Anquan Boldin, Recently Retired NFL Wide Receiver - Episode 32

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Anquan Boldin is a former NFL wide receiver, who played 14 seasons.

On Sunday August 20, 2017, Boldin announced his retirement from Pro Football, just 13 days after signing a 1-year deal with the Buffalo Bills.

“Football has afforded me a platform throughout my career to have a greater impact on my humanitarian work, and at this time, I feel drawn to make the larger fight for human rights a priority,” Boldin said in a statement to ESPN's Jim Trotter. “My life’s purpose is bigger than football.”

The 3-time Pro Bowler had a wonderful career, finishing with 1,076 receptions, 13,779 yards and 82 touchdowns. He played in two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XLVII as a member of the Baltimore Ravens in 2012.

His foundation, "Q81" was formed in 2004 to help expand educational and life opportunities for underprivileged children.

On this episode of the podcast, in a very real, and raw conversation, we talk to Anquan about his decision to retire, what role faith played in making that decision, his reaction to the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia and what happens next now that he is no longer playing in the NFL.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports
0:09.8	collide.
0:10.8	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:13.6	This is episode number 32 of the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:18.3	Welcome, everyone, to the program.
0:19.5	My name is Jason Romano. It's great to have you here
0:21.8	today. As always, you can subscribe and download the podcast and leave a review on iTunes. You can also
0:27.2	check it out on Google Play and Stitcher. Everywhere podcasts are found and of course, all of our
0:32.4	content is found at sportspectrum.com. Today's podcast is sort of a bonus podcast. This is one I'm releasing
0:41.4	literally the day I'm doing this interview. And the reason is because of the news factor that is
0:47.9	attached to it. Anquam Bolden, many of you know, 14 years as an NFL wide receiver, retired abruptly just this past week
0:56.4	after signing a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills just a few weeks earlier on August 7th.
1:02.0	And on August 20th, 13 days later, he announced his retirement.
1:06.5	And Anquan is, you know, a believer in Jesus Christ.
1:09.4	He's worked with our ministry in some of the different
1:12.2	aspects of Football Sunday and the increase and, you know, we know him and we know his faith.
1:18.3	And we wanted to get him on the program and talk to him about his decision, talk to him about
1:23.8	his faith and what part that faith in Jesus Christ played in him walking away from
1:28.7	the NFL. And I also wanted to ask him about Charlottesville and everything that's happened
1:33.0	down in Charlottesville, Virginia from a few days ago, a few weeks ago, and just what his reaction
1:38.3	was and how important of a part that was in his decision in retiring, and then also kind of dive into just where
1:47.8	our country is right now in helping to understand sort of that intersection of race and faith.
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