Now, Denver Broncos guard Calvin Throckmorton could be following the same path, according to an April 2 report from The Denver Gazette.
Mr. Throckmorton, who signed a one year contract with the Broncos this year, was a pre-med major at Eugene-based University of Oregon, where he played football from 2015 to 2019.
He is entering his fifth season with the NFL but has wanted to be a physician since he was a kid and plans to pursue a career as an orthopedic surgeon.
His contract with the Broncos totals an estimated $1.055 million with an additional $150,000 in incentives and $200,000 in possible incentives.
From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Throckmorton was signed with the New Orleans Saints.
“When I’m done with football, and I hope that’s a long time from now, I plan on being an orthopedic surgeon if it all works out,” he told the Gazette. “I started wanting to be a doctor when I was as young as 10 or 11 years old. I was always super interested in how things worked and the most important thing I wanted to know (how) it worked was the human body. I had these anatomy and physiology books when I was growing up, and so it’s always been something I’ve been passionate about. It was a way I knew I could help people.”
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