Everyone has throwback photos they would probably want to forget, and Chadwick Boseman is no exception.

In the present, the Black Panther star is dreamy, whether he’s on the big screen or walking a red carpet.

A Black Panther fan account tracked down an old picture of the 40-year-old actor during his Howard days, and it’s a stark contrast to his swagger today.

Chadwick was at Howard looking like he wrote poetry, smoked weed, and painted random women he saw everyday. pic.twitter.com/5ZJcIfmdrq

— bri ????| n'jadaka fan account (@tchallaslegacy) May 22, 2018

For his Rolling Stone cover story, his mentor Phylicia Rashad described him as a "lanky young man with big eyes."

She was spot on.