The Shoulder Pad

In this week's episode of The Shoulder Pad, our host Byron Franklin sits down with Anthony Hancock, a former NFL wide receiver and University of Tennessee standout, to discuss life after football, faith, and personal growth. Anthony has an incredible story to share and we are so honored to be able to share it with you here on The Shoulder Pad.

Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 2 of The Shoulder Pad! In this month’s episode, we sit down with Frank Sanders, former Auburn University football star and NFL wide receiver, to talk about his journey from college football to the professional stage. Frank shares insights on his time at Auburn and the NFL, and the lessons he learned both on and off the field. We dive into his career and the transition of playing football to living a life after taking his shoulder pads off for the last time. Tune in for an inspiring conversation with one of Auburn’s finest!

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Welcome back to Season 2 of The Shoulder Pad Podcast! We have a lot of great episodes planned this year, and we are excited to start with this incredible guest - Sydney Steele Justin. Sydney is well-known for many things - from his extensive professional football career to later going on to being an incredible singer and songwriter. He was a member of The Miracles and was lead singer. We are so excited for you to learn more about Sydney and his incredible career as well as his resilience and dedication.

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Welcome back to Episode 11 of The Shoulder Pad Podcast! This month we have the extremely incredible and multi-skilled, Fred Stokes. Fred is a former football player that had the chance to play for 4 NFL teams over the course of 10 seasons. Fred also became a Super Bowl champion while playing with Washington in Super Bowl XXVI. Fred then went on to become an extremely successful founder and CEO, Speaker, and Author. Fred founded LINT Brother, which is designed to help men become emotionally free so they can walk in their victory and break out of bondage through small groups, trainings, conferences, and workshops. He also founded Fred Stokes Foods that focuses on sausage and bacon and can be found through various distributors (his site is found below)! We are so excited to have Fred on this month, and we hope you enjoy!

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Welcome back for another episode of The Shoulder Pad! This month, we are honored and excited to sit down with former NFL player and Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Andre Reed. Reed spent 16 consecutive seasons in the NFL, where he primarily played for the Buffalo Bills. During his time in the NFL, he also had the honor of playing in the Pro Bowl 7 times and Superbowl 4 times. In 2014, Reed was deservingly inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. We hope you enjoy this episode with our good friend Andre!

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Welcome to Episode 9! This month, we are so excited to revisit our very first episode that first aired back in January. For all our new listeners, we wanted to make sure you got a chance to here from this incredible guest, David Rocker. David is a former NFL player that also happens to be an Auburn Alum. After making his mark in the NFL, David has continued to do incredible things through coaching, pastoring, and more. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Welcome back to Episode 8 of The Shoulder Pad Podcast! This month, we are honored to be joined by the one and only, Jim Haslett. Jim is a former NFL linebacker who was originally drafted in the 2nd round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills, where is was then named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Jim also is a football coach and in 2023 was the head coach of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Before that, he served as a coach for numerous football teams, including the New Orleans Saints, where he served as the head coach and became NFL Coach Of the Year. Jim has an extremely dynamic and impressive background, and above all, he is an outstanding human and we are so excited to talk to him today!

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Welcome back to The Shoulder Pad podcast for Episode 5! This month we will be sitting down for a conversation with E.J. Junior. You may know E.J. as a former football star at The University of Alabama that went on to be a first round draft pick and played 13 seasons in the NFL. Because of his success, he was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020. E.J. did not only stand out on the field, but has also had years of success as a football coach for multiple college and NFL teams. Not only that, he has also spent his life serving the Lord and is an ordained minster. E.J. has an incredible story that is both inspiring and encouraging, and we hope you enjoy!

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