JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Few athletes make it to the professional level. Even fewer are able to make it in multiple sports.
For former NFL player Austen Lane, who played 28 of his 30 career games for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the coincidence is not lost. He makes his UFC debut Saturday in the same city he represented as a defensive end for three NFL seasons.
“To fight in Jacksonville, where my book really started here playing football, now another sport, it’s awesome,” Lane told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a UFC on ABC 5 news conference Wednesday.
