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Behind Jimmy Graham's quest to row the Arctic Ocean

JIMMY GRAHAM DOESN'T know yet if he'll ever participate in another NFL practice.

But Graham, currently a free agent who hasn't officially retired from football, knows his plans are set for 2025.

While players across the league are sweating during the heat of summer training camps next July, Graham will be shivering somewhere in the middle of the Arctic Ocean as part of a four-person team embarking on The Arctic Challenge -- a rowing expedition expected to take anywhere from 10 to 21 days. Sleep deprivation, blisters and outside temperatures that will hover around 37 to 45 degrees will be among the hurdles they may face in an attempt to break the current speed record of 15 days, 5 hours and 32 minutes.