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Before becoming a WWE Superstar, Roman Reigns was an NFL player. In his latest interview with Logan Paul for IMPAULSIVE, Roman talks about his battle with leukemia and how it ended his dream of becoming an NFL Pro.
Roman Reigns was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 as part of the free agent trade. According to Roman, this is the first time he has seen lab reports that suggest he may have blood cancer. After Logan asked Roman about it, he said: “We weren’t sure about it, we first saw it in the lab reports and all the tests and everything. The blood test showed an elevated white blood cell count, which clearly shows that your body is attacking itself, so they were like could it be something like an STD, an infection, cancer, all I heard was cancer and I was like Wow and I felt super heavy. Then I had to come home from the rookie camp in Minnesota.
When asked how that moment was and how it felt, Roman said: ” Sometimes I compartmentalize emotions, so I think it was so overwhelming it was almost unbelievable. That was in 2007, now we hear of younger people getting blood cancer more often, but back then a 21 year old football player out of college was supposed to be in prime health so never you expect that and it puts a huge asterisk on my name when I came to the NFL.
Roman Reigns in the NFL: How successful was Reigns in his short NFL career?
Before entering the wrestling business, Tribal Chief Roman Reigns was an NFL player and played for several teams from 2007-08 before retiring due to leukemia. Let’s take a look at his NFL career.
Leati Joseph Anoa’i aka Roman Reigns was named Defensive Player of the Year by the Pensacola News Journal during his senior year. He played football for 3 years at Pensacola Catholic High School and one year at Escambia High School.
Roman went undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, but the Minnesota Vikings signed him in May of that year. After an examination by the team, he was diagnosed with leukemia and later released. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars in August 2007, but less than a week before the start of the 2007 NFL season, Roman was released.
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League acquired his services in 2008 (CFL). Roman, who played for the Eskimos for one season and wore No. 99, appeared in five games, starting three of them. Roman’s most notable performance came against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in September, when he forced a fumble and shared the team lead with five tackles. On November 10, Roman was released by the Eskimos, then announced his retirement from the game.
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