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re: Pro athletes who you think could/could have switched sports and had success
Posted on 11/2/21 at 12:48 pm to SLafourche07
Posted on 11/2/21 at 12:48 pm to SLafourche07
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Zion would give Joey Chestnut a run for his money.
Seriously Zion IMO would be better equipped to play football then Lebron as either a TE or DE.
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Posted on 11/2/21 at 12:51 pm to Tiger1242
Grant Holloway the top 110hurdler in the world was a stud HS WR, no doubt NFL
Jackie Robinson one of the best long jumpers in the world, an NCAA Champion, and a great running back at UCLA.
Jim Brown lacrosse, basketball, boxing
Tyreek Hill is a world class sprinter who plays in the NFL.
Usain Bolt would be another Alvin Harper, a one trick pony..go long. Nay!
Bo Jackson could have been an Olympic caliber decathlete, he was a two time Alabama state champion...without the 1500. Incredible athlete.
Herschel Walker world class body building, if he can have the developement he does doing pushups, imagine what weight training would do, yep...Ronnie Coleman II
NFLers, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, MichaeL Bates, hell..a ton of fast cats who can go back to track.
Bill Russell was a world class high jumper.
Obviously all NFL linemen, could be the next Dick the Brusier.
The Nigerian Nightmare gave up the discuss throw to run over people in the NFL.
Ken Patera the Olympic weight lifter/pro rassler could have played on an NFL line.
Obviously...Russell Wilson, Kyler Murray MLB
Braun Strowman NFL D line.
Terry Bradshaw Olympic javelin thrower.
Lawrence Okoye 6-6 295 British discuss thrower, NFL!
Jackie Robinson one of the best long jumpers in the world, an NCAA Champion, and a great running back at UCLA.
Jim Brown lacrosse, basketball, boxing
Tyreek Hill is a world class sprinter who plays in the NFL.
Usain Bolt would be another Alvin Harper, a one trick pony..go long. Nay!
Bo Jackson could have been an Olympic caliber decathlete, he was a two time Alabama state champion...without the 1500. Incredible athlete.
Herschel Walker world class body building, if he can have the developement he does doing pushups, imagine what weight training would do, yep...Ronnie Coleman II
NFLers, Trindon Holliday, Jacoby Ford, Darrell Green, Willie Gault, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, MichaeL Bates, hell..a ton of fast cats who can go back to track.
Bill Russell was a world class high jumper.
Obviously all NFL linemen, could be the next Dick the Brusier.
The Nigerian Nightmare gave up the discuss throw to run over people in the NFL.
Ken Patera the Olympic weight lifter/pro rassler could have played on an NFL line.
Obviously...Russell Wilson, Kyler Murray MLB
Braun Strowman NFL D line.
Terry Bradshaw Olympic javelin thrower.
Lawrence Okoye 6-6 295 British discuss thrower, NFL!
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 12:56 pm to Quidam65
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LeBron. He's large enough for a TE plus accuracy on long throws would have made him an interesting TE pass option (not to mention an emergency QB).
I’d agree with this if he wasn’t so damn soft
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:10 pm to Tiger1242
Drew Brees and tennis? He was an accomplished tennis player in his youth and beat Andy Roddick in that time before he moved to football full time.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:11 pm to lsufball19
Dave Winfield was a multi-sport star at U of Minnesota IIRC. Baseball and basketball at the least.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:11 pm to biglego
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It’s tempting to say any world class sprinter could be a WR just based on their speed.
Tell that to Olympic sprinters...
Frank Budd
John Carlos
Jimmy Hines
Tommie Smith
...all NFL WR's all busts. All held World records.
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:14 pm to lsufball19
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Joe Mauer - basketball/football; was signed to play QB at FSU and was All-State in all three sports.
Matt Holliday was a top QB that signed with FSU also and went the baseball route.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:17 pm to Tiger1242
Todd Walker said he was better at soccer than baseball but didnt have any way to pursue it after high school so went with baseball.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:19 pm to Brisketeer
Brock Lesnar.. freakish athlete, Buccs offered him a tryout when he graduated from Minnesota
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:22 pm to Tiger1242
quote:Because he wasn’t world class
I did not know this.
He wasn’t even at the top in the state of Texas. Nobody would have even considered him a competive level circuit player. He was a good player for someone who wasn’t actually a tennis player, but the legend has grown bigger than the facts by alot
People ran with the “HE BEAT RODDICK” thing
Well he was 12 and Roddick was 9
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:26 pm to Avante
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Frank Budd
John Carlos
Jimmy Hines
Tommie Smith
...all NFL WR's all busts. All held World records.
Until they suit up and get hit we can’t know if they’d actually be good WRs. All we can say is they have the measurables.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:36 pm to FenrirTheBeard
This is a little bogus. He was good, not world class. He beat Andy Roddick when he was like 15 and Andy was like 9. He probably could have been a college tennis player.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:41 pm to biglego
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Until they suit up and get hit we can’t know if they’d actually be good WRs. All we can say is they have the measurables.
True true, but there are tons of 4.4ish real WR;s out there, A 4.3 and no experience, hmmmm?
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:52 pm to Avante
quote:
Tell that to Olympic sprinters...
Frank Budd
John Carlos
Jimmy Hines
Tommie Smith
...all NFL WR's all busts. All held World records.
Let's not forget...
Posted on 11/2/21 at 2:02 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Good one, and....he didn't get a legit shot at it, he needed more time.
Story goes the Niners had him run a 40 (why?) he clocked a hand timed ....4.1...Hmmmmmm?
True Story...
Maryland shows up at the Penn Relays, on the final leg of the 4x4 relay Villanova's Tim Dale a stud 400 cat has a solid 15 yards on hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah, yep, Nehemiah ran him down, the crowd....WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The 4x2 relay, on the final leg LSU hurdler Orlando McDneil has a solid 10 yards on hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah, yep, Nehemiah ran him down, the crowd...WOOOOOOOO!!!
Story goes the Niners had him run a 40 (why?) he clocked a hand timed ....4.1...Hmmmmmm?
True Story...
Maryland shows up at the Penn Relays, on the final leg of the 4x4 relay Villanova's Tim Dale a stud 400 cat has a solid 15 yards on hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah, yep, Nehemiah ran him down, the crowd....WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The 4x2 relay, on the final leg LSU hurdler Orlando McDneil has a solid 10 yards on hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah, yep, Nehemiah ran him down, the crowd...WOOOOOOOO!!!
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 2:09 pm to Avante
Ricky Williams - Baseball
Posted on 11/2/21 at 3:43 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Posted on 11/2/21 at 3:44 pm to Tiger1242
Could Todd Helton have made it in the NFL? He was a backup at QB for Tennessee. Was ahead of Manning before he got hurt and Manning took over. Granted Manning was a freshman.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 3:46 pm to VADawg
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Tom Glavine was drafted before Brett Hull.
Damn that’s crazy
Posted on 11/2/21 at 4:29 pm to EvrybodysAllAmerican
He was legit a great soccer player.
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