The world’s fastest man as a football player? It nearly happened, Usain Bolt revealed to Dan Patrick this morning.
Bolt did not identify which teams, but said that he had been contacted about the possibility of playing wide receiver in the NFL.
“I’ve never really thought about going,” Bolt said, “but I’ve gotten offers and people have asked me.”
Bolt prefers sprinting because it is non-contact, with the exception of a rare Segway accident.
“I used to watch [football] when I was younger, and the hits that the guys used to take…I know that it is not as bad now, but the hits that the guys would take kind of turned me off,” Bolt said.