Robert Griffin III - Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL QB on faith, family, failure and football
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Robert Griffin III (RGIII) joins Matt on the show today to discuss his journey of faith, football, adversity, social media, marriage and much more ..
Chapters:
(01:20) - His full circle broadcasting moment in December 2025
(04:40) - A journey of faith
(12:01) - Responding to adversity
(17:33) - Sharing about faith as his platform has grown
(33:12) - Starting a new podcast (OUTTA POCKET WITH RGIII)
(39:08) - Advice for Patrick Mahomes and Micah Parsons returning from ACL injuries
(50:08) - The importance of loving his wife well
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I don't play for the fame, I play for the king |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah, every step on the field let the heavens ring |
| 0:07.0 | Uh, got Jesus in my heart so I run with a purpose |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, this is sports spectrum |
| 0:13.0 | Faith on the surface, uh, I don't play for the crowd, I play for the king |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, every rap, every drill I give every day |
| 0:20.0 | Uh, from the locker room prayers to the lights that gleam. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | We raise his name, uh, welcome to the team, huh, uh, uh, uh, and now here's your host. |
| 0:31.6 | Former NFL Provo running back in Chicago Bears legend. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | Uh, uh, uh, what? running back in Chicago Bears legend. Matt Forte. |
| 0:42.1 | Uh, uh, uh, what's up y'all? |
| 0:43.8 | It's Matt Forte here with Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:45.7 | I got my boy Jason Romano, as always. |
| 0:53.1 | And man, we have the one and the only RG3 on this today's episode. |
| 0:55.2 | That's why you tuned in so you know that. I don't have to run down the stats or the accolades. You tuned in because we were talking to RG3 on this today's episode. That's why you tuned in so you know that I don't have to run down the stats or the accolades. You tuned in because we were talking to RG3. So, man, eight seasons |
| 1:01.8 | in the NFL, current Fox sports host. And that's that's something new, right? That's something |
| 1:09.5 | that is kind of budding and something that's |
| 1:12.1 | coming up you've you know since retirement been you know on on many different screens and |
| 1:16.9 | stuff and using your platform but I want to start with something recent you call your first |
| 1:22.3 | NFL game on December 14th it was the Panthers versus Saints You tweeted about it and you said that God worked in a |
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