NFL PLAYER RETIRES AT YOUNG AGE SUPPOSEDLY TO DO GOD'S WORK

It's not often that a third-round pick retires from the NFL in just his second season, but that's the story of Alabama running back Glen Coffee, who announced Friday that he was leaving the game of football. Coffee explained his decision in a statement released through the team.

"This has been a tough decision for me to make, but at this time in my life I feel it is best for me that I move on from football. I appreciate what the 49ers, my teammates and coaches have done for me, and I wish them a blessed season and all the best in the future."

So far, this has taken just about everybody by surprise, including the indispensable Niner Insider blog at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Singletary had been saying positive things about Coffee.

He's just a second-year player AND ONLY 23 years old!

Very odd. We'll have more when we know it. Hard to believe he's really retiring from the NFL.

But some blogs are saying he left to do ministry.

WOW, good luck to him and much blessings!

 

Gotta respect a guy who knows what he wants and gets after it.