Mike Safo with Jared Lorenzen

Horrible audio and all, I am reposting one of my first podcasts ever. This one is from 2013, with Kentucky Legend and Super Bowl Winner Jared Lorenzen (JLO). Jared and I talk about his recruiting process, if attending Kentucky was a foregone conclusion and what other schools had a show. We hear about when he realized that he had to give up his basketball dream and pursue football as a career. JLO tells us about the difficulties of being a football star at a basketball school. How he becoming a father to his baby girl during his junior year put him on the right path. We jump to the NFL draft and how he got the call that the Giants wanted to sign him as a free agent. The lefty tells us about being Eli Manning’s backup, that historical Super Bowl run and how he would heckle Steelers fans in the Hoboken bars. We go through his nicknames and why he wanted to meet the “Real” J-Lo because he had an icebreaker. From the premature Gatorade celebration against LSU and that memorable 7 overtime loss to Arkansas to the Manti Te’o controversy. Hope you guys enjoy this early Mike Safo podcast episode.