Top NFL Player Careers After Retirement

in Top NFL Player Careers after Retirement While statistics show that many pro football players players struggle with retirement, we discovered more than 2,000 of them on LinkedIn and analyzed their career paths. FORMER NFL PLAYERS' NEXT PLAY 44% 13% §4% start their own small move into related transition into TV or business, work in sales, athletic professions radio broadcasting or manage clients HERE'S THE FULL CAREERS ROSTER Small Business/Entrepreneurship 35% Sales 15% Coaching/Fitness Professional Finance/Insurance/Banking 9% 8% Campus and Professional Athletics Media (TV, Radio, Newspaper) 4% Real Estate 3% Non-Profit 3% Other 18% CAREERS AFTER RETIREMENT OFTEN DEPEND ON AGE Recently retired players typically stay in athletics and work as coaches Players retired for more than 10 years are most likely to work in sales, finance, insurance, real estate Entrepreneurship is popular across the board, but favored by players retired for more than 20 years: 17% 28% of players retired for <5 years are a Founder, President, CEO or in a entrepreneurial role of players retired for 20+ years are business founders or owners TOP 5 EMPLOYERS OF NFL PLAYERS stryker MerrillLynch WELLS FARGO Northwestern Mutual" шш II THEIR MOST ENDORSED SKILLS ON LINKEDIN 1 Public Speaking 2 Leadership 3 Marketing 4 Coaching 5 Sales 6 Strategic Planning 7 Social Media 8 Team Building TOP 5 CAUSES THEY SUPPORT 2 3 51 POVERTY ALLEVIATION ECONOMIC EDUCATION CHILDREN HEALTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCES: Based on Linkedin Data. Linked in . Talent Solutions talent. linkedin.com