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Chad Johnson - aka Ochocinco - skips XFL kicker tryout, per report

Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson - aka Ochocinco - skipped a tryout to become an XFL kicker that he said he was excited to attend Monday in Houston, according to a report Monday afternoon from ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert.

Seifert added that Johnson "informed the league Sunday that he had decided against participating" but did not comment publicly.