The Rock, is an American-Canadian actor, producer, businessman, retired professional wrestler, and former American football player.
Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, with whom he won a national championship in 1991. He initially aspired for a professional career in football and entered the 1995 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. As a result, he signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) but was cut from the team in the middle of his first season. Shortly after, he began training as a professional wrestler.