David Wilson’s NFL career is over, but that doesn’t mean his athletic career is.

The New York Giants’ first-round pick in 2012 gracefully announced his retirement from the NFL two weeks ago after doctors advised him that he shouldn’t risk further contact that could aggravate a serious neck injury suffered in a game last October.

In his farewell speech, Wilson said “I’ll set another dream and be great at that because I always look at trying to be great at whatever I do,” and now we know what that next goal is.

The Olympics.

Speaking with For The Win from Citi Field, where he was addressing a group of New York City school students as part of the Citi Kids program, Wilson outlined his plan to try and make it to Rio in the triple jump.

“I’ll be going back to school to get my degree and training for the Olympics,” Wilson said. “That’s something I really want to aspire to do now. I was the national champion twice in high school junior and senior year and was an All-American in college [at Virginia Tech].”

Even though last season’s injury put his football career in jeopardy well before his training camp setback last month, Wilson said he hadn’t been thinking about returning to the track until the past few weeks.

“When I was involved in football, that’s all I was thinking about was football,” Wilson said. “That’s not bad in my situation, because the person I am, I know I can make track. I’m strong enough to know that there’s more to life than that. Some people might have taken it more heavy if they took the same approach I had as just focusing on one thing.”

Wilson’s career best triple jump, a 16.20m performance that placed him sixth at the 2011 NCAA Championships, would have placed him tenth in the final heat of the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2012. With full-time track training and without the physical rigors of football, it’s possible that at only 23 years old he could certainly be in contention for a spot on the team in two years.

Wilson said that he hasn’t yet decided on where he’ll be doing his training, as he’s waiting to sort out some potential broadcasting opportunities and then pick a location based on those.

“Whatever door that opens up for me, the best door for me as far as another career will be where I train at.”