Rodney Peete talks choosing the NFL over MLB, overcoming alcoholism, Autism Activism
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, former USC legend and 16-year veteran quarterback Rodney Peete joins Peanut and Roman. Rodney discusses what it was like being runner-up to Barry Sanders in the Heisman Trophy race then becoming his teammate the next season with the Detroit Lions. Rodney carved out a respectable NFL career, but he talks about why he almost passed on the NFL to purse a career in Major league Baseball. Rodney then talks about his struggles coming to terms with the end of his football career, despite having a second act in media lined up after retirement. Rodney later reflects on his initial denial of his son’s autism diagnosis to becoming an avid activist for the cause with his wife Holly Robinson Peete. All this, and more, in a conversation you don’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.9 | Hey, this is Rodney Pete, NFL veterans of 16 years, |
| 0:08.5 | co-host of Rogan and Rodney on AM-570, LA Sports, and IHeart Media. |
| 0:13.0 | This is the NFL player's second acts podcast. |
| 0:17.3 | Come on now. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks for tuning in. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL player second acts podcast with me as always, |
| 0:39.6 | as my guy, Roman Harper, he's got his little shirt popped open you know what I'm saying he trying to show show like he |
| 0:43.7 | in L.A he got the L.A. vibes right now I don't know what is this pink leopard or something with the |
| 0:49.0 | olive green yes what are these I don't even know what they are. They're like pedals. |
| 0:54.8 | So, yeah. |
| 0:55.5 | Pedals. |
| 0:55.9 | Pedals. |
| 0:58.7 | Yeah, they like fall off roses and things of that nature. Petal. It's very frosty. Yeah, it's all good. I appreciate that. Anyways, let me get out here and give a shout out to all of our viewers, all of our listeners, wherever you take in your podcast, |
| 1:07.6 | whether it's Apple Podcasts, |
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| 1:10.5 | Thank you for always tuned in. |
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| 1:13.1 | Five stars, please. |
| 1:14.6 | Uh, |
| 1:14.8 | give you, take in your podcast with this Apple Podcasts, IHeart, Radio app. Thank you for always tune in. Give us a rating, a review. Five stars, please. Give us a couple comments, share, like, and always give us a follow, man. And, Peanut, what do we do? We tell him to tell a friend to do what? Telefriend. There we go, just in case you didn't remember. Peanut, who is our special guest this morning? |
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