Donnell Woolford talks Peanut breaking his Bears INT record, hangin’ with Michael Jordan, supporting military veterans
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, former Pro Bowl cornerback Donnell Woolford joins Peanut and Roman. Donnell shares his feelings on Peanut breaking his Chicago Bears record for most interceptions by a cornerback. He also reveals what it was like to be part of the legendary 1980s and early 1990s. Bears defenses. Donnell also tells stories of hanging out with Michael Jordan during the Bulls championship era. In his second act, Donnell sheds light on his mission to help at risk kids, seniors, and military veterans with his Donnell Woolford Dream Center. All that, and more, in a conversation you don’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL player second acts podcast. |
| 0:16.6 | My guy with me as always, Mr. Roman Harper. |
| 0:19.4 | What's up, baby? |
| 0:20.3 | Feeling good, man. Feeling bright. I like that shirt. Thank you. This is Carolina Blue. It is. Well, I don't know. It's like a Carolina Blue and a Wyoming Brown. Sure, whatever. I don't even know it like that. But I mean, we can't talk about that. We are in the Panther Vision studio. We are. With our next great guest today, man. I'm really excited to hear from this man. Hey, you know, somebody's always got somebody just a little bit out there who you don't even know or until all of a sudden you read the stats and it really hits home with you. You learn so much about certain people. And that's how I feel about our next guest right here. And he played cornerback in the NFL for nine seasons with the Chicago Bears as well. |
| 0:57.6 | Great franchise. |
| 0:58.0 | I was waiting for that. |
| 1:00.2 | Great franchise. |
| 1:00.6 | All right? |
| 1:01.2 | He was a pro bowler and an all pro. |
| 1:03.4 | He once held the team record of interceptions for a cornerback until somebody broke it. |
| 1:10.0 | Okay. |
| 1:10.6 | All right? |
| 1:10.9 | And after football, he found his second act by helping young people and military veterans, |
| 1:15.6 | especially close here in his home state of North Carolina. |
| 1:19.5 | Our next guest, can we all welcome in? |
| 1:21.2 | Mr. Donnell, Wolford. |
| 1:25.4 | Welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:27.5 | Sir, how you doing today? Thank you, guys. Appreciate you. How are you doing? I'm doing good, man. You guys looking great. Defensive backs, man. I feel like I'm at home. Yes. Come on in. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. You know what I'm saying? Anyway, I got to know this, though, because let's just get right to it. I kind of mentioned it in the intro. But are you cool with the fact that Peanut broke your interception record? |
| 1:47.7 | Because you had the record and then Peanut came along and broke it. |
| 1:51.6 | I'm cool with it because to me, you know, because whoever breaks my record is a bad man. |
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