Lou Young on Fighting for His NFL Dream, The Art of Going Viral, Leaning into His Bipolar Diagnosis
NFL: Good Morning Football
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4.3 • 656 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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On this episode of NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, hosts Charles Tillman and Roman Harper sit down with former teammate Lou Young to unpack his wild NFL journey from going undrafted and getting cut four times to finding viral fame and success beyond football as a social media influencer. He shares stories from the Panthers’ 2014 season, clashing with Shannon Sharpe, and how the setbacks ultimately fueled his second act.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | I want to know if you remember this play. |
| 0:06.6 | It's against Seahawks. |
| 0:07.5 | Okay. |
| 0:07.9 | All right. |
| 0:08.0 | Tell me about this play. |
| 0:08.8 | It's against the Seahawks. |
| 0:09.8 | I was ready. |
| 0:10.7 | Oh, you was ready? |
| 0:11.2 | They didn't want to look. |
| 0:11.8 | They didn't want to throw it to me. |
| 0:13.6 | I had Doug Baldwin. |
| 0:16.1 | I wasn't supposed to get in. |
| 0:17.9 | I was just stress of teams. I don't know. Something happened and Wolfs literally looked at me. He said, get you, get your ass in. Like, just, it's almost like your pop's telling me. Don't get in there. And I was like, I look, I said, okay, cool. Man, I was shaking. I was, like, what? Shaking like a stripper. I looked around I said, you know, I'm really trying to act like I know what I'm doing. Who's called? You ready? Luke is like, Lou, you ready? I was like, hmm, let's do it. And I'm like, I think it was like Reds on defense. Yeah. And like I said, hey, you know, I did my technique. He tried to give me a little wiggle. I'm right there on him. Yeah. I was talking trash to him. He didn't get shit. He ain't get nothing. And then they took me right out. I think they might have realized hell Lou is out there for him. After that game, I was like, call my dad. I said, man, dad, they really put me in the game now. Yeah. Like, it's up. It's going. And I didn't see as much defense out of that. What's up, everybody? I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL players second acts podcast. |
| 1:30.5 | And with me, as always, my trusty co-host, Roman Harper. |
| 1:35.5 | What's happening, man? Really excited about this next episode. |
| 1:39.0 | How could you not? He's something special. I've noticed it. He's a former teammate of mine and yours. |
| 1:46.3 | And I don't want to give anything away, but trust me, you've seen him before. |
| 1:50.5 | And it's probably not because of the tackle or the great interception he made in the game. |
| 1:54.7 | But Peanut, tell us who it is. |
| 1:56.7 | Actor, comedian, XNFL football player, one of our favorite teammates when we're in Carolina. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Lou Young to the pot. Yes. That's what we used to do. That's it. That was it. Lou Young. In the meeting room?'all? Yeah. You know what I'm saying? |
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