Could LeBron James and J.R. Smith actually play college football?

It was a late-fall off day a month into the NBA season, and Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James and J.R. Smith looked as good in scarlet and gray as they do in wine and gold. In street clothes, accented with a one-of-a-kind No. 23 Ohio State Buckeyes jersey beneath a black team varsity jacket, James made a pregame appearance with several Cavs teammates on the Ohio Stadium field. But out of all of the Cavs, he and Smith stood out, as if they were both planning on eventually slipping on pads and cleats for the Nov. 26 rivalry matchup between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan. James tossed the pigskin while Smith, with his Buckeyes snapback slung backward, ran routes and hauled in passes. Expected to give the Buckeyes a pregame speech, James wasn’t interested. He, like Smith, is a football player — not a coach — at heart.…

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