Fitzhugh would prefer to work on the railway than in the NFL, all the livelong day.Before the rebuffed offer, the NY Jets had employed and cut Fitzhugh on three occasions. Family and a constant income were higher priorities. Fitzhugh figures he is less likely to need a payday loan on the railroad.

Fitzhugh wants rail job a lot more than National Football League

The Georgian 24 year old Fitzhugh was offered what many can only dream of. After the Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots got Jim Leonhard injured, he was offered by the New York Jets the position of safety. The Jets got a no from Fitzhugh though. This is what the NJ Star Ledger reports. For the last 2 years, a job in the National Football League is all Fitzhugh wanted. He decided he would prefer to be the conductor at the Norfolk Southern railroad company as it would be constant and have good benefits. He helps look after his disabled father while living with his parents.

Bird within the hand worth two within the bush

Fitzhugh was an undrafted free agent in 2009, as he got employed by the Jets in May of that year, waived in August, in September added to practice finally and then in December was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. The Baltimore Ravens signed Fitzhugh in Dec. 2009 as he was an undrafted free agent. He was employed by the Jets in May 2009, waived in August and added to the practice squad in Sept before being hired finally. The Ravens cut him leading him to be hired by the Jets within the summer. He was only cut again though. Large paydays are not always on the way for every person in the National Football League. In fact, it could be a bit annoying to sit around unemployed for too long waiting to be picked up.

Higher callings

The chance to enter the NFL is not for every person. Going to Yale Law School was what Gerald Ford did instead of going to the National Football League later to become the United States President. Even though Myron Rolle is now on the practice squad for the TN Titans, at first he postponed entrance to the National Football League in order to study as a Rhodes Scholar.

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New Jersey Star Ledger

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