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Miami Dolphins star Raheem Mostert is opening up on his decision to chase touchdowns over big waves … telling TMZ Sports he left his pro surfing dreams behind to pursue a college education!!
For those who don’t know, the NFL’s rushing-scoring leader last season was a beast on the board back in the day … in fact, he even had a sponsorship offer from Billabong when he was in his mid-teens.
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We caught up with Mostert at LAX this week about his first love … and he said while he misses the sport, he knows he made the right decision by putting his focus on football.
I just wanted to be the first to graduate in my family,” Mostert told us. “That’s why I went to Purdue, to get a degree.”
Mostert — who grew up in New Smyrna Beach, Florida — said he was able to get out in the water a bit when he was in Hawaii for teammate Tua Tagovailoa‘s charity event recently … but as far as going pro after retiring from football, the 32-year-old said he’s got other things in the works.
“I gotta hang that up. I got other endeavors I want to go into. Surfing’s always going to be my background, man.”
