Cow-chip champion to an NFL gameSourced
Before his NFL appearance, he was a world champion at throwing dried cow dung.
Greg Jensen stepped away from football after high school. He won a state cow-chip throwing contest in 1985 and the world title in 1986. After returning to football, he appeared in one NFL game for the Green Bay Packers during the 1987 players' strike.
Not every throwing title involves a ball.
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