Jermon Bushrod, Former NFL Offensive Lineman
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🗓️ 21 October 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Episode 388
Jermon Bushrod played 12 years in the NFL with the Saints, Bears and Dolphins. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Saints out of Towson University.
He would spend his first 6 seasons in New Orleans, making two Pro Bowls in 2011 and 2012 as well as helping his team to a Super Bowl championship in 2009.
In 2013, Jermon would sign a new deal with the Bears and play three seasons in Chicago from 2013-2015. In 2016 and 2017, he played with the Miami Dolphins before returning to the Saints for one final season in 2018.
In August of 2019, he officially announced his retirement from the NFL.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jermon about his decision to retire, losing the NFC Championship in his final NFL game, where his faith took shape, playing through pain, and how he has moved forward after the loss of his infant daughter in 2018.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.8 | This episode of Sports Spectrum's podcast with Jermann Bushrod, the former NFL Offensive |
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| 1:19.5 | Really excited to welcome newly retired NFL offensive lineman Jermon Bushrod to the podcast. |
| 1:26.5 | Jermam was selected in the fourth round of the NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints |
| 1:30.5 | back in 2007, played his college ball at Towson University, grew up in King George, Virginia, |
| 1:38.2 | and ended up with a 12-year NFL playing career that started with the Saints from 2007 to 2012, then went to the Bears |
| 1:46.3 | from 2013 to 2015, the Dolphins from 2016 to 2017, and then finished up his career |
| 1:53.9 | last year, 2018, starting five games, winning the Ed Block Courage Award for the New |
| 2:00.7 | Orleans Saints in 2018, and then August 29th, 2019, making the announcement, stepping away from the NFL and retiring at the age of 35. |
| 2:12.8 | Tremont is a Super Bowl winning offensive lineman. He won a Super Bowl in 2009, Super Bowl 45 with the Saints |
| 2:19.9 | when they beat the Colts. Drew Brees winning the MVP of that game. He's also a two-time pro-bowler |
| 2:25.1 | in 2011 and 2012 during his time, his first stint with New Orleans. But Germann has a story to tell, |
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