Rashad Jennings - Former NFL Running Back / New York Times Bestselling Author
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Rashad Jennings is a former pro running back who played eight seasons in the NFL with the Jaguars, Giants and Raiders. He was originally selected in the 7th round of the 2009 NFL Draft by Jacksonville and played four seasons there before coming to the Raiders in 2013 and then spending his final three NFL seasons with the New York Giants. He announced his retirement in December of 2017.
Away from the field, Jennings was the winner of Season 24 of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" in the spring of 2017 and wrote his first book "The IF in Life" in 2018, which became a New York Times Bestseller.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Rashad about his reading challenge for kids in the month of March, how the last 12 months have shaped him in the midst of a pandemic and the loss of his dad, and the importance of breaking down his hypocrisies.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:13.0 | Here's your host, former ESPN producer Jason Romano. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, everyone, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:19.1 | So glad you're tuning in today to the show. I am Jason Romano, and we are excited for our guest today, Rashad Jennings. You remember Rashad, eight years in the NFL, former NFL running back. And then he won Dancing with the Stars in 2017, season number 24, and then wrote a book, The If in Life, that turned into a New York |
| 0:40.0 | Times bestseller. This guy, I got to tell you, it's one of the most deep and insightful |
| 0:47.0 | conversations that I've ever had with a guest. And Rashad, he keeps it real. he does not sugarcoat when you ask him on certain topics |
| 0:56.7 | even when you ask him a fairly generic question like I asked towards the end of the interview |
| 1:01.2 | about what he's most hopeful for my goodness his answer was just phenomenal so you all need to |
| 1:07.6 | come come with me on this journey with Rashad Jennings and listen to this conversation. |
| 1:12.5 | It's such a good and enriching conversation with Rashad Jennings. |
| 1:17.8 | He's doing awesome things with the literacy program that he's doing and writing books for kids. |
| 1:22.1 | Just has a lot going on. |
| 1:24.6 | So can't wait for you to hear about that conversation. |
| 1:26.8 | Before we get to Rashad, a couple things. First first a way for you to connect with us and contact us here at |
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