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Few knew one of Kory Sheets' hobbies while he was at Purdue.

Perhaps nobody.

The former running back is a writer, working now on a novel while also developing his E-book publishing company, 24K Publishing. Those hobbies have become his focus since the free agent — he's not yet retired — hasn't played following an injury in Oakland in training camp in 2014.

We recently caught up with the former Boilermaker (2005-08).

GoldandBlack.com: What got you interested in publishing?

Sheets: “Well, I was writing a book and I was trying to get it published but I was having trouble doing it. A buddy of mine — it was actually Greg Orton — he actually tore his Achilles about a month or two before I did (in 2014), and one day we were talking about what each other was doing. He told me he was writing books and I was curious about it. I had known him for a while and never thought he’d be writing books. He sent me a link and got me started publishing my own online books and I’ve been doing that ever since.”