Shannon Sharpe Says Lakers' LeBron James Wouldn't Be Great NFL TE: 'Hell No'

Shannon Sharpe is one of the media's biggest LeBron James supporters, but even he is skeptical about whether the Los Angeles Lakers star could have made it in the NFL.

"Hell no! He don't know how to get off press," Sharpe said during an appearance on the Kelce brothers' New Heights podcast presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment. "They're gonna press him. You'd be foolish not to press him. Because he's gonna jump over top of you and catch it."

James was a highly touted football prospect in high school before quitting to focus on basketball. He flirted with the idea of an NFL tryout during the 2011 NBA lockout and said he believes he could have made an NFL roster.

James told Christopher Kamrani and Bill Oram of The Athletic:

"I would have made the team. I would have tried out, but I would have made the team. One thing about it, I don't mind working for something, so if I would have had to try out for the Cowboys or the Seahawks, or if I'd have stayed home and went back home to Cleveland, I'd have tried (out), but I would have made the team. I just know what I'm capable of doing on the football field. Especially at that age."

At 6'8", James would have been on the shortlist of tallest players to ever play in the NFL. Morris Stroud, who was listed at 6'10", is the tallest tight end in NFL history.