Football Legend’s Son Takes up Cheerleading

Herschel Walker is a legendary athlete. Aside from being an All-American sprinter in college, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1982, and had a prodigious NFL career. If that wasn’t enough, he has a black belt in tae kwon do.

It might not surprise you that Herschel’s son Christian is also a great athlete. What might surprise you is the sport he’s excelling in - competitive cheer. As he told CBS This Morning, Herschel didn’t know about the sport at first, “I didn’t know what that was. Then he’s, ‘Oh, no. People turnin’ flips and all this stuff. Dance and all this.’ And I came out to see it. And I saw how athletic the kids were that was doing it…I was like, 'Geez, I didn’t realize it was that big of a sport.’ And I was proud he was doing it.”

When Walker was asked if he ever feels disappointed that his son isn’t following in his footsteps as a football player, Walker said, “No, I don’t. Because, I love him so much that if he never played football, I’m going to love him as much as I love him now.”