Doug Fernandes of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune looked at the solo acts at the 2017 World Rowing Championships, and one of them is former BYU defensive player, Dan Marquardt.
"Only one rower at the World Rowing Championships played football at Brigham Young University as a 320-pound nose tackle," Fernandes wrote. "Only one rower at the World Rowing Championships represented Samoa. Thirty-seven-year-old Dan Marquardt."
Fernandes then explained how Marquardt learned about the sport, saying, "Marquardt hurt his knee playing for BYU and went undrafted, but in 2006 he signed a free-agent contract with the Washington Redskins. He was rehabbing the knee when he learned about rowing and how the sport could offer a chance at a college scholarship.