Rioux's unusual height landed him in the Guinness World Records a few years ago, and he has become a walking viral video at Florida. While coaches and teammates climbed a ladder to cut pieces of the nets after the Gators won the SEC Tournament, Rioux was able to do it while standing flat-footed.

Synovus had been the subject of merger rumors earlier in the week. The deal could stand as a test case for banks primed to cross the $100 billion-asset threshold amid expected Trump-era deregulation.

By Ateev Bhandari and Pritam Biswas (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. regional banks Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus Financial fell on Friday as investors balked at the possibility of stricter regulatory requirements due to their merger,