Sam and Emmanuel Acho, NFL Linebackers

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Episode 5

Sam and Emmanuel Acho are brothers who both achieved their dream of making it to the NFL.

Sam was selected in the 4th round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Cardinals and played in Arizona from 2011-2014 before signing with the Bears in 2015 and playing the last 2 seasons in Chicago.

Emmanuel was selected in the 6th round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. His career spanned 4 seasons with stints in Cleveland, Philadelphia and with the New York Giants. Emmanuel last played in the NFL with Philadelphia in 2015.

In this episode, the Acho brothers discuss their faith, growing up as elite athletes, faith in the NFL locker room, and how to navigate the world of race through the lens of the gospel.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports collide.
0:08.9	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:11.3	Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:14.7	I am Jason Romano.
0:16.2	Welcome to episode number five.
0:18.4	We hoped you enjoyed our last episode, episode four, featuring the
0:22.2	incredible story of Mo Isam, the former LSU, All-American goalkeeper and soccer, now speaker,
0:29.6	author, wife, mom, she's awesome. And if you missed her incredible story and testimony, you need
0:35.5	to do yourself a favor and go back and listen.
0:38.7	It was one of the most powerful stories of strength and courage that you will ever hear.
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0:59.2	inspirational stories to as many people as possible. So the rating does help. And we're hoping
1:04.3	you're liking the guests that we've had on and the topics that we've discussed. But if you
1:08.6	have an idea on a guest, a topic, anything that you
1:12.7	think would make this podcast better, please reach out to us, email me directly. I'm at
1:17.5	Jason Romano 22 at gmail.com. I would love to hear from you. And let's make this podcast
1:24.1	as great as it can be for God. That's really the goal here in sharing these
1:28.5	stories. Now, today's podcast is a lot of fun. I think you'll like it. It's two brothers. Now, I grew up
1:34.9	with two brothers. I'm one of three. My other brother is Chris and Damien. We're as close as ever now.
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