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Dec. 5, 2022

Playing Pro Football, Winning a National Championship, Running Back Stories, and Speed Training with Emmanuel Moody

Playing Pro Football, Winning a National Championship, Running Back Stories, and Speed Training with Emmanuel Moody

In this episode, co-hosts Justin Hong and Patrick Pratumrat interview former professional football player Emmanuel Moody about his athletic career. 

During the interview, Emmanuel shares how he first got started playing football and his experience playing football during his childhood (3:55), his breakout game in high school that put him on the recruiting map and set up his football career - and how his life changed after this game (15:35), and his training regimen in high school (22:20).

He talks about his recruiting experiences and how he ultimately decided to attend USC (27:10), his freshman year at USC (27:10), transferring to Florida and the experience of being a football player there, including being on a National Championship-winning team (38:05), and being an Asian American football player (43:05).

He also gives an inside look at his professional football experience, including his time in the NFL (44:05), how he came to the decision to walk away from football (1:00:40), how he got into private coaching and speed training for other athletes (1:02:10), and much more. 

Emmanuel Moody’s Wikipedia Page

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