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Glen Coffee Explains His Decision To Leave Football

Matt Barrows got a chance to talk with the recently retired Glen Coffee on his decision to leave the 49ers.

The first question I asked him was why, why step away from such a lucrative profession?
Coffee: “It was a struggle for a long time. Actually when I look back I feel I never should have entered the draft in the first place. Football was no longer my dream. I found Christ in college. It changed my views on everything. But I still was a football player because it was expected of me, it was something I did all my life. I was basically wasting the (49ers’) time.”

Read the entire transcript here.

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