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  • July 25, 2022
    LeBron James was anall-state receiver as a sophomore and junior in high school, and many believed he had the talent to be a profe sional in the NFL if he wanted to.

    "I think LeBron could come in and do better than Antonio Gates," Randy Mo Phil Hoskins Jerseys s in 2009.

    Well that nearly became a reality in 2011, James revealed in a withPaul Rivera and Maverick Carter. He was responding to , who said James "may have been the greatest football player ever."

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    James said he andtrainerMike Mancias began preparing his body for football in 2011 because ofthe NBA lockout.

    The thoughts came into my mind, James said.I had no idea how long the lockout Donte Jackson Jerseys was going to be. And myself and my trainer, Mike Mancias, we really started Steve Smith Sr T Shirts to actually train to be a football player when it came to like October and November.We started to clock our times with the 40s. We started to add a little bit more in ourbench pre ses and things of that nature. We started to addmore sled into our agenda with our workouts."

    James said Mancias would tease him about working out in Texas to play in Dallas becausethey're both Cowboys fans. And team owner Jerry Jones seemed on board with that idea.

    I know he got a contract from Jerry Jones, Carter said, "that Corn Elder Jerseys he framed and put in his office.

    Unfortunately, the podcast moves on to the next topic without really diving in to what that contract was. What position would he have played? James played receiver in high school, but his body is built more like a tight end. And Tommy Tremble Jerseys in 2011 the Cowboys already had a pair of great tight ends in Jason Witten and Martellus Bennett.

    The eventually ended in December, leading to a shortened season that James would dominate. He went on to win the MVP that Jaycee Horn Jerseys season as well as the NBA Finals (and Finals MVP). But if the NBA lockout was going to last any longer, we may have seen James try to become an NFL player. Just add this to a list of "what if?" stories in sports.