New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram bulled his way to 1,043 rushing yards during the 2016 NFL season and ran to the Heisman Trophy playing for Alabama in 2009.
But when he had a chance to participate in the annual Royal Shrovetide Football Match in England this week, Ingram decided it was too rough for a busman's holiday.
The beautiful game?!? Shrovetide Football is, quite simply, mental--just ask NFL star @MarkIngram22 [?] pic.twitter.com/nNx39obr5h
-- Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) March 1, 2017
"At first, I was all for it," Ingram said.