Colts punter Pat McAfee trains with Columbus Crew

With the threat of an NFL lockout looming, it turns out Chad Ochocinco isn't the only player feeling out the possibility of switching to another kind of football during the potential layoff.

Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee is training with the Columbus Crew this week as the team prepares for the upcoming MLS season. He really is training, too -- not just talking about it like Ocho.

According to the Crew's official website, the 23-year-old who played both types of football at the University of West Virginia was "a three-time first-team all-conference selection in the sport [soccer] in high school."

From the Columbus Dispatch:

Crew coach Robert Warzycha [says] McAfee is slated to stick around for a few more days and that the former college soccer player "showed us he is a pretty good player."

"He wanted to be in a pro environment and try it out, Warzycha said. "I dont think we would close the door to anybody just because they play a different sport. Well see what happens next. I dont think well take him to Phoenix (for preseason camp) but he can play and he knows the game. He kicked the hell out of a few balls.

McAfee is still under contract with his NFL team, a Colts spokesman said. He appeared in 14 games this season.

That's McAfee with the ponytail in the video above (released by the Crew). While it's hard to tell just how good he is from that one drill, he could definitely get a few headlines for the team if he made the switch. Not just for the NFL to MLS business, but because he was also arrested for public intoxication last October for allegedly swimming in a canal at 5 a.m. on a Wednesday and admitting to the cops, "I am drunk." I'd sign him up just for that alone.