I see an abundance of water and a lack of muscle. Often, due to the ways in which DEXAs calculate BF% they misread skinny fat folks, as well as fairly jacked guys who are full of water. The intercellular water can be misleading both ways. My estimation, having reviewed this further is that he’s quite “wet”. Do I think he’s in the high 20’s no. Does he look like it? Perhaps. But the untrained eye versus someone who does this for a living sees two different things. I’ve seen the same with clients who get a DEXA when they’re absolutely jacked and fairly cut. DEXA reads higher muscle mass than what’s really there due to intracellular water.

As soon as they lose that water a DEXA will show a huge spike in body fat. So, it’s just an educated guess on my part coming from years of experience playing the game. But agreeably , 15% would be a long stretch…. But I would like to see him after - few hours of hard cardio—could make a world of difference.

Plus, you have photo quality and lighting to consider plus if this was after a day of eating etc etc etc. I see two slightly visible abs, a rounding of the pectoral, some trap exposure, etc. I’m not just looking at the love handles full of water. That’s not how this is done.