Troy Martino played tight end for Stevenson University until he suffered a career-ending head injury during a non-contact spring practice after a successful freshman season. Troy is a fellow Rutgers Sports Management graduate and although it seems as though to our transition to life after football was similar, in many ways it was also very different. In this episode we are going to compare and contrast what worked for us and what didn’t in our transition to life after football to prevent you from some of the suffering we experienced.
Below are some topics Troy and I cover throughout this interview:
What led up to the career ending head injury.
The“flashy drill” that led to Troy being in the wrong place wrong time.
What doctors said after diagnosing Troy with a depressed skull fracture on the left temporal bone.
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