Schweitzer has talked up climbing to his teammates over the years and taken some out with him. “But usually they’re exhausted in 10 minutes and they don’t come back,” he said with a laugh.

The New York Jets offensive lineman is scaling a rock — hand over hand, foot over foot — when he suddenly loses his grip, slips off the wall and plummets a few feet before landing.

Rock climbing has become a passion over the last several years for the 6-4, 325-pounder -- an anomaly in a sport in which the participants are predominantly much smaller.

The movements and body positions from climbing are unique, and they’re always varied,” he says. Schweitzer says there are parts of his game that have improved because of his rock climbing.

The New York Jets offensive lineman is scaling a rock — hand over hand, foot over foot — when he suddenly loses his grip, slips off the wall and plummets a few feet before landing.

Rock climbing has become a passion over the last several years for the 6-foot-4, 325-pounder - an anomaly in a sport in which the participants are predominantly much smaller.