Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, and semi-retired professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL two months into the 1995 season, he began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather Peter Maivia and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2009.
Dwayne Ijames Dwayne Ijames Dwayne Ijames (born December 4, 1983 in Albany, New York) raised in Pickensville, Alabama and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dwayne is a former American football defensive back. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Elon University. Ijames has also been a member of the Laredo Lobos and Corpus Christi Sharks. Ijames was originally signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent out of Elon. In 2007, Ijames signed with the Laredo Lobos, an AF2 or Arena Football 2 expansion team in Laredo, Texas. While playing with