Mike Furrey - Former wide receiver on his improbable NFL playing journey and being an ambassador for Christ
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Mike Furrey is the head coach at Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina. Previously he was the Chicago Bears Wide Receiver's coach from 2018-2021.
In college, Mike starred at Northern Iowa from 1996-1999 and joined the Indianapolis Colts after going undrafted in 2000. After a few seasons in the XFL, Furrey made the Rams roster and played both offense and defense as a converted free safety. He had four interceptions in 2005 with the Rams. In 2006, he signed with the Lions, switched back to wide receiver and excelled with 98 receptions, 1,086 yards and six touchdowns. He would play three more seasons with Detroit before finishing his career in 2009 with the Browns.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Mike Furrey about his incredible NFL story, playing offense and defense as a pro, his Kurt Warner parallel, being an overcomer and how coaching has helped him grow in his walk with Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, guys. Welcome to Sports Spectrum. We have one of the best conversations we've had in a long time today with a guy named Mike Furry. You might not know that name. He's the head coach coaching football at Limestone University down in South Carolina. It's a division two school. He's also a former NFL wide receiver and a former NFL defensive back. I'm not going to expand on that anymore because Mike Furry has lived one incredibly |
| 0:26.5 | blessed life when you think about the journey that he was on. |
| 0:31.3 | He walked on at Ohio State, went to northern Iowa, excelled there, was undrafted, |
| 0:37.1 | got to the Colts training camp in 2000, |
| 0:39.2 | didn't make the team, played in the XFL, the original XFL back in 2001, then the |
| 0:45.4 | arena football league for a couple years, and then a really cool story that he shares on the podcast |
| 0:51.0 | of how he got to the St. Louis Rams, the then St. Louis Rams, and started |
| 0:55.4 | his NFL journey with the Rams in 2003. He was a defensive back in 2005, converted from |
| 1:02.3 | wide receiver, and had four picks. I mean, he did really well. He had a pick six in 2005 with the |
| 1:07.6 | Rams. The next year, he ends up with the Lions, and he has 98 receptions for over 1,000 yards |
| 1:13.6 | and six touchdowns. |
| 1:15.4 | So defensive back, four picks, a year later, wide receiver, 98 receptions. |
| 1:20.5 | That's Mike Furry. |
| 1:22.0 | Mike got kind of brought onto my radar from my friend Dan Orlovsky, and, you know, |
| 1:27.2 | Mike has had a huge impact on Dan's life. There's a lot here. Let's just put it that way. And I can't wait for you to hear the entire story of Mike Furry. It's coming up in just a second. First, I want to remind you about our friends at Compassion International, great friends, great partners with us here at Sports Spectrum, releasing kids from |
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| 2:10.2 | sponsoring a child, and giving them a chance, giving them hope in Jesus name. |
| 2:15.4 | Compassion.com slash sports spectrum. We're also presented today by our Sports |
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