Most people do not pay a lot of attention to track and field events, but when you have a man as talented and as dominant as Usain Bolt has been in track and field, he is the name that comes off of people's tongues. It also helps that Usain Bolt is the perfect name for a sprinter, and that he is personable and a likeable person. Mr. Bolt famously commented that he would like to play for Manchester United in the Premier Football (soccer) League. While I don't doubt that Usain Bolt has the capability and the potential to be a fairly decent soccer player, the problem with the position that he would be seeking, which is the striker (forward) is that the striker has to do two things exceedingly well. First, he must be able to have the competency and the grace to control the soccer ball onto his foot at pace, and further, even more importantly, the ability to put the ball into the back of the net and thereby score goals as there are many soccer players that excel with their footwork but find themselves to be non-lethal in front of goal. But certainly, Usain Bolt would pose a perplexing problem for defenses in which he would typically run off the "shoulders" of the defensive players in order to get behind them, receive the ball, and to put his shot on goal. Still, that's a lot to task for any man, especially one that hasn't grown up through the academy at Manchester United or similar.
There is another sport, also known as football, that would probably be better suited for Usain Bolt, and that is American football (NFL). The best player to have translated his previous success from an elite sprinter to a highly successful wide receiver was the future hall of famer Bob Hayes. In his day, Bob Hayes, was considered to be the fastest man alive, as is Usain Bolt in his day. It is difficult to translate Bob Hayes' speed into present day times, because when Bob Hayes ran sprints he did so on dirt tracks with running shoes that lack today's sophistication. Additionally, Bob Hayes ran the shorter distances of 60 yards and 100 yards, with his personal best for 100 meters beingan impressive 9.91 seconds.
The nice thing about football for a person that doesn't have experience in it is that it involves for a wide receiver the ability to run patterns, something that is easily taught and learned. The difficult part of football is catching the thrown football, while also having to deal with the physicality of getting tackled and hit by defensive players, which relates to the overall fear factor of the sport. Usain Bolt's speed as well as his height of 6'5"would provide him with impressive credentials that defenses would have difficulty adjusting to. So that because of his impressive winning credentials, his name recognition, and abilities, Usain Bolt would certainly be worth a try-out for a NFL team. At age 28, Usain Bolt, cannot afford to wait any longer and while they say that Bolt's speed is "late speed" that translates very well to the NFL, because that would mean that once he is behind the defense that they will never catch up with him.