Shannon Sharpe offers to train LiAngelo Ball to be NFL tight end
LiAngelo Ball is free to sign with any NBA team after going unselected in the 2018 draft, but Hall of Fame tight end and "Undisputed" host Shannon Sharpe thinks he should consider pursuing a football career instead.
Sharpe suggested in May that the middle Ball brother would be a good fit for the Los Angeles Chargers, and said he'd even be willing to train him. On Friday's episode of "Undisputed," Sharpe made it known that his offer is still on the table.
"Offer still stands. I can make him a tight end," Sharpe said. "And they (Chargers) gonna need one too. Anthony Lynn, my former teammate, is the head coach. I can get it right.
"(Ball's) 6-4, 6-5, lucky about 235 (pounds) right now. I put 20 pounds on him - Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez reincarnated."
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Ball's father, LaVar, had a brief stint in the NFL in the 1990s, spending time with the New York Jets during training camp and signing with the Carolina Panthers as a member of their practice squad.