Former Denver Nuggets guard Nate Robinson says he wants to play in the NFL.
The three-time NBA slam dunk champion was a standout high school athlete for Rainer Beach High School in Seattle, Wash., in both football and basketball and went on to play both sports at the University of Washington.
Nate Robinson poses for a portrait at Denver Nuggets media day on Sept. 29, 2014 at the Pepsi Center. ()
Robinson, a cornerback, played in 13 games (six starts) for the Huskies, making two interceptions and 34 tackles his freshman year. He decided to focus on basketball in his sophomore season.
“If you ask people around here, they all know, ‘Nate Robinson, his best sport is football,'” . “And people tell me all the time, ‘if anybody can go do it, go play football, it’s you.'”
Robinson, and 11-year NBA veteran, played 77 games across two seasons (2013-2015) in Denver, averaging 8.4 points and 2.5 assists in 17.3 minutes per game for the Nuggets.
is the only person to play in both the NBA and NFL.