Glen Coffee Possibly Looking to Return to Football?

[RTR91]

From the Boston Globe's Ben Volin on twitter:

Here's an interesting one: 2009 third-round RB Glen Coffee was reinstated from retirement and waived by the 49ers
Coffee abruptly retired in 2010 with thoughts of joining the ministry. He enlisted in the army in 2013. Now he wants football again

 

[B1GTide]

I wish him luck, but it ain't happening.

 

[seebell]

Been too long, Glen.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I suspect if he wants it, he'll make it. After these years in the special forces you know he's in excellent shape and has the mental toughness...

 

[Braveheart]

I'm pretty sure Glenn has never been in Special Forces or even the Rangers. Last I heard, he was in a support unit with the Ranger School but had never completed the course himself. No shame or dishonor in that but I'd be REALLY surprised if he was in anything even remotely close to NFL shape. I guess it's possible he could come back but it's VERY unlikely it'll happen.

 

[TrampLineman]

I was thinking he was Airborne? I don't see him doing it either.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Sorry, guess I didn't follow his story long enough - I thought he had gone into SF.

 

[GrayTide]

Glen was a great player for Alabama, but IMO that ship has sailed. Time waits for no one.

 

[Tidewater]

Sorry, guess I didn't follow his story long enough - I thought he had gone into SF.

Coffee is currently (2015) a paratrooper at the Ranger School, and works for the 6th Ranger Training Battalion.

Only Ranger qualified guys are Ranger Instructors (RIs).
I don't see when he was assigned to a Ranger battalion or attended Ranger School, so most likely this means he was a support guy at Ranger School (supply, admin, etc.).
I wish him well and I'd be tickled if he made it back to the NFL, but it has been a while.
I loved how he played while at Bama, though.

 

[davefrat]

He was a really good player for us and was in position to make a nice NFL career.

 

[Braveheart]

Only Ranger qualified guys are Ranger Instructors (RIs).
I don't see when he was assigned to a Ranger battalion or attended Ranger School, so most likely this means he was a support guy at Ranger School (supply, admin, etc.).
I wish him well and I'd be tickled if he made it back to the NFL, but it has been a while.
I loved how he played while at Bama, though.

Jonathan, I'm pretty sure he'd wanted to go to Ranger school but he had (or has) some kind of nagging injury that he couldn't quite shake and couldn't qualify to even attempt the course. Assuming that's true, and he still has that nagging injury, that's going to make his attempted comeback even harder.

 

[BamaMoon]

I thought he messed up when he left the league in the middle of what was a budding career. It's not like he could have not pursued ministry or the military afterward. A running back's shelf life is pretty short anyway.

 

[TideMan09]

I thought he messed up when he left the league in the middle of what was a budding career. It's not like he could have not pursued ministry or the military afterward. A running back's shelf life is pretty short anyway.

Exactly..If the pan is hot for you to go to the NFL you had better make the jump, once it cools off, that NFL dream will be longggg gone..