About this episode

Lavonte David reflects on his NFL career, retirement, and experiences playing alongside Tom Brady.

Super Bowl champion and longtime Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David joins Kevin Clark to reflect on one of the NFL's most consistent and accomplished careers. Lavonte discusses his transition into retirement, the evolution of the linebacker position, defending today's offenses, playing alongside Tom Brady, and helping lead Todd Bowles' championship defense. He also shares the story of nearly quitting football before his career took off, his journey from junior college to Nebraska, the toughest offenses he ever faced, and the one play he'd most like to have back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Clark

Guest: Lavonte David

Topics covered

• NFL
• retirement
• linebacker position
• Tom Brady
• Super Bowl
• defense
• football career

Keywords

• Lavonte David
• Tom Brady
• Super Bowl champion
• NFL linebacker
• retirement
• Todd Bowles
• football career
• junior college

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Todd Bowles, Nebraska

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