Freshman Issac Lopez has an interesting relationship with food. He is known among his friends for eating foods that would make most people turn green.

“I saw a TikTok of a guy eating a lamb head,” Lopez said. “I thought I would try it, so I went to a butcher market and got a head. I cooked it and I ate it. I ate the eyeballs and the tongue and the cheek.”

Lopez estimates that he eats around 2,500 calories a day. To balance this out, he plays football and is active in Iron Knights. His family, while they support his hobby, don’t join in the feast.`

“My brothers tried a bit, but they all thought it was disgusting,” Lopez said.

Gavin Lopez, Issac’s younger brother, tried part of the lamb head.

“[The lamb head] wasn’t that good, it tasted kind of bland,” Gavin said.

Lopez has tried food from multiple regions of the United States and wants to travel to Canada to eat at Burgers n’ Fries Forever, a famous burger joint. His favorite unusual foods include a grouper sandwich and mango habanero wings.

Lopez plans to continue his unusual hobby later in life as well and wants to expand his palette to feature more foreign foods. His dream is to travel the world and try new foods.

“It’s all about the adventure,” Issac said.