#261 Jordan Gross: Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, Idaho
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Jordan Gross played 11 seasons as an Offensive Tackle for the Carolina Panthers. In his rookie season, he was a starting member of the Panthers team that made it to Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. In his final season (2011) he was selected for his third Pro Bowl. Today he is a farmer in Idaho and one of the happiest people we've ever met.
Jordan joins Bob & Ben for a conversation about his career, the way the NFL has changed over the last few decades, what it's like to play in the Super Bowl, and how his early life in Idaho led him to the NFL and then back again. Jordan also discusses why he decided to walk away from professional football when he was still an All-Pro-quality player, the importance of mentoring and coaching young people, and why continuing to learn is fundamental to a happy life.
You can hear Jordan alongside former teammate Jake Delhomme on their podcast Jordan and Jake, which is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast apps where you get The Road to Now.
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This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Bob Crawford. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Ben Sawyer. |
| 0:05.2 | And this is The Road to Now. |
| 0:07.7 | This week on The Road to Now, we have a very special guest. |
| 0:11.8 | He's an organic farmer and the high school football coach for Fruitland High School in Fruitland, Idaho. |
| 0:19.0 | Among other things. |
| 0:20.0 | Yes. |
| 0:20.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:21.0 | By the way, he also played 10 seasons with the Carolina Panthers. |
| 0:25.0 | He played in two Super Bowls. |
| 0:27.0 | He played in, I believe, three Pro Bowls. |
| 0:30.5 | He is a member of the Panthers Ring of Honor. |
| 0:34.0 | He was a first round draft pick, eighth in 2003 out of college out of Utah offensive tackle |
| 0:42.7 | and he just let me know 15 minutes before we started this episode that he's also an author |
| 0:49.7 | he co-wrote a book called it's the Rookie Handbook. That's right. |
| 0:54.8 | Please welcome to the road to now, Jordan Gross. |
| 0:58.5 | Well, thank you for having me. |
| 0:59.7 | That was quite the intro, and your stats were pretty close. |
| 1:03.0 | Pretty close. |
| 1:03.5 | Okay, what did it get wrong? |
| 1:05.0 | 11 years, 11 years, and it tricks people because it'll say like 03 to 13. |
| 1:11.4 | Quick math, you're thinking 10. |
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