Chad Ochocinco is already a six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver and reality TV fixture, and now the 33-year-old is looking to add "soccer star" to his unique resume. The Bengals veteran also played in a reserve squad game with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. He is the latest in a long list of two-sport athletes that have enjoyed accomplished football careers. (Dale Zanine/US Presswire)

Tom Zbikowski put thoughts of a boxing career on hold after he was selected in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. The 5-foot-11, 215-pound safety/cruiser weight returned to the ring this offseason, easily winning his first two matches with two more bouts on tap. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)

A 1985 Heisman Trophy winner out of Auburn, Bo Jackson became an icon by combining his explosive running skills for the Los Angeles Raiders with a power-hitting stroke for baseball's Kansas City Royals. He was the 1989 All-Star Game MVP and a 1990 Pro Bowl selection before a 1991 hip injury derailed his career. (AP Photo/Robert Kaiser)

Deion Sanders will best be remembered for his exploits on the football field, where his skills as a lockdown corner earned him a Hall of Fame nod this year. But "Primetime" also made his mark in baseball, hitting .263 over a career that spanned nine seasons and five teams from 1989-2001. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Ed "Too Tall" Jones was already established as one of the NFL's most fearsome pass rushers when the defensive end left football to enter the world of heavyweight boxing in 1978. The 6-foot-9 Jones won all six of his bouts -- five by knockout -- before deciding to return to the Cowboys for the 1980 season, playing another 10 seasons before retiring in 1989. (AP Photo/NFL Photos)

Bob Hayes has the distinction of being the only man to earn a Super Bowl ring and an Olympic gold medal. He had a Hall of Fame career primarily with the Dallas Cowboys from 1965-1975 and captured gold in both the individual 100 meter and the 4 x 100 meter relay in the 1964 Tokyo games. (AP Photo)

One of the country's best all-around athletes in recent memory, Charlie Ward won a Heisman Trophy and a national championship as quarterback for Florida State in 1993 and later enjoyed a successful NBA career primarily with the New York Knicks. Ward was even twice drafted by Major League teams as a pitcher, though he opted to follow his hoop dreams instead. (AP Photo/John Swart)

A contemporary and teammate of fellow two-sport star Deion Sanders, Brian Jordan enjoyed a successful career as a safety with the Atlanta Falcons and an outfielder with four Major League teams from 1992-2006. Jordan's NFL career lasted just three seasons, but he belted 184 homers during his 15-year run on the diamond. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell)

Drew Henson was drafted by both the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees, but the Michigan product was never able to find success in either sport. He had one career hit with the Yankees before announcing his baseball retirement in 2003, and managed just one career touchdown pass before being cut by the Detroit Lions in 2009. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Jim Brown is best known as a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back regarded by some as the greatest NFL player of all-time. But the Cleveland Browns legend also made his mark on the lacrosse field, where his skills were vast enough to earn induction into the Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame in 1983. (AP Photo)

Jim Thorpe is one of the most versatile athletes in the history of American sports. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, played football on both collegiate and professional levels, and also enjoyed brief careers as a professional baseball and basketball player. (AP Photo)

Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, and Julius Peppers all enjoyed successful basketball careers at the college level before achieving stardom in the NFL. Gates may have been the best of the bunch, averaging 20.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in his senior season at Kent State. (AP Photo)

Herschel Walker has become known as a sporting renaissance man. He enjoyed a productive 13-year career as running back in the NFL, was a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team at the 1992 Olympics, and is a fifth-degree black belt in tae kwon do. He recently turned his attention to mixed martial arts, where he has embarked on a promising career at age 49. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)