22 celebrities you didn't know were star athletes
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Some Hollywood stars have a knack for sports.
Terry Crews played for the National Football League (NFL) before establishing himself as a comedic actor and "Orange is the New Black" star Uzo Aduba was a top sprinter at her university.
While some celebrities stuck to sports in high school, others went on to play in college and beyond.
Here are 22 celebrities who you might now know played sports:
Uzo Aduba was one of the top sprinters at Boston University.
Now known for "Orange is the New Black," the actress was on her college's track team. She was close to breaking a record in the 55-meter race with her 7.07 seconds against the top 7.03. She also ran the 100-meter and 200-meter races.
Aduba still likes to run. She ran the New York City Marathon in 2013 and the Boston Marathon in 2015.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was a wrestler before he started acting, but even before that, he was a football player.
Johnson accepted a full scholarship to play for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He was on the 1991 team that won a national championship.
An injury eventually hurt his college career and when the NFL didn't come calling, he joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was cut two months into it, but then went on to be an award-winning wrestler and was Forbes' highest-paid actor in 2016.
Terry Crews played football in the NFL.
Crews is hilarious on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," but in his younger years, his life was dominated by football.
He attended Western Michigan University on a full football scholarship before being drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. He also had stints with the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins before becoming the funny actor we know and love today.
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