Former NFL superstar running back Todd Gurley was selected with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Rams, and he ultimately earned a second contract with the team, but was soon cut and retired shortly after. And he recently opened up about his experience.
The Rams ultimately decided to part ways with Todd Gurley following the 2019 season, which was obviously a pretty brutal twist. But during a recent appearance on 25/10 Show, Gurley revealed that his agent had actually prepared him for that exact situation.
“I remember when I signed my extension with the Rams [in 2018], the agent was breaking it down,” Gurley said according to Pro Football Talk. “He was like, ‘You get this, you get this amount, and then if they cut you, you’ll be 26 with a lot of money and you’re young.’ And then the [Rams’] contract guy was like, ‘Yeah, but we’ll never let that happen.’ And that’s exactly how that [situation] played out.”
Gurley played one season with the Atlanta Falcons following his departure from the Rams, but ultimately decided to walk away from the game and simply live out his retirement in Los Angeles, where he has since moved and made his home.
“So, I got cut from the Rams, I went to Atlanta. I kind of had to see what they were talking about for real, because I played at Georgia. … So, that one happened. And I was like, the season was sorry. And then after that it was like, alright bro, I live in L.A. I’m chilling. I’ve [done] everything. Of course, I would love to have a ring and stuff like that. But I went to a Super Bowl, lost. I wasn’t really tripping. I don’t know, I feel like I did a lot of stuff that I never would’ve thought I would’ve ever did. And just having fun, just playing football. … Living out a lot of people’s dreams, for real, that type of vibe.
“It really came down to like, it didn’t really matter if I scored 10 more touchdowns or if I scored zero. It wasn’t going to satisfy me no more, for real.”
Getting cut by the Rams may not have been what Gurley wanted at the time, but it sounds like he’s quite content with the way his career played out, and he got to walk away on his own terms.
