Jason Avant: Gangs, God, Grandma, and the Gridiron – his story of perseverance
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Peanut and Roman welcome 10-year NFL receiver Jason Avant to the show. Jason has a one-of-a-kind story of perseverance, and shares stories about his childhood growing up in the “Wild 100s” in the South Side of Chicago. He talks of overcoming gang violence, his stint as a drug dealer as a child, and run ins with the law to make it to the NFL. And who does Jason credit for him surviving a rough childhood and becoming an NFL player and successful businessman? God and his grandmother. Jason gets emotional describing the influence his grandmother had on his life before she passed. He also talks about making the most of his abilities in the NFL, and how playing for Andy Reid helped him find his niche in the league. We also hear the inside story of the “Miracle in the Meadowlands II.”
0:00 – start of show
1:15 – Jason Avant interview starts
2:47 – Jason talks showing his faith while playing
3:24 – Jason defending receivers being divas
4:11 – Jason on his welcome to the NFL moment
6:39 – Jason on the “Miracle at the Meadowlands II” play
9:23 – Jason on playing for Andy Reid
11:26 – Roman and Jason on what players want in a head coach
12:11 – Jason on getting the most of his abilities in the NFL
13:47 – Jason on surviving his violent childhood in Chicago, and the influence of his grandmother
16:36 – Jason on being introduced to football
18:49 – Jason on how he navigated growing up around gang violence
24:42 – Jason’s advice to kids who may live in a tough environment
27:00 - break
28:44 – Jason on creating his “Launch Trampoline Parks” franchises, and media career
31:43 – Jason on his podcast “Q&A With Quintin Mikell & Jason Avant”
33:52 – The guys on how to balance being critical of current players
37:57 – Jason on talking retirement in the Jason Kelce documentary
41:03 – Jason on hating playing against Peanut and the Bears defense
44:24 – Jason on basketball being his first love
44:48 – The guys give their all-time top 5 NBA players
47:10 – Jason on his prowess at Scrabble
50:45 – Jason on his personal Mount Rushmore
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| 0:51.7 | What's up, everybody? I'm Peanut Toolman, and this is the NFL player's second acts podcast. |
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| 1:24.1 | world about all the good things we're talking about here on the NFL player second axe podcast so peanut who's our guest today hey man we got a good one this guy is from |
| 1:31.9 | i don't want to say my hometown but we're from we from the same part of the town we got from |
| 1:35.9 | the same hood uh fourth round draft pick in 2006 same draft class as you up 2006 um out of the |
| 1:43.0 | university of michigan played 10 years in NFL the Eagles the |
| 1:46.1 | Panthers and the chief now he's an entrepreneur and has his own podcast ladies and gentlemen |
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