LeRoy Butler talks his 16-year wait, Hall of Fame trials, being a forever Packer
NFL: Good Morning Football
iHeartPodcasts and NFL
4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
EP #27: Peanut and Roman are back! This time they’re joined by Hall of Fame safety LeRoy Butler. LeRoy starts off reminiscing on his “Welcome to the NFL” moment taking us back to 1990, his rookie year. In this episode, the Hall of Famer walks us through his journey from growing up in poverty to becoming a Super Bowl champion, to joining football immortality in Canton. LeRoy gives us an inside look on the anxiety brought on by the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection process. The conversation turns emotional as LeRoy describes the life-changing visit and scholarship offer he received from then Florida St. coach Bobby Bowden. He also shares with us the importance of being financially free and “leaping” into the vodka business.Â
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Topic timeline:
2:32 - LeRoy’s welcome to the NFL moment
5:48 - LeRoy gives Peanut Tillman his flowersÂ
6:50 - Why LeRoy was fined $10,000 after his first team meeting as a rookie
9:23 - LeRoy strong opinion on Aaron Rodgers leaving Green Bay
11:56 - Why LeRoy stayed with the Packers his entire careerÂ
16:00 - Why Leroy still calls Green Bay home Â
18:20 - Leroy explains the Hall of Fame selection process, and the side of rejection fans don’t see
27:00 - Leroy takes us back to Super Bowl XXXI, ending the city’s 30-year droughtÂ
30:15 - Leroy gets emotional reminiscing his life changing FSU scholarship offer from Bobby Bowden
36:15 - Leroy talks about overcoming poverty and his documentary film project
44:00 - Leroy talks business ventures, the creation of Leap Spirits vodka, and financial freedom
48:58 - Leroy reveals his greatest sports accomplishmentÂ
52:30 - Leroy shares who he believes are the top-5 defensive players of all timeÂ
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL player's second acts podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | I got my high school principal with me, Roman Harper. |
| 0:17.1 | What's up? |
| 0:18.4 | Nothing, man. |
| 0:19.1 | I appreciate the creativity every time you announced me. |
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| 0:38.0 | apple or iHeart please listen just check us up yeah apologies uh for the same outfits we've been |
| 0:45.6 | you know wearing the same clothes for the same interview we've done this we're at the kansas |
| 0:50.0 | city uh draft right now so we're just going to be rolling these out for the next couple of weeks. Had a great guest on today. LaRoy Butler. I got five of these shirts. Okay. Anyway, |
| 1:01.0 | we check out LaRoy Butler. Awesome interview. Give it a listen. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm excited for our today's guest. |
| 1:12.3 | I'm really, really looking forward to it. |
| 1:13.8 | A big fan of him, watched him my whole life growing up. |
| 1:16.4 | I've actually played the same position as he did. |
| 1:19.1 | Safety. |
| 1:19.7 | Well, let me welcome him my partner in crime, Charles Peanut Tellman. |
| 1:23.6 | I don't even care about him. |
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