Your last College Football Game!
Life after College Football
Right now there are seniors pondering what they will do after their final college football game. A small percentage will play again, a larger percentage will stay in college and an even larger percentage will work and have families. Right now I am in that larger percentages I am in graduate school, I am working like crazy and taking care of my family. It’s really just starting to set in whether or not my football career is completely over.
Before I get deep into this post I want to say and advice every football player at every level to play every play like it’s your last play in the world. You never know when your career is going to be over. You could have an injury, your eligibility could run out, or something else outside of football may prevent you from playing. So when you do play I ask that you give it 100% and do it for those that can’t play anymore.
As far as myself, I do coach football and I will say I am tempted everyday to give it 1 last shot, I mean I’m only 25 and I have definitely survived serious adversity on and off the field. I’m mean I went from being 14 and told I’d never run again, to seperating my shoulder the week before playing Cincinnati Bearcats, to spraining my ankle in two places at one being on cruthes to present day tearing my hip. The best thing I got going for me is graduate school and RMCFE.com
Immediately following your final game, you will definitely feel a difference and a sense of seperation. You will notice it more when the team has meetings and you don’t. The team will still accept you, and those young players will always respect you as an upper-classman, especially if you were team captain like me.
End of Football Career Experience
My personal experience after football started before my season ended. When I was sidelined on cructhes in 2006 after playing in a nationally televised game at University of Massechusetts (Umass Amherst). Well the week I was on cructhes I went from being an individual to being a thought. They kept thinking about if I would return but they weren’t calling me and checking on me to see how I felt. I’d come to practice on crutches and I was like not even there. Then I got off crutches Monday before our Saturday game at Hofstra…I practiced all week, then I got banged up on Thursday. Came out Saturday game day and was told that I’m not cleared to play after driving 4 hours to Hofstra the day before the game. Of course I played and I’m glad we did, not only did I play, I started and that was the last game that we won for my college career. We beat Hofstra at their house for the 1st time in 50 years. And my ankle was killing me but I sucked it up.
I want to let my readers know I am writing this post because this season I am seeing how senior players are getting treated at universities across the country. It’s like your on your way out we are letting our future players get reps now because they will be playing when you leave. Part 2 of this post will be up tomorrow. Keep reading. Thank you all for your support.
Train Hard
Coach Lewis