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Cole Konrad Tries Out for Minnesota Vikings
Add Cole Konrad’s name to the list of former top college wrestlers who want to play in the NFL.
The two-time NCAA heavyweight champ for the University of Minnesota in 2006 and 2007 tried out for the Minnesota Vikings in April.
Konrad, who hasn’t played organized football since he was a high school freshman, was granted the opportunity to meet with the organization, and was put through a brief set of drills for offensive linemen.
In an article originally published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Konrad’s college wrestling coach, J Robinson, is quoted as saying, “What I heard is someone from the Vikings grabbed a tackling dummy, held it up and told Cole, ‘Go ahead, hit me as hard as you can.’ And Cole knocked the guy right on his butt.”
The former Golden Gopher heavyweight was a bit more modest in his account to the Star-Tribune. “I knocked the guy back quite a ways, and the dummy flew up in the air,” said Konrad, a four-time NCAA All-American on the mat for Minnesota. “I think that was the deciding factor in the long run.”
