Vikings Sign Former Wrestler Lesnar to Contract

[Walter Cronkite]

Brock Lesnar insists his interest in the Vikings isn't a publicity stunt.

Brock Lesnar is hoping to become the next big thing for the Minnesota Vikings.

Better known to World Wrestling Entertainment fans as "The Next Big Thing," Lesnar signed a contract with the Vikings on Tuesday.

The former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion from Minnesota wants to win a spot on the defensive line. At 6-foot-3 and 286 pounds, the 27-year-old Lesnar has not played football since his senior year of high school in South Dakota.

"He's very serious about this," said Lesnar's agent, Ed Hitchcock. "He worked out today and (coach) Mike Tice said he wanted to sign him."

Lesnar retired from the WWE in March. In April, he sustained a pulled groin, bruised pelvis, broken jaw and broken left hand in a motorcycle accident.

Lesnar tried out for the Vikings in June and had another workout with them on Tuesday. The Vikings open training camp on Friday.

After that workout a month ago, Lesnar said, "This isn't a publicity stunt."

"This is the real deal," he said then. "It's something I want to do. I don't want to wake up when I'm 50 years old and say I should have tried."

Scott Studwell, the Vikings' director of college scouting, was willing to give Lesnar another look.

"He is a project with a capital P," Studwell said in June. "He's got physical tools, but he has a long way to go."

Hitchcock said then-Tampa Bay coach Tony Dungy expressed interest in Lesnar after he left school.

"Football is something he's always wanted to pursue," Hitchcock said.

The Vikings also signed guard Tam Hopkins. They released safety Ben Nauman and defensive tackle Jeff Womble.

Source: AP

[Sodomy]

He wont make it past training camp, and if he does, he'll be a bench warmer.

[AndySMC]

^^You never know. The guy is pretty athletic. If he puts in the work he might be decent. But only a one year deal? I guess the Vikings want to see if he can really do it, and then they might give him something longer.

[Bishops]

I believe he can do it. I got faith in him. An if all this attention is cooked up 2 be, him & Randy Moss betta take the Vikings to the super bowl.

[Sodomy]

I believe he can do it. I got faith in him. An if all this attention is cooked up 2 be, him & Randy Moss betta take the Vikings to the super bowl.

Why in the world would you put Randy Moss and Brock Lesnar in the same sentance? Moss has proven himself. What has Lesnar done? Comparing Lesnar to Moss is like comparing some guy off the street to Michael Jordan.

[Bishops]

Why in the world would you put Randy Moss and Brock Lesnar in the same sentance? Moss has proven himself. What has Lesnar done? Comparing Lesnar to Moss is like comparing some guy off the street to Michael Jordan.

First off, Lesnar is some over bound guy. Who looks as if he could knock Priest Holmes fucking head off. An he is a great athlete, but dat don't mean he still gotta prove himself by dat much. When he's use to laying big name wrestlers on their asses. So dats why I did dat. An second some street ballers are better than Michael Jordan if u watch all those mixtapes dat are out.

[Bob Berkowitz]

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[Bishops]

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