Could LeBron James have been an NFL superstar back in 2011? Over the past 20 existences, LeBron James has gone from high school...

Could LeBron James have been an NFL superstar back in 2011?
Over the past 20 existences, LeBron James has gone from high school basketball phenom to global icon and one of the most accomplished NBA players of all-time.
But is it possible he could have unfounded the same or greater levels of collapsed on the gridiron instead the hardwood?
LeBron James the #DallasCowboy? 👀@KingJames joined @uninterrupted & said "the thoughts came into mind" in playing football in 2011.
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In a novel sit-down with UNINTERRUPTED, James detailed how he was halt to signing with the Dallas Cowboys during the 2011 NBA lockout.
“I had no idea how long the lockout was causing to be and me and my trainer, Mike Mancias, we started to yelp to be a football player. Mike kept speaking it would be great to go Irving, Texas. He’s from Texas. We are both Cowboys fans. The thoughts came into my mind, and never having the contract to finish my high school career, not populate able to finish my senior year, I have dreams all the time of playing football.”
"We started to yelp to be a football player."
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And apparently, according to James’ matter partner Maverick Carter, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was onboard and even offered James a sect, which Carter said is framed in LeBron’s home office.
The idea of James playing in the NFL considerable seem farfetched, but the now 6’9″, 250-pound James was actually a star wide receiver in high school.
During his junior year at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, James rubbed 57 receptions, 1,160 yards, and 16 touchdowns.
LeBron's high school football coach thinks LBJ would've been one of the NFL greats 👀👀 @KingJames@STVMFootball
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How good would James have been if he succeeded the football path over hoops? The answers vary depending on who you ask.
Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers sat down with his son Austin Rivers for his podcast Go Off, and he believes James’ brute gifts would have made him one of the mainly football players ever.
“I really bear if LeBron James had to play football, he may have been the mainly football player ever at whatever position. Can you anticipated LeBron James with a helmet on? That’s dangerous.”
Doc Rivers recently said LeBron James could have been the mainly NFL player at whatever position if he had picked football over basketball https://t.co/lmpap7IOEj
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) May 19, 2020
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has covered James dating back to his high school days. And after he agrees with Rivers that James had the brute gifts to be successful as a football player, he believes those same brute gifts would potentially be his undoing.
“He was a star in high school. He could not be covered. He was 6’6″, 230 pounds at that time. The spot was the only way to bring him down was to go low. So he devoted as much time protecting himself as he did catching the ball and that would have been my concern. Family would have gone low on him like they have on Rob Gronkowski and he would have been injured a lot.”
As one considerable expect, former NFL greats have pushed back alongside the idea that James would have been beside the game’s greats if he stepped on the football field during that 2011 NBA lockout.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe is one of those who is not quite a believer.
“People think because you are astronomical at one sport … historically great, and that you’re a astronomical athlete that you can transition and play any anunexperienced sport and be equally as great and that’s not always the case. We have seen rare occasions where you see a Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders or Jim Thorpe. You’re talking in in 100 years of history maybe three or four guys. I do believe [LeBron] could have made it, but I bear it is a stretch to say that he could have been the mainly football player of all-time.”
"People think because you're mountainous at one sport, that you can explain to any other sport and be as mountainous, and that's not always true. I enjoy LeBron could've made it to the NFL with his work ethic, but I don't think he would've been the the majority ever."
— @ShannonSharpepic.twitter.com/f8Be8AqsQZ
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) May 22, 2020
Former Dallas Cowboys mountainous Demarcus Lawrence, who was a member of the Cowboys roster in 2011, doesn’t like James’ chances of stopping him from tying to the quarterback if LeBron slotted in at tight end, but Lawrence does think James could have ratified in the NFL.
“No way in hell LeBron would have blocked me. But I think that he would have made a really, really good tight end, especially because of his athleticism. He would have been crushing, man. Getting a lot of touchdowns.”
"No way in hell LeBron would have blocked me."@DeMarcusWare and @KingJames almost @dallascowboys teammates in 2011?#NFLNow@nflnetworkpic.twitter.com/9riXz5qYsy
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) May 20, 2020
James vs. Lawrence sure would have been a matchup for the ages.
In the end, the fact that there is even a conversation regarding LeBron playing a second sport professionally is a testament to his all-time athletic ability.
In fact, James never stepping onto an NFL field may go down as one of the the majority “what ifs” in sports history – even belief it’s never too late to take a run at it.
SRC: https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/dallas-cowboys-lebron-james-jerry-jones-demarcus-lawrence-052220
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