Parenting the NFL Draft: Inside the Trigg Family's Journey
About this episode
The episode features a candid discussion with the Trigg family about the challenges and experiences of raising a student athlete in the context of college football.
Student athletes, NIL, USC, Ole Miss, Baylor, Tampa, NFL Draft, parenting, HBCU, transfer portal, Michael Trigg, Mike Evans, recruiting, Grove, USC tailgate, Fort Valley. In this special episode of the Chop Shop Show, hosts Daryl Newton, Greg Doss, and Waldo Woodard sit down with Mike and Twyanca Trigg, parents of Tampa's own NFL Draft prospect Michael Trigg, for a raw, funny, and brutally honest conversation about raising a student athlete in today's college football world. From realizing Mike was "different" at two years old running full laps at Fort Valley State, to juggling soccer, YMCA hoops, and youth football, the Triggs walk us through the grind, sacrifice, and family conflicts that come with coaching your own kid hard while still protecting his joy in the game. They open up about choosing West Tampa over power programs, pushing academics, navigating secret USC recruiting visits during COVID, and the emotional reality of dropping your son off across the country. The crew also dives into culture shock at USC vs Ole Miss and the Grove, being Black parents in Southern college towns, and how race, tailgate culture, and community show up around big-time football. Mike shares…
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