New Season of NFL Network's A Football Life Premieres with Hall of Fame RB Curtis Martin

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'Curtis Martin: A Football Life' Premieres Friday, September 16 at 9:00 PM ET​

Sixth Season of Highly-Acclaimed 'A Football Life' Airs Fridays at 9:00 PM ET on NFL Network

The sixth season of NFL Network's Emmy-nominated series A Football Life premieres Friday, September 16 at 9:00 PM ET with a profile of Pro Football Hall of Fame running back for the New York Jets and New England Patriots, Curtis Martin. The one-hour show produced by NFL Films features sitdown interviews with Martin, former head coach Bill Parcells, family members and more, and uses Curtis' love of art as a vehicle to tell his story, with acclaimed street artist Gamma Acosta painting a mural depicting Curtis' life.

Each episode of A Football Life – as well as all NFL Network programming – is streamed live on the NFL Mobile from Verizon app (NFL.com/mobile) and via Watch NFL Network on tablet (NFL Mobile and Watch NFL Network apps), PC (NFL.com/watch), Xbox One and Xbox 360(NFL on Xbox app) and other connected TV devices (NFL app on Apple TV and Playstation 4).

In the history of the National Football League, only Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders have rushed for more career yards than Martin. Curtis Martin: A Football Life tells the story of Martin, who overcame a rough upbringing in Pittsburgh to become one of the greatest running backs to ever play the game.

Among the topics discussed in Curtis Martin: A Football Life are:

His upbringing in Pittsburgh and how his mother Rochella Martin grew to reconcile with his father

grew to reconcile with his father What drew Martin to play football

Being drafted by the New England Patriots and following Bill Parcells to the New York Jets

to the New York Jets Giving Bill Parcells his 1999 team MVP trophy and a handwritten letter

his 1999 team MVP trophy and a handwritten letter His relationship with Patriots fan Jen Ptaschnik-Walker

Emmy-nominated actor Josh Charles narrates.

Curtis Martin: A Football Life includes interviews with the following people and more:

Curtis Martin

Rochella Martin – Curtis' mother

Carolina Martin – Curtis' wife

Bill Parcells – Former Patriots and Jets head coach

Jim Brown – Hall of Fame running back

Robert Kraft – Patriots owner

Woody Johnson – Jets owner

Provided below are some select quotes from Curtis Martin: A Football Life:

- "Pittsburgh gave me my foundation and kind of gave me my roots, and made me who I am today." – Curtis Martin

- "I gave him a month-and-a-half to get involved in something. I didn't care what it was; glee club, anything, I didn't care…He went and tried out for football and this is what happened." – Rochella Martin

- "It's one of the most personally rewarding things that I've ever received in this life." – Bill Parcells on receiving Curtis Martin's 1999 team MVP trophy and a handwritten letter

- "You know how they talk about a player going into a zone, I don't think that I've ever been in a zone in my career the way I was that game. I know that the Pittsburgh Steelers are like gods. The fact that I was destroying and we were destroying those hopes and those dreams for the fans was just incredible to me." – Curtis Martin on the 1996 AFC Divisional Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers

- "I just felt like I was worth more than Drew Bledsoe's signing bonus. I think I may have been the closest player to Mr. Kraft and the friendship that we had, and most people would look at that and get offended – it made me admire him even more because I recognized how he was able to separate the personal from the business." – Curtis Martin

- "I always believed he'd retire as a Patriot. It's like seeing a girl you were in love with or had a crush on dating some other guy." – Robert Kraft

- "If you want to listen to something that will truly inform yourself about Curtis Martin and also maybe change your own life in a way, listen to his Hall of Fame speech." – Woody Johnson

This year, the 13-episode season of the highly-acclaimed series A Football Life airs Friday at 9:00 PM ET. Below is the broadcast schedule for the remaining September episodes:

September 23 – Rodney Harrison

– Rodney Harrison September 30 – Chad Johnson

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