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"&lt;img alt=\"Will Blackmon shirtless and posing\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/23/0323-will-blackmon-ex-01.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Defensive back &lt;strong&gt;Will Blackmon&lt;/strong&gt; just won a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants ... but he's already planning for his life after football ... as a fashion model.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blackmon, who is currently a free agent, recently set up a photo shoot so he can build a portfolio as a model. It's clear being in football shape has the 27-year-old ready for his new profession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And he's off to a good start ... TMZ has learned Blackmon just signed a deal to become a spokesman for an athletic protective cup company called Nutty Buddy -- which has been featured on ESPN's \"Sports Science\" series and was &lt;a href=\"http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/Digital-Short:-Tennis-Balls/1389910\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;recently parodied&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by \"Saturday Night Live.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being in the modeling world takes cojones ... Blackmon's making sure his are protected. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/10/19/4084-athletes-turned-models\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0323_athletes_turned_models_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/23/0323-athletes-turned-models-footer.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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