For 12 seasons, Ahman Green played as a running back in the NFL, earning multiple appearances as a Pro Bowler and a spot in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. But following his retirement in 2011, Green, who briefly coached several high school teams, decided to turn to a different sport: professional gaming.
For the former football player, gaming has always been a lifelong passion, he told In The Know.
“When I was a kid, I just had sports and games,” he said. “Age five, when I started playing ColecoVision, played Donkey Kong … long weekends, playing out every level of Donkey Kong, which was only probably like 10 levels.