Lorenzo Alexander - Former NFL Linebacker (2-time Pro Bowler)
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Episode 489
* Interview recorded prior to coronavirus outbreak.
Lorenzo Alexander played 13 NFL seasons with the Redskins, Cardinals, Raiders, and Bills. He played his college football California University but went undrafted coming into the league in 2005. His NFL career saw him play through 2019 before retiring after this past season.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Lorenzo about the decision to retire, how he's grown in his faith during his time in Buffalo, the pain that he would experience each week as an NFL linebacker, how the death of Sean Taylor impacted Lorenzo to begin his journey with Christ and why it is the best decision he's ever made.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's Sports Spectrum interview was pre-recorded prior to the coronavirus outbreak. |
| 0:10.8 | 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. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Lorenzo Alexander is brought to you by our friends at IJM, the International Justice Mission. |
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| 1:32.9 | Today on the show, we're bringing to you a conversation with Lorenzo Alexander, |
| 1:40.1 | the two-time Pro Bowl linebacker, played a bunch of years in the NFL from 2006 to 2019. |
| 1:51.4 | He was with the Redskins for seven seasons, then Arizona for a couple years, then the Raiders for one season, and then to Buffalo, where he played his final four seasons in the NFL. |
| 1:53.9 | And he had that resurgence in his career. |
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