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The ripe young age of 23 seems to be a bit soon to call it a career, but that is exactly what former first-round pick Rolando McClain did when he recently retired from the NFL.
Selected with the eighth-overall pick by the Oakland Raiders three years ago, McClain ran afoul of the law a number of times out by the Bay. Named the Butkus Award winner as the nation’s top linebacker in2009, however, the talent to dominate was obviously there — but the will to put it all on the practice field was not. Thus, instead of joining the Baltimore Ravens after signing a one-year contract with the defending Super Bowl champions, McClain retired.
He did so in order to get his personal life together. One huge step in the right direction for McClain is re-enrolling at the University of Alabama, where he starred as a national champion but left for NFL riches after his junior year.
credit: alabamagamedayr
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