He knows this well. The former Poly and Maryland standout last appeared in an NFL game in 2012, last was on an NFL roster in 2014 and ended a brief stint with the AFL's Los Angeles Kiss last summer. Yet even as his fortunes in the sport seemed to shift and his interests outside it blossomed — he indulged his entrepreneurial spirit on Airbnb and took online classes as he worked toward a master's degree — he felt there were more games ahead.