At just 31 years old, Vince Young is officially retired from the NFL — not where the young superstar quarterback thought he would be at this stage in his career. Though he had a promising start with a winning college record, Young’s pro football dreams didn’t pan out.
Losing his identity as an athlete hit him hard, as he explains to filmmaker Jonas Elrod on the OWN series “In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod.”
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In the video below from HuffPost Live, Young talks more about how he was able to turn his failure into success.
More: The identity crisis athlete’s face after leaving professional sports.
