Jake Paul’s career trajectory has been a weird one so far. The former YouTube and Vine star became a professional boxer a few years ago, and enjoyed relative success there. Now, Jake Paul is apparently looking at a new hurdle to climb: playing in the NFL.
In a tweet he sent out on Friday night, Paul implied that he was intent of playing in the NFL at some point. The boxer called out his haters and doubters in the tweet, and ended his message with a cryptic statement.
“Wait… remember when people said I couldn’t box? Then become highest paid boxer, undefeated, and knocked out everyone I fought. now y’all saying I can’t go to the NFL?☺️😏 Honey hold my beer…”
Wait… remember when people said I couldn’t box? Then become highest paid boxer, undefeated, and knocked out everyone I fought.
now y’all saying I can’t go to the NFL?☺️😏
Honey hold my beer…
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 2, 2022
While some people may think that Jake Paul is pulling an April Fools’ prank here, the boxer is probably dead serious in making it to the NFL. He has stated on multiple occasions that he has wanted to play in the league at some point. Paul has even said that he wanted to play the safety position to: (via Firstsportz)
“just to play like safety and just deck people. No, I swear to god and I’m about to.. I’m about to bring hell of ratings to whatever team I’m on.”
The big question here is if Paul has what it takes to play in the NFL. Gridiron football is an incredibly physical sport, arguably more physical than boxing. While in boxing, you fight against players of your own size, in football, you can get hit by anyone. You will either get stiff-armed by a semi-truck like Derrick Henry or get tackled to the ground by Aaron Donald. It’s not as easy as simply just decking someone.
Still, Paul is likely worth a one-game contract or so for a rebuilding team, just to see whether he’d actually last in a game against actual pros. Fans and detractors alike will flock that game to see how Jake Paul deals with the beast that is the NFL. At the very least, it would bring a lot of attention and revenue for just that one game.
