Amusing — and revealing — little story about Seattle Seahawks fullback Owen Schmitt and his disdain for the the norm.

The psychological test given to all NFL players asked a question as offbeat as it was simple: Are you a dog or a cat?

Neither, Owen Schmitt decided, and he wrote in his own answer: “Lion.”

“I just didn’t think I was a dog or a cat,” Schmitt said.

A lion. That’s more like it. He’s got a Mohawk for a mane and takes a king-of-the-jungle approach to the football field. He’s a 247-pound fullback from West Virginia who bench-pressed 225 pounds 26 times at the scouting combine and has a personality that might be even stronger. He’s not afraid to color outside the lines on an either-or question.

I have to think this maverick answer was endearing to the Seahawks. Another example of how much fun it can be to see the people we know introduce themselves to a new audience.

He also changed his hairstyle, trimming the woolly Mohawk that looked as rugged as his playing style during his senior year of college. He’s still got the single stripe of hair, it’s just shorter. More military than wild man.

I have the shaved, business ‘hawk now,” Schmitt said. “It’s professional now.”

Hmmm. Can a Mohawk ever really be professional?

“You know, I’m an ugly guy,” Schmitt said. “So I don’t think the mohawk is really the thing I have to worry about.”