JAKE PAUL has revealed bizarre plans to enrol into college after he finishes his boxing career to pursue a new sport.
The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter dropped out of his high school at 17 to move to Los Angeles to
Jake Paul revealed bizarre plans to enrol into college after he finishes his boxing career Credit: @HappyPunch
But by 21, he moved into professional boxing and has since had 14 bouts, winning 12 of them.
He wrestled at school and played American football
And despite turning 29 in January, Paul still wants to make it as a football player and revealed his plan to enrol in Stanford college to switch sports.
He said on the a16z podcast : “I wanna play on the Stanford football team actually. I’m being serious!”
Paul doubled down on his plot to switch sports when his boxing career is over.
He said: “I think it could be funny or interesting, but I think it would lend itself, I do have NFL aspirations after boxing.
“I want to play slot receiver and so I think to get that experience in college first would be good so I could walk onto the Stanford team. I’m being serious though.
“The idea of it happened today because I was originally thinking I’ll just go straight to the Cleveland Browns or Dallas Cowboys, but they’re probably going to want to see me play first.
“And so, it might be better if I start off in college and um have a little bit of an advantage over the younger, not as big kids before going into the NFL.”
It is not uncommon for stars from a different sport to cross over to the NFL.
Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob Hayes joined the Cowboys as a wide receiver and several rugby players have also swapped.
WWE legend Brock Lesnar had trials with the Minnesota Vikings in 2004 before being cut – joining the UFC in 2008 instead.
Paul has voiced lofty ambitions of becoming cruiserweight world champion and
But his future in the ring remains in doubt after suffering a broken jaw in his last fight against Anthony Joshua, 36,
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