Multiple NFL teams have reached out to an Olympic gold medalist and former WWE superstar following an underwhelming run in the squared circle.
Speaking on the latest episode of “The MMA Hour”, Ariel Helwani reported that “multiple NFL teams have” contacted Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson, who was released from his WWE contract last week. It was noted by Helwani that Steveson is training in MMA as well.
Steveson will turn 24 on May 31, so the University of Minnesota product’s options for a career as a pro athlete remain open. The freestyle wrestler won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In Sept. 2021, WWE signed Steveson to a contract. He wrestled just one televised match for the company, with the majority of his bouts being untelevised matches.
Steveson’s lone televised match was a singles bout with Baron Corbin at the NXT Great American Bash pay-per-view. That match ended in a double countout after their brawl was carried outside the ring.
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Gable Steveson is listed at 6-foot-1 and 265 pounds. Given his strength, physicality and all-world athleticism, it’s no wonder that he’s drawing interest from some NFL teams. Of course, only time will tell if he’ll actually land a tryout with one of them.
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The aforementioned Baron Corbin was a star offensive lineman at Northwest Missouri State before signing with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts in 2009.
Corbin was let go before the season started, however, and he spent time on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad before being cut in 2011. Following his short-lived NFL run, Corbin pursued a wrestling career, and he’s found excellent success in the ring.
Brock Lesnar memorably left the WWE back in 2004 to try out for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, his hometown team. Lesnar even saw preseason action but was released before the season started. That paved the way for him to begin his MMA career before eventually returning to WWE in 2012.
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