Football players AFTER football ??

Does anyone know anything about football player work/careers after football? You see some go into media - but what about average career jobs?

I ask because a lot of these guys have traits that you would think would lead to regular career job success:
-- Willing to work hard for their goals - competitive nature
-- Rose to the top of their competition
-- Many have to be highly intelligent - modern NFL football is complex and assignments very intricate
-- Work well within a team
-- Decision making under stress

Clearly this doesn't apply to all players - but you would think a lot of them would do really well after football. Does anyone know of NFL player career paths after football?? I am surprised you don't hear these stories more of post-NFL success - which doesn't mean they have to be multi-millionaires - just means they are successful in their next careers compared to average people.

I do understand that the NFL usually delays their entry into a career path - maybe that sets back their success after the NFL a bit??

All I know is we better hire Gore as a RB scout. That's what he wants to do and Gore knows what it takes to play that position.

Originally posted by Waterbear:

All I know is we better hire Gore as a RB scout. That's what he wants to do and Gore knows what it takes to play that position.

I was thinking if we could somehow breed Gore with Vernon Davis

Personally, if I got a 2nd contact like kittle, k. Mack, Donald, cousins, etc...I wouldn't do a damn thing expect travel and go fishing for 60 years.

The lower level guys that don't make millions, I have no idea. Sell Jamba juice maybe?

Originally posted by HearstFan:
Does anyone know anything about football player work/careers after football? You see some go into media - but what about average career jobs?

I ask because a lot of these guys have traits that you would think would lead to regular career job success:
-- Willing to work hard for their goals - competitive nature
-- Rose to the top of their competition
-- Many have to be highly intelligent - modern NFL football is complex and assignments very intricate
-- Work well within a team
-- Decision making under stress

Clearly this doesn't apply to all players - but you would think a lot of them would do really well after football. Does anyone know of NFL player career paths after football?? I am surprised you don't hear these stories more of post-NFL success - which doesn't mean they have to be multi-millionaires - just means they are successful in their next careers compared to average people.

I do understand that the NFL usually delays their entry into a career path - maybe that sets back their success after the NFL a bit??

Seems like these are all very good attributes that are often given to ex special forces soldiers.

They have the good qualities, but will they be able to maintain that same level of drive for a non athletic career?

Most players have their college degree which eliminates a common hindrance to many employed people out there, but will often retire without any experience in the field they wish to partake. After 30 years old, it becomes harder to change careers for most people, so that might be a big road block for ex-players.

Fame I'm sure buys them opportunities they might not have had otherwise. I believe Ronnie Lott had/has a career in marketing that was very much removed from sports.

I wonder what Staley is looking to get into.

Poor Patrick Willis was taken advantage of.......hopefully he gets back on track.

Originally posted by frozen49er:
Personally, if I got a 2nd contact like kittle, k. Mack, Donald, cousins, etc...I wouldn't do a damn thing expect travel and go fishing for 60 years.

The lower level guys that don't make millions, I have no idea. Sell Jamba juice maybe?

It's tough because while most of us will never make millions, we're also not signing up for a 5-15+ year career with a sharp halt and huge decrease in salary afterwards.

NFL players are seemingly getting smarter, even the guys that make huge bank. No salary is enough to outrun an insane lifestyle, so for a few of these guys they'll need to retire with at least 50-100 million to live large after the game with zero effort.

But if these players are smart enough to build up plenty of passive income streams before retiring, they can just do whatever they want. Like I would go from my stressful engineering job to working at a driving school tomorrow making no money if I could afford to.

I think most will avoid going to day to day work, not many can be like marshawn lynch. That is, be an a*****e to fans in a business environment.

But anyone who got through their 1st contract should good to parlay that into a business. A buddy of mine did 7 years, he probably has an injury retirement (it isnt my business). He then started a real estate business with his wife in the town he mostly played in.

I am not sure if jeremy newberry does anything, but his wife does something around weddings.

John taylor does trucking. Makes absolute sense, a lot of travel and some trucks are top notch living conditions.

enjoying the money that probably 90% of us can't even reach working even after we retire.

Some who still want to be around the game, coaching and media. But most have their own businesses. Bars and restaurants and clubs seem to be popular with former athletes.

Originally posted by HearstFan:
Does anyone know anything about football player work/careers after football? You see some go into media - but what about average career jobs?

I ask because a lot of these guys have traits that you would think would lead to regular career job success:
-- Willing to work hard for their goals - competitive nature
-- Rose to the top of their competition
-- Many have to be highly intelligent - modern NFL football is complex and assignments very intricate
-- Work well within a team
-- Decision making under stress

Clearly this doesn't apply to all players - but you would think a lot of them would do really well after football. Does anyone know of NFL player career paths after football?? I am surprised you don't hear these stories more of post-NFL success - which doesn't mean they have to be multi-millionaires - just means they are successful in their next careers compared to average people.

I do understand that the NFL usually delays their entry into a career path - maybe that sets back their success after the NFL a bit??

I know Amazon seeks out former college team players for their management programs. They want team players who have learned to work well with others. Our neighbor's daughter went from a D2 softball program to a $90,000/yr job.

I have known several former NFL players whose careers ended before the big bucks started. One is an Executive VP with a large commercial real estate firm. Others had a wide range of jobs from truck driver to restaurants. Dan Bunz LB, a hero of the 81 SB, owned a nice restaurant in Roseville where I used to live.

What about John Frank?

Originally posted by HearstFan:

Does anyone know anything about football player work/careers after football? You see some go into media - but what about average career jobs?

I ask because a lot of these guys have traits that you would think would lead to regular career job success:
-- Willing to work hard for their goals - competitive nature
-- Rose to the top of their competition
-- Many have to be highly intelligent - modern NFL football is complex and assignments very intricate
-- Work well within a team
-- Decision making under stress

Clearly this doesn't apply to all players - but you would think a lot of them would do really well after football. Does anyone know of NFL player career paths after football?? I am surprised you don't hear these stories more of post-NFL success - which doesn't mean they have to be multi-millionaires - just means they are successful in their next careers compared to average people.

I do understand that the NFL usually delays their entry into a career path - maybe that sets back their success after the NFL a bit??

Most of them have brain damage

Originally posted by blizzuntz:

Originally posted by Waterbear:
All I know is we better hire Gore as a RB scout. That's what he wants to do and Gore knows what it takes to play that position.

I was thinking if we could somehow breed Gore with Vernon Davis

Yeah, because you can never have enough running backs that jump to catch a ball with their chest and have their ass exposed.

Originally posted by FL9er:

What about John Frank?

Physician