Don Shumpert First NFL Coach Turned NFL Agent | WUW 579

Washed Up Walkons

Tyler Kluver

Sports

2.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Don Shumpert joins the show. Don is from St. Louis MO and joined the Hawks in the class of 2010. We re-connect wit Don after a decade as he was a senior during the Walk Ons freshman year. We reflect on past memories and dive into Shumpert's journey from Iowa to his current role as an NFL agent. The hosts discuss his recruiting story, college challenges, and his transition to coaching. Shumpert shares insights into his experiences in the NFL and his unique perspective as a former NFL coach now helping athletes as an agent. They reminisce about shared team experiences, highlighting the toughness required during their collegiate football careers and how it shaped their lives. Tune in for a chat about perseverance, career pivots, and the future of football talent management.

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0:00.0	episodes like this are why we do the podcast, got to reconnect with a teammate after 10 years.
0:05.8	Since the last time we talked, Don Schumpert joins the show.
0:09.3	A leader and guy who did things right when Kevin and I stepped in in 2013 went on to become a coach.
0:15.6	G-Aid for the Hawkeyes, coached in the NFL and is now an NFL agent.
0:19.3	Don has a great story.
0:20.6	We know you'll love it.
0:21.5	Let's have a day.
0:22.5	Let's go. Another episode of the wash-up walk-ons.
0:58.3	This is one of those episodes we need Drake here because he would give that fantastic intro.
0:59.4	We don't have him.
1:01.1	He's on vacation right now, actually.
1:01.9	We have me.
1:02.9	I'll try to do it justice.
1:07.4	We have one of our former teammates on tonight, Don Schumpert, our guy Shump.
1:08.9	Haven't talked to him in a decade.
1:10.5	We're real excited to have him on the show.
1:12.7	He's been doing big things since we left Iowa.
1:15.9	He was there in our first year during 2013.
1:22.5	And when you're a freshman, you don't get a lot of time to learn about the older guys.
1:24.1	Shump's walking around.
1:26.5	As freshmen, we're just scared.
1:30.1	It's like Kirksey and Sheriff and all these guys are walking around.
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