Post by victor2111 on Mar 25, 2010 21:12:05 GMT -5
Marcus Freeman?s playing career is over.
Freeman, a former Wayne High School and Ohio State football star linebacker, said he was diagnosed by the Indianapolis Colts medical staff as having an enlarged heart valve.
?It was hard to hear that football was being taken away, but life is much bigger than that for me,? Freeman said earlier this week. ?Sooner or later you?re going to be done. Even though I can?t play anymore I still have a love and a passion for it. I?ll just turn the page to the next chapter in my life.?
Freeman, a fifth-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 2009 who spent time last season on the Bills? and Texans? practice squads, was signed by the Colts this off-season. He said team doctors told him about the heart problem after he took a physical in February.
Freeman will join Ohio State?s staff this fall as a graduate assistant. He said he is three classes away from obtaining his master?s degree in sports management.
?Coach (Jim) Tressel gave me the opportunity to be on the staff,? he said. ?It?s a lot different than playing, but it?s exciting because it gives me the chance to stay close to football.?
Freeman got married Feb. 20 and he and his wife, Joanna, have a 2?-year-old son.
?God has a plan for everybody and this was his plan for me,? Freeman said. ?You can?t have football as the head of your life because that can be taken away at any moment. My family and religion definitely comes first in my life. I can still be successful without playing the game.?
Man sad to see he had to shut it down cause of the heart problem. Very glad and nice to see Coach Tress give him a job on the staff to help and still be close to football.
Freeman, a former Wayne High School and Ohio State football star linebacker, said he was diagnosed by the Indianapolis Colts medical staff as having an enlarged heart valve.
?It was hard to hear that football was being taken away, but life is much bigger than that for me,? Freeman said earlier this week. ?Sooner or later you?re going to be done. Even though I can?t play anymore I still have a love and a passion for it. I?ll just turn the page to the next chapter in my life.?
Freeman, a fifth-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 2009 who spent time last season on the Bills? and Texans? practice squads, was signed by the Colts this off-season. He said team doctors told him about the heart problem after he took a physical in February.
Freeman will join Ohio State?s staff this fall as a graduate assistant. He said he is three classes away from obtaining his master?s degree in sports management.
?Coach (Jim) Tressel gave me the opportunity to be on the staff,? he said. ?It?s a lot different than playing, but it?s exciting because it gives me the chance to stay close to football.?
Freeman got married Feb. 20 and he and his wife, Joanna, have a 2?-year-old son.
?God has a plan for everybody and this was his plan for me,? Freeman said. ?You can?t have football as the head of your life because that can be taken away at any moment. My family and religion definitely comes first in my life. I can still be successful without playing the game.?
Man sad to see he had to shut it down cause of the heart problem. Very glad and nice to see Coach Tress give him a job on the staff to help and still be close to football.
