Chuck Todd says LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could all trade sports and entertainment for stump speeches as potential political candidates.

“I think LeBron James would make a pretty good politician,” Todd, moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” says of the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar in a Tuesday interview with Runner’s World.

In a video posted last month, the four-time NBA MVP praised outgoing President Obama, saying, “To people that got dreams about wanting to become the president of the United States or the first lady, or you know, being in office, when people say that you can’t do something, you guys have set the standard on you can.”

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Former Colts and Broncos quarterback Manning could also score a touchdown as a politician, says Todd, who also serves as NBC News’s political director. “I think Peyton Manning is very good at it,” he says.

The legendary NFL player spoke to Republican lawmakers at a GOP retreat in Philadelphia last weekend and was a major donor to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s Republican presidential bid last year.

But it’s Johnson, who parlayed a wrestling career into starring roles in Hollywood, for whom Todd reserved the most praise.

Calling the 44-year-old “Furious 7” actor someone who “sort of straddles athletics and entertainment,” Todd says Johnson “has that connection with people, and at the same time, seems savvy enough to manage the chaos that comes with politics.”

Johnson, who spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention, has flirted over the years with a White House bid.

“I wouldn’t rule it out,” he told Vanity Fair magazine last November, when asked if he would consider throwing his hat in the 2020 race against President Trump. “It would be a great opportunity to help people, so it’s possible,” he said. “This past election shows that anything can happen.”