Former New York Giants running back David Wilson is entered in his first professional track meet at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York on Saturday.
Wilson, a former college triple jumper who retired from football in August due to neck injuries, said last year his new athletic goal was to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.
Wilson, 23, was sixth in the triple jump at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
On Saturday, he will compete against a field including Olympic triple jump silver medalist Will Claye and Cuba’s Pedro Pichardo, who in May notched the third- and fourth-farthest jumps of all time.