17-year-old basketball star Jabari Parker landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week.
By our count, he's the 15th child sports genius to grace the prestigious cover since 1966. So we went back and took a look at how those alleged prodigies panned out.
The results were a bit surprising — some flopped, many had so-so careers, and only a select few became true stars.
Rick Mount played five unremarkable seasons in the ABA after his 1966 SI cover. As of 2003, he was living in his hometown working as a police officer
Source: Los Angeles Times
Tom McMillen played in the NBA for 11 seasons, but never averaged more than 9 points after his 1970 SI cover. He then became a congressmen in the late-80s
Source: TBJ
Mike Peterson was a great high school baseball and basketball player in 1971. But he never played professionally and worked various jobs (like managing a JC Penny) in Kansas
Source: SI
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