We’ll always remember the past stars of the SEC for their excellence on the gridiron during their respective careers. But many of the SEC’s former legends went on to do some pretty interesting/remarkable/bizarre things after their football careers came to an end.

Here are just 10 examples of former stars who accomplished fascinating things away from the football field:

1. Heath Shuler

What’d he do?: Elected to Congress.

Shuler starred at quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers in the early 1990s, finishing as the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1993 before going third overall in the 1994 NFL draft. Despite going down as one of the worst draft busts of all-time (Shuler only lasted four years in the pros), he rallied and in November 2006 was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives out of North Carolina’s 11th district (Shuler is a North Carolina native). He began his first term in Jan. of 2007 and served for six years (three terms) from 2007-13.

2. Reggie White

What’d he do?: Wrestled professionally (kind of)

After having his number retired at Tennessee and setting a new NFL record for career sacks (a record since broken by Bruce Smith), many know that White turned his attention in life from football back to religion, which was always his other passion dating back to his involvement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes while at Tennessee.

But few know that just before retiring from the NFL, White attended two professional wrestling matches and participated in one World Championship Wrestling bout. He sat ringside for Wrestlemania XI in 1995 as a member of Lawrence Taylor’s “All-Stars.” Then, in 1997, he fought another of Taylor’s former teammates, Steve McMichael, at WCW’s Slamboree, where he lost when McMichael bashed White’s head in with a steel Zero Halliburton briefcase.

3. Bo Jackson

What’d he do?: What didn’t he do?

Bo was an NFL Pro Bowler and a MLB All-Star following his illustrious two-sport career at Auburn, but many forget that before college Jackson was also a world-class track star who set Alabama state records in the high jump and triple jump while in high school. Even more fascinating, Jackson is actually a tremendous archer, and he has a passion for the sport that few are familiar with, perhaps because Jackson never formally competed and dominated in archery the way he did in football, baseball and track.

Nowadays, Jackson leads an annual “Bo Bikes Bama” rally in which he bikes across his home state to earn donations to invest back into the state. Originally, when Jackson biked across the state for the first time in 2012, he used the donations to help Alabama recover from natural disasters. Now, the money goes to a number of different places to better the state as a whole. Hundreds of followers now ride across the state with Jackson each year (this is the fourth year he’s biked across the state), allowing Jackson to use his athleticism and high-profile image to do good on the home front.

4. Herschel Walker

What’d he do?: Competed in mixed martial arts

In 2009, a dozen years after he retired from the NFL, Walker signed a deal with MMA promotion company Strikeforce to participate in an undercard fight in the heavyweight division. After 12 weeks of training with trainer Bob Cook, Walker fought Greg Nagy and defeated him on a technical knockout in the third round of the bout. Walker donated his winnings to charity, and fought again in another Strikeforce fight in 2011, again winning by a technical knockout, this time in the first round against Scott Carson. He retired from MMA after winning both his career fights, which furthered his case as one of the greatest physical specimens alive today.

5. Todd Helton

What’d he do?: Hit better than .300 across 17 MLB seasons

Helton was primarily a backup quarterback during his career at Tennessee, and he played behind three future NFL quarterbacks during his years in Knoxville (Shuler, Jerry Colquitt and Peyton Manning). After leaving UT, Helton began a career in pro baseball, and eventually reached the Major Leagues in 1997, three years after he last played football for the Vols. He lasted 17 years in the majors, all with the Colorado Rockies, and he retired with a .317 career batting average, 369 career home runs and more than 1,500 runs batted in. He’s widely considered the greatest Colorado Rockie of all-time, and he’ll at least warrant consideration for Hall of Fame induction once he’s eligible.

6. David Greene

What’d he do?: Learned to throw a knuckleball

After an illustrious career at Georgia and a less illustrious career in professional football, Greene was invited to participate in a reality show for the MLB Network called “The Next Knuckler.” The premise of the show was to train former athletes to throw a knuckleball, an unorthodox pitch few Major League pitchers can throw effectively in today’s day and age. The winner was granted the opportunity to participate in the Arizona Diamondbacks spring training, competing for an opportunity to perhaps crack the Major League roster. Unfortunately, Greene finished in second to Josh Booty, but to even make it that far Greene was clearly doing something right during his short-lived baseball career.

7. Tim Worley

What’d he do?: Started his own consulting firm, became a motivational speaker

After a run-in with the law following his retirement from football in which it was suspected he was driving under the influence, the former Georgia running back eventually straightened his path and began his own business, a consulting firm called Worley Global Enterprises that he runs with his wife. Worley focuses primarily on motivational speaking, and he uses his speaking engagements to teach life skills while his wife focuses on the marketing communications and business consulting divisions of the company.

8. Sonny Collins

What’d he do?: Became a “full-time biker”

Collins, widely regarded as the most dynamic runner in Kentucky’s program history, told Lexington Herald-Leader columnist John Clay he’s since become a “full-fledged Harley-Davidson full-time biker.” Now 62 years old (he was 60 at the time of his interview with Clay), Collins said he owns multiple motorcycles and that rides them often. He belongs to a club of 50-and-older bikers in his current residence in Georgia, but noted he bikes all over the country, and loves to attend an annual biker rally held in Sturgis, Ky.

9. Trindon Holliday

What’d he do?: Doubled as a world-class sprinter

We’ll always remember Holliday as the smallest, fastest man on the field whenever he stepped between the lines donning LSU’s purple and gold. But he used that speed to do more than just torch SEC defenses on his way to a career in the NFL. In 2007, Holliday finished second in the 100-meter dash at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 10.07 seconds. The only American sprinter to beat him was eventual Olympic medalist Tyson Gay. Holliday was invited to the World Championships later that year, but did not attend because it would have interfered with LSU’s 2007 football season. And while the chance at a world championship is tough to turn down, Holliday and the Tigers went on to win the 2007 BCS championship, which may have made up for Holliday’s sacrifice.

10. Billy Cannon

What’d he do?: Became an orthodontist (more interesting than it sounds at first)

After his historic career at LSU in the late 1950s, Cannon starred for a decade in the AFL (he was actually the first player ever drafted into the AFL in 1960) before retiring from football. He then went back to school and earned his D.D.S. from another SEC school, Tennessee, and became an orthodontist in his second career after football. However, poor investments and gambling debts left Cannon in hot water, and after he was caught taking part in a major counterfeiting scheme he served more than two years in prison. He then went on to serve as the head dentist at the Louisiana State Penetentiary, which must be one of the most unique jobs in the dental industry. Between his Heisman and his dental career, Cannon is more than just your ordinary orthodontist.