player.”

While Rudolph’s track career is also blowing up, Ingram Sr. has said he wants his son to play in the NFL — if that’s his son’s true desire.

“I realized Blaze had a gift … three years ago,” Ingram Sr. told Fox 9 News last year after LeBron’s social media account saw his Instagram page attract 100,000 followers almost overnight.

“When I see LeBron James comment on it, it was like a stamp. Once LeBron likes it, everyone likes it. For me to see him go viral, I love it. I feel like with that viral platform you can do so much with it, from positive notes, inspirational notes.”