Jets teammates cheer on CJ Uzomah in Broadway achievement

Football and theater have gone hand in hand for a long time.

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Before becoming a famous Shakespearean actor, Paul Robeson starred in Rutgers in the late 1910s.

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Nearly a century later, Eddie George made four Pro Bowls and then built his own repertoire of titles, appearing in Julius Caesar and Othello.

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Jets tight end C.J. Uzomah, is the current American football player dabbling in the performing arts

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joining as a co-producer on the Jordan E. Cooper comedy Ain't No Mo'.

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On Friday, six of Uzomah's classmates went to see the play at the Belasco Theater in New York.

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Offensive lineman Eric Smith, quarterback Mike White, Uzomah, offensive lineman Chris Glase

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tight stoppage Jeremy Ruckert and wide receiver Braxton Berrios duly posed for a photo with their billboards, tweeted by ESPN's Adam Schefter

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