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Rippee Writes: 10-year NFL vet Ben Utt

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Former Colts offensive lineman Ben Utt joins the share the incredible story of his career from undrafted free agent, to 10-year NFL vet, his path to Georgia Tech, life after football and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Rippy Rights with Brian Scott Lippey.

0:04.5

Transcript can be obtained by drinking a fifth of bourbon, ramming your head through some drywall, and then writing down every thought you have.

0:11.1

What is up on a Thursday?

0:13.2

I'm Brian Scott Rippey.

0:14.2

Thanks for tuning into another edition of the Riffy Rights podcast, powered by Twisted Tea.

0:18.4

Today, we have Ben Utt.

0:20.6

Ben played college football at Georgia Tech before playing 10 years in the NFL for the Baltimore

0:25.8

and Indianapolis Colts, despite being an undrafted free agent out of college.

0:30.2

We talked about his wild path to the NFL that included a gap year after getting cut by Tom Landry and the Cowboys,

0:36.8

how his second opportunity came to get into Colts Camp,

0:39.7

how he became a starter three weeks later,

0:41.2

and boom,

0:41.6

kickstart a 10-year career.

0:43.4

We also discussed him playing at Georgia Tech

0:46.1

for the legendary head coach Bill Curry,

0:48.9

playing through two player strikes,

0:50.9

his post-football career,

0:52.4

as he is the executive vice president of Invesco

0:54.9

distributors and a whole lot more. Tons of great stories for a guy that played in a very

0:59.2

fascinating era of the NFL. He also played with Ole Miss legend Jeff Harrod there

1:03.2

towards the end in Indianapolis. So I think you'll really enjoy discussion. He's an awesome

1:07.0

guy with an incredible story. Before we do that, though, wanted to remind you.

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