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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Legends podcast. I'm in s Williams,

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Speaker 1: and today I'm excited to talk with Riley Dixon and

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Speaker 1: Rob Loan. It's really the first time I think that

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Speaker 1: I've had punters on our podcast. We're talking about Rob's

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Speaker 1: redemption story. We're also talking about get this the fantasies

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Speaker 1: that punters have, but also uplifting Athletes and how the

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Speaker 1: support of you and other athletes like Rob and like

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Speaker 1: Riley are supporting an organization called Uplifting Athletes. Let's listen in. Rob.

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Speaker 1: We talked a lot about transition on our podcast, both

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Speaker 1: into and out of the NFL, but your transition is

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Speaker 1: unlike any that I've ever heard of, because you were

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Speaker 1: supposed to be the top punter available in the two

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Speaker 1: thousand ten dress and you found yourself in a whole

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Speaker 1: different kind of transition. Come on, tell us about it.

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Speaker 1: What was this, like, this sudden end to your NFL

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Speaker 1: dream route? Yeah, it was. It was tough. I mean

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Speaker 1: I went into my senior year at Syracuse knowing that

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Speaker 1: all I needed to do was continue to do what

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Speaker 1: I was capable of. Right, I didn't. I didn't have

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Speaker 1: to be superman. I didn't have to you know, be perfect.

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Speaker 1: I just had to do what I know, what I

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Speaker 1: was capable of. And I knew I'd have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: or at least a shot at the NFL, and that

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Speaker 1: that became my dream. That was what I was I

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Speaker 1: through my senior year. My concerns were what NFL city

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Speaker 1: going to be you know, Arizona would be nice and

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Speaker 1: And Thanksgiving morning of two thousand and ten, I uh

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Speaker 1: was woke up and just unbelievably sick. And I was,

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Speaker 1: night before. Hadn't you done anything unusual? Right? I woke

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Speaker 1: and it was just, you know, it was tough. And

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Speaker 1: And you know, I couldn't I couldn't figure out how

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Speaker 1: you lad to dedicate your career to helping researches of

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Speaker 1: you know, Robb, As I ris to Riley this, I

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Speaker 1: What an outstanding name for cause, right, So, Riley, you're

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Speaker 1: which got you involved with uplifting athletes as well? Riley. Yep.

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Speaker 1: So when I was at Syracuse, or even before I

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Speaker 1: the way. So, Roley, you looked up to Rob while

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