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First, what have you been doing since your time in the NFL?

I bounced around a bit on jobs. I worked at Equifax for a while then with a competitor of theirs in Harrisburg. Then I started my own business doing insurance investigations for insurance companies. I did that for 20 years before I retired.

Now, I do some work remodeling homes – a lot for my family. But I’m technically retired.

How was the post-football adjustment for you?

It was very easy. I wasn’t one of those guys where football was everything to me. I had no intention of even playing football in college until all of the sudden I got scholarship offers.  I accepted Wake Forest’s.

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First, can you let me know what you’re up to now?

I’m the General Manager now Of BURN by Rocky Patel here in Indiana. We had one near the stadium in Pittsburgh. I did a lot of work there with Mike Linkovich – the General Manager there. We went there a lot with coaches and players and their families and associates – we’d go there and have a good time and hold meetings and events there.

I settled here after working for Pepsi when Mike approached me about this opportunity. It fit my skillsets – I love people and building relationships. He thought this would be a good fit. I’m all about people.

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First off, how is your health?

I was diagnosed with ALS in 2016 but am doing pretty good. My gait is slow and a bit awkward, but I have no complaints. The doctors think I’m among the lucky 10% who will live 10 or more years after their diagnosis. My sister Laurie, Tunch Ilkin and several football teammates from Oregon State all passed from ALS within the typical two-to-five year period after being diagnosed. I’m often asked what I attribute my longevity to and I assure everyone it’s just luck. My sister and football friends were otherwise very healthy people and did everything in their power to win the battle but ALS won out.  

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to lately?

I live in Colorado, near Denver, with my wife and kids. I’ve been working out, fishing, skiing and playing a lot of basketball. I think of myself as semi-retired – I’m staying in shape just in case someone calls.

Were you aware of the Steelers-Browns rivalry when you were drafted by the Browns?

I wasn’t really super aware of if  – I grew up in Wisconsin so I was aware of the Packers-Bears and Packers-Vikings rivalry more. I heard stories about the rivalry of course.

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your playing days?

You know what they say – life is about relationships. Cody Risien and George Lilja were friends of mine from Cleveland and they got me into the medical MRI scanner business – selling those. They were booming at the time. I’ve been in that business ever since.

It’s not as thrilling as the NFL but not as nerve-racking either!

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First what are you up to now?

I decided not to return to the CFL for personal reasons. We went to the Grey Cup last year and lost to Winnipeg. I decided not to go back for a while. But now I’m looking forward to going back and re-joining the CFL or XFL and jumpstarting my career.

In the meantime I’m working in law enforcement – doing executive protection and fugitive recovery here in Atlanta. I got my degree in criminal justice so this was a natural fit, and it gives me the flexibility to continue training while I gain experience in the field I want to pursue when I am done with football.

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First, can you talk a bit about what you got involved with after football?

Well, I went back to school and got my Masters from Pitt and taught for four years. After that I went back to grad school at Duquesne and got a degree in counseling and ended up being a high school guidance counselor in Pittsburgh for 30-plus years.

Now, I’m recovering from a heart attack I had a while ago and walking around the house every day to get back in shape!

Continue reading “Exclusive with Former Steelers Center John Cenci, 1956”

First off, can you tell me about the work you’re doing now for high school recruits?

I started up a new program to help kids with recruiting. After I stopped playing I got into coaching and that was sticky for me. I enjoyed it – but I couldn’t help kids like I wanted to to get into schools and continue to play. So I used the network I built up of coaches – from high school to the NFL – to help advocate for kids. It’s hard to get recruited if there’s no one in your corner.

When you have someone outside of your inner circle – not a parent or coach – who can help you and give you a different point of view, who can help you train and give you the good and the bad – that really helps. I was a highly recruited player out of high school and I loved the recruiting process. I learned a lot from it and think I can help kids. A lot of kids go under-recruited – maybe they are from smaller schools or just don’t have anyone to advocate for them. I’m consistently cycling through film and making calls to get kids into schools.

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since your NFL time?

I got married to my lovely wife Robin and had three boys. They all played football through the collegiate level. One graduated from Appalachian State where I played and two played at NC State – one of those transferred to South Carolina.

What did you do after football?

After football I still had a love for the game and took up coaching. I coached my kids’ Pop Warner teams until they grew out of it then went on to coach in high school for seven years.

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been up to since football?

Just working, It’s been a different kind of transition for me – just getting over a lot of stuff. Not in a bad way – I just kept a certain face on for a long time and decided it was time to move forward.

What kind of stuff?

Stuff about my sexuality. It wasn’t fun to go through that over my career.

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