Veteran Saints WR Ted Ginn offers $10,000 to anyone who will race him
It was three years ago that Ryan Shazier beat four Steelers wide receivers in a prop race that followed an organized team activity session. During this year’s OTAs, one of the NFL’s oldest wide receivers is proposing his own sprinting exhibition.
The New Orleans Saints’ Ted Ginn told Adam Lefkoe on The Lefkoe Show podcast that he believes he’s the NFL’s fastest player. As transcribed by Pro Football Talk. Ginn challenged any takers to a $10,000 stakes race.
“Where your check at?” Ginn told Lefkoe. “I’m always down to do it. I’ve been running from light pole to light pole my whole life.”
Ginn said that while in high school he would race to make money.
There it is #Linebackers pic.twitter.com/fqvH19YwUR
— Vince Williams (@VinnyVidiVici98) June 8, 2016
On June 6, 2016, Shazier was egged on by fellow linebackers to challenge the Steelers’ wideouts to a foot race. The only veteran receiver to not participate was speedster Darrius Heyward-Bey; Shazier beat Antonio Brown, Eli Rogers, Sammie Coates and Markus Wheaton.
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Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. He can be reached at cadamski@triblive.com.
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