Ben Troupe - Former NFL tight end on his 2016 rock bottom, forgiving his dad, and trusting in God
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ben Troupe is a former NFL tight end who played five seasons with the Titans, Buccaneers and Raiders. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Titans after a successful college career at the University of Florida, where he was a 2003 First Team All-American.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Ben Troupe about the importance of a praying mother, his 2016 rock bottom, forgiving his dad and giving his life to God.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up, Ben Troop, former NFL tight end, former Tennessee Titans tight end, |
| 0:05.5 | former Florida Gator, All-American tight end. |
| 0:10.5 | I don't know what else to say other than buckle up and get ready to hear Ben Troop's story. |
| 0:18.3 | It's transparent, it's vulnerable. |
| 0:23.7 | I think I asked two, maybe three questions in the entire hour conversation. So buckle up, get ready. You're going to go to church here. |
| 0:29.8 | You're going to hear Ben Troop's story. And he shares about his rock bottom moment from 2016 |
| 0:35.8 | that he says he's never shared on any interview ever and i was honored |
| 0:41.1 | and privileged that he even felt like this podcast was a place that he could do that so get ready |
| 0:46.8 | to hear the powerful story from a man full of joy and full of hope ben troupe long, long time NFL tight end. That's coming up in just a |
| 0:56.3 | second. Before we get to that, I want to say thank you to our partners, Compassion International. |
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| 1:37.2 | in a child's life but it's the back end of that releasing kids from poverty in jesus name in j Jesus' name. That's what it's about. That's why I love |
| 1:48.5 | compassion because they're bringing the gospel to every single child and family that they work with. |
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| 2:08.1 | slash sports spectrum. And we're also presented today by our friends at athletes in action. |
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