Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin says he calmly spoke with a gunman after the armed man turned out to be a Cowboys' fan.
Irvin was not harmed but says he was "very afraid."
A Dallas police report says Irvin was stopped at a red light Monday night in North Dallas when two men in a truck pulled up next to him.
The driver rolled down his window, so Irvin did the same, thinking the two men recognized him.
The passenger flashed a gun. Then Irvin heard one of them call out his name and mentioned being a "huge Cowboy fan."
"The passenger pulled out a semiautomatic, and I knew what time it was," Irvin said. "But he said, 'Oh, that's Michael Irvin, with the Dallas Cowboys.' "
Irvin: Men Pulled Gun, Talked Cowboys