Garth Brooks
In high school, Garth played football and baseball, and ran track & field. His football aspirations ended when he took a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University.
Darius Rucker
His football career didn’t last long but he did play in elementary school.
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney was a wide receiver on the football team at Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tenn.
Toby Keith
After playing as a defensive end on the Moore High School football in his native Oklahoma, Keith played semi-pro football for the Oklahoma City Drillers, a farm team for the United States Football League’s Oklahoma Outlaws.
Trace Adkins
Trace who is 6’6 tall played football as an offensive lineman in both high school and college. After walking onto the Louisiana Tech football team, however, he got injured — and, that was that.
Willie Nelson
The Red Headed no Braids at this time… played football for his High School in Abbott, Texas. He was a halfback.
Sam Hunt
The quarterback-turned-country star was nominated for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Trophy. Sam Hunt also played football for Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Chase Rice
Rice was a linebacker for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An injury prevented him from pursuing a professional football career.
