O.J. SIMPSON has put his backfield of felons in motion, The ENQUIRER has learned!
The disgraced gridiron great has gone back to doing what he knows best – playing football!
In a real-life version of the Burt Reynolds movie and its Adam Sandler remake, “The Longest Yard,” the former Heisman Trophy winner has recruited a football squad from among his fellow inmates at Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center.
Now sources say The Juice wants to challenge other prison teams in charity games that could be televised on pay-per-view!
“O.J. is absolutely serious about this,” a close source divulged.
“Initially, he was just going to coach the team, which he dubbed ‘The Dream Machine’ after his legal ‘Dream Team’ and the ‘Mean Machine’ from ‘The Longest Yard.’
“But his ego wouldn’t allow him to stand on the sidelines. He went from diagraming plays to actually running them during scrimmages. His legs may be a little creaky, but he’s convinced he can show some of the younger prisoners a move or two!”
Simpson, 64, is serving up to 33 years for armed robbery and other charges. As The ENQUIRER reported, he’d ballooned from 235 pounds to a blubbery 275 pounds by pigging out on junk food, fatty prison meals and going without exercise.
To get back in shape, he started leading an exercise class and eventually began leading his fellow inmates in drills from his pro football days with the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers, said the source.
“Now, O.J. is down to around 240 pounds,” the insider revealed. “He wants to design jerseys for the squad and plans to wear his old number – 32!”
