Hershel Walker isn’t the only former NFL player looking at a U.S. Senate seat.
Jake Bequette, a former New England Patriots defensive end, announced a 2022 primary campaign Monday morning against fellow Republican and incumbent Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, touting his experience playing with Tom Brady and characterizing himself as a “God-fearing Christian conservative who is 100 percent pro-life and pro-police.”
“I’m no squish career politician,” Bequette said in his announcement video.
After playing four seasons of college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Little Rock native was picked by the Patriots in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft.