Brad Johnson played 15 NFL seasons from 1992 to 2008, but he remains active in competitions today. The 56-year-old Super Bowl champion is preparing to take part in the Pop-A-Shot National Championship this Friday evening in Orlando.

Johnson will be one of eight competitors in the event, following his impressive performance in a regional qualifier in May in St. Louis, where he scored 137 points to secure a wild card entry into the national championship.

He is set to challenge reigning champion Josh Caputo of Montgomery, Illinois.

“I’m an ’80s kind of guy — all the music and video games, and especially the arcade,” Johnson told The Athletic. “At every bowling alley, at every arcade, there was a Pop-A-Shot, and I’ve just always enjoyed it.”

Johnson has been intensely preparing for the competition, practicing up to 1,700 shots daily.

Additionally, Johnson has a basketball background, having been an all-state player at Owen High School in Black Mountain, North Carolina, during the late 1980s. He also played basketball and football at Florida State, achieving a shooting percentage of 51.8% throughout his college career.

The arcade game Pop-A-Shot was developed by Ken Cochran at Kansas Wesleyan University. It requires players to shoot mini-basketballs that roll back to them, and those who excel can maximize their shot count within a limited time.

Notably, the player with the highest score wins, not necessarily the one with the most shots made. Each round lasts for 55 seconds, and Johnson will be the oldest participant, competing against players mostly in their early 40s.