Anyone know any pro athletes growing up?

[knl14]

Several—I’m from NE Ohio so I have several family friends and acquaintances in the league. I grew up with and went to elementary of HS with a handful and I went to OSU and had classes with a few guys.

I personally know about 8-10 people who are current or former NFL players, but only one is a “household” name despite being out of the league for years due to scandal.

 

[patscorpio]

Another one..Me and Chad Dawson ran in the same circles

 

[blockburna420]

I have a 2nd cousin that played 9 seasons in the NFL..was in video games and movies post football

Terry Crews?

 

[patscorpio]

Terry Crews?

Lol nah

 

[jerzboy]

Went to school with a bunch of NFL players (1 of em still in the league doing good). Also a bunch of mlb players, NBA and WNBA. Most were ok and/fizzled out. A few actually ended up doing really well

 

[Sccit]

Who was better in HS Farmar or Nick young?

FARMAR .. WE USED TO REGULARLY SHIIT ON CLEVELAND

 

[Money Be Green]

Went to high school with him

 

[LezJepzin]

Went to high school with Seneca Wallace and knew Coye Francies (went to school with his brother(R.I.P.) )

Cousin played in the NFL during the 80s

Ran track in college with Jarrett Bush , who played for The Packers in the late 2000s.


Donte Stallworth's mom went to the same church as my mom. They were even in choir together. She tried to sell his autobiography there

Too many of my friends in MMA trained with Uriyah Faber and Paige Vanzant . What she's doing now is no surprise to us

Partied one New Years with Jamie Jacra , another MMA fighter whos bouts used to be on Showtime during the mid-late 2000s

 

[Mike Ock]

Grew up in Brooklyn so ....
"Nobody wanna be like Michael where I'm from, just them nikkas who bounced from a gun"

 

[BlackDynamite310]

I grew up with Robert woods from the rams

 

[Ripp]

My nephew went to high school with Walt Frazier.

You 80yrs old breh?

 

[KillerB88]

Javaris Crittenton was my boy in elementary school.

 

[Alvin]

Yes he is... I haven't seen him in like 18 years. When I was a young child, I would see him at family gatherings, funerals, weddings, etc
I remember he gave me a Colts hat, I had to be like 7 or 8

But you know how black families are, once a member of one side pass away, the other side don't FW the other side...

He and my mom was tight when they were kids

Marvin Harrison?

 

[lochead]

One cousin played at Clemson and for the Cincinnati Bengals and another cousin won the Heisman but wasn’t given a shot at the NFL

 

[Astroslik]

Javaris Crittenton was my boy in elementary school.