8 Pro Football Players who became WWE Superstars

#5 John Bradshaw Layfield

JBL as a high school footballer in Texas

JBL is regarded as one of WWE’s best champions to date. He was great as a heel in the WWE and became a Grand Slam Champion for the company winning almost all of WWE’s gold at some point of time in his career.

Prior to shifting his focus on professional wrestling, JBL was a coach for Trinity Valley Community College and a player for Abilene Christine University. Later in his career, JBL signed up with the Los Angeles Raiders as an undrafted free agent but was released before the 1990 season began.

Layfield, however, did play in the World League of American Football in ten games of the 1991 season at right tackle for the San Antonio Riders, wearing jersey number 61.