Rashad Jennings, Former NFL Running Back
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Episode 137
Rashad Jennings played 8 seasons in the NFL from 2009-2016. He was selected in the 7th round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars (250th overall). Despite scoring 25 touchdowns and rushing for over 3,700 yards in his career, Jennings may be more known for winning Season 24 of ABC's Dancing with the Starsin 2017.
In 2018, Jennings released his first book, "THE IF IN LIFE: How to Get off Life's Sidelines and Become Your Best Self."
Growing up a chubby kid, who suffered from asthma and with a father who drank and smoked, Jennings wasn't sure if he would ever make it, but a moment in high school when he came off the bench after being a 4th string running back, changed his trajectory and started a path toward football excellence.
On this episode of the podcast, Jennings shares deeply personal stories about growing up with a father who drank and smoked, overcoming the odds to make it in football, what playing football at Liberty did for his faith, having his Dad come watch him for the first time at an NFL game, and why he felt called to start his own foundation to invest and give back.
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:19.7 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with former NFL running back, Rashad Jennings, |
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| 1:00.3 | Today's guest on the podcast, former NFL running back Rashad Jennings joins us on the show. |
| 1:05.5 | Rashad played in the NFL from 2009 to 2016 with the Jaguars, with the Raiders, and then the final three years of |
| 1:12.8 | his career with the New York Giants. In 2017, he was released from the Giants and instead decided, |
| 1:19.8 | you know what, I'm going to go do dancing with the stars. And not only did he participate |
| 1:24.3 | in dancing with the stars, but he won the whole thing. He was the season 24 champion for ABC's hit show. |
| 1:31.0 | And then at the end of 2017, Rashad announced his retirement from the NFL, officially |
| 1:36.4 | retiring at the age of 32. |
| 1:39.3 | This year in 2018, Rashad has released his first book. |
| 1:42.9 | It's called The If in Life, How to Get Off Life Sidelines |
| 1:46.3 | and Become Your Best Self. It's highly recommended from Odell Beckham Jr. who endorsed |
| 1:51.6 | the book. And the forward is written by former New York Giant Hall of Famer Michael |
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