Editing Lester Speight (section)

==Professional football and professional wrestling==
After graduating college in 1985, he attempted to play in the [[NFL]] but did not. He tried out for the [[United States Football League]] (USFL) the same year. During tryouts, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, which received attention of the [[Baltimore Stars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/sports/usfl-tryouts-stir-dreams.html|title=U.S.F.L. Tryouts Stir Dreams|first=William N.|last=Wallace|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 1986|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Speight and business manager/cousin Butch Groover negotiated a two-year deal with the Stars for more than $200,000. However, the USFL folded before he even played one season.<ref name="burris"/> He was with the [[New York Giants]] in 1987 as a replacement player during the [[1987 NFL strike]], but he did not play in any games.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal/150084429/ | title=Atlanta Fallguys? No, just kidding | work=[[The Atlanta Journal]] | date=September 27, 1987 | accessdate=June 26, 2024 | author=Sheeley, Glenn}}</ref>

Speight moved on to [[professional wrestling]], working for [[Global Wrestling Federation]] and [[Catch Wrestling Association]] as Rasta the Voodoo Man. However, by 1997 he quit wrestling to pursue an acting career.