Especially at that age This isn't the first time James has discussed the offseason and how he nearly gave the NFL a try. In a "Uninterrupted" podcast, James said he and his crew were starting to train to potentially play in the NFL. And myself and my trainer, Mike Mancias, we really started to actually train to be a football player when it came to like October and November.
We started to clock our times with the 40s. We started to add a little bit more in our bench presses and things of that nature. We started to add more sled into our agenda with our workouts.
James' business manager Maverick Carter also said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones went as far as to even offer James a contract despite him not actually trying out for the team. Los Angeles Lakers.
Obviously it was a smart move by James choosing basketball. But before all of that, James had a choice to make between his first love and his otherworldly talent. He only played a single game as a freshman at St. It was a playoff qualifier against Wickliffe. Held scoreless through the middle of the third quarter, the Irish put James in at wide receiver and he promptly finished the game with more than yards receiving and two touchdowns in a loss.
From there, James took off as a sophomore. In one game, he had two touchdowns to knock off undefeated Villa Angela-St.
Despite St. V-M finishing , James was getting plenty of local headlines playing football. But by this point, James was already known nationally as a future basketball superstar. He already won back-to-back state basketball titles. He was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio. He had the attention of ESPN. Yet, James loved playing both sports with his friends. I like being with the guys on the team. He missed the first game of the season after working out with Jordan and the stars of the NBA in Chicago.
But James was inspired to put the pads on again and had another electrifying season. McGee recalled one play in particular in their junior season.
After jumping offsides, James insisted the Irish run the exact same play again. This time, McGee says James caught the ball one-handed with his left while in stride, and he just remained in his running motion past defenders.
The same things that made him special in basketball made him special in football. The strategy to get James the ball in high school was simple. Keep him on the outside against cornerbacks and avoid going over the middle to stay away from getting hit by linebackers and safeties and risking injury. He finished his junior season with 57 receptions for 1, yards and 15 touchdowns.
It was another all-state season for him despite being double-teamed consistently. Between his junior and senior seasons, James broke his wrist. If Michael Jordan can go without playing baseball for over a decade and hit. But "probably" is as close as we'll ever come to an answer.
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