Josh Duhamel
Josh Duhamel is one of Hollywood’s good-looking leading men and has always been a stud with a cannon for an arm back when he was a quarterback for Minot State University. While playing college football, he also pursued a degree in Dentistry. However, he ended up a year and a half short of the program before he dropped out and shifted to another career. Duhamel faced the fact that despite his best efforts, he wouldn’t be able to make it to the NFL as hardly anyone does from Minot State anyway. Little did he know that his next career would be so much key for him to earn his ground in Hollywood, where he can play a wide range of roles this life can offer.
Jon Stewart
Many people may say that Jon Stewart may be too good looking for a comic actor, which may be true. But this guy really has it. We may always see him hosting, but he has also taken on movie credits to his name like in 2007 film, Big Daddy. He may be taking his time sitting behind a desk, especially in his longtime hosting gig in The Daily Show, you should know how back then he was part of the soccer team from high school to college. In fact, to some extent, he was able to finish college because of the financial assistance from his soccer involvement. His coach would refer to him as a good player and one with high energy. Stewart was even the one to score a winning goal against the NCAA powerhouse Connecticut Huskies that led his team to win the ECAC Championship.
SAM HUNT
Sam Lowry Hunt is a known singer and songwriter who was credited for songs he has written for various artists prior to his successful solo career. Before pursuing his current career in music, he was formerly a high school, college, and once also pursued professional football. Back in high school, he stood out as a quarterback that when he got to Division I Middle Tennessee State University in 2003, he played through to 2004 season. He then transferred to Alabama Birmingham (UAB), where he made an even more impact after leaving his previous university because of disappointment in their limit in playing time. Of course, later, it was also in UAB is where Hunt first picked up a guitar after his football practice. Little did he know it’ll change his life after not making it to the cut for professional football.
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker has been known for decades for his wise movie lines, especially in countless classics on the silver screen. In his second movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, he played the role of a high school football player. We believe that everything about the stunts in his football scenes was no sweat for him as it was a glimpse of his past life before showbiz. It was quite a subtle transition for him from the life of a once standout defensive tackle at Palisades Charter High School. His performance was that good that he actually earned a scholarship from nearby California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. And though his first degree was cut short, his next university led him to enlighten our screens.
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell’s career in acting has blossomed into something more than just being a heartthrob but also an actor of substance in action and hero-based films. His portfolio will tell you how he has started in Hollywood at an early age of 12. His first gig was an uncredited role in Elvis Presley’s It Happened at the Word’s Fair. Besides being a child actor, though, his grade school and high school were filled with baseball games as inspired by his professional baseball player father. Just when people thought Russell would follow his father’s footsteps into professional baseball league, he may have taken a turn into going full time with his acting career. However, his sister’s son, Matt Franco, pursued pro baseball and carried on the family legacy.