K.J. Wright - Former Seahawks LB on faith, retirement, Super Bowls and his trip to Israel
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
K.J. Wright played 11 NFL seasons with the Seahawks and Raiders from 2011-2021. He was selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by Seattle after a stellar career at Mississippi State. During his decade-long stay with the Seahawks, he was a part of 2 NFC championship teams and won a Super Bowl in 2013.
The 2016 Pro Bowl selection signed a one day contract in July 2022 to officially retire from the NFL with the Seahawks and is now the host of the KJ ALL DAY show on YouTube.
Today on the podcast, we talk to K.J. Wright about his walk with Jesus, his trip to the Holy Land of Israel in 2022, playing in two Super Bowls and the emotions of retirement from playing football.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, KJ Wright, Super Bowl champion, former Seattle Seahawks, |
| 0:06.5 | Pro Bowl linebacker, played a decade with the Seahawks from 2011 to 2020. He was a fourth |
| 0:13.2 | round pick out of Mississippi State, grew up in Alive Branch, Mississippi, small town Mississippi, |
| 0:20.1 | grew up loving Jesus, still loves Jesus, and now he's |
| 0:24.3 | retired. He retired after the 2021 season and he has a show called KJ All Day with KJ Wright. He was a |
| 0:32.0 | pro bowler in 2016, a second team all pro in 2015 and 2016 with pro football focus. |
| 0:38.5 | And it's been 10 years since his Seattle Seahawks, the Legion of Boom, won their first and only Super Bowl. |
| 0:46.9 | Super Bowl 48 in 2013, 43 to 8. |
| 0:50.9 | They dominated when you talk about the Seahawks defense dominated Peyton Manning and the |
| 0:56.6 | Denver Broncos that year. They were back in the Super Bowl the following year. They came up a little |
| 1:00.9 | short. We talked about all of it, including K.J. Wright's trip to the Holy Land in Israel a year |
| 1:07.7 | ago, a couple years ago, and how much that meant to him and growing in his faith in Jesus. |
| 1:13.2 | It's K.J. Wright coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. First, I want to remind you |
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