Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is arguably one of the greatest players in basketball history. But when two NFL opportunities were presented to him during the 2011 NBA blockade, James said he “seriously considered” that.
During a recent interview with The Athletic, James said he believed he was good enough to play in the NFL, and that he received invitations from the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks to apply for each team.
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If he ended up playing football, James knows exactly what would have happened.
“I would have joined the team,” James told The Athletic. “I would have tried, but I would have joined the team. One thing about it, I don’t mind working for something, so if I had to try for the Cowboys or the Seahawks, or if I had stayed home and gone back to Cleveland, I would have tried, but I would have joined the team.
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“I only know what I can do on the football field. Especially at that age.”
James was a great famous receiver at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio. He allegedly received letters of recruitment from the state of Florida, Ohio, Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida and South Carolina, among others.
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Current Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer was the trainer for Notre Dame’s wide receivers at the time, and James mentioned that he tried to recruit him to join Fighting Irish.
“Urban Meyer recruited me,” added James. “I think he was the wide receiver coach at Notre Dame at the time. So, yes, I was being recruited by all the major schools.”
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James, who was 26 at the time, was starring in the Miami Heat. The Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals, and the start of the next season was postponed to December due to the blockade, which was a process that lasted a total of 161 days.
James led the Heat for the NBA championships in 2012 and 2013.