Jordy Nelson has a good perspective on things.
Nelson spent 12 hours a day working the family farm during offseasons as a player.Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson is retiring from the NFL, but that doesn't mean he is done putting in an honest day's work.according to his former teammate and current NFL Network analyst James JonesNelson made $56.9 million in his career, but when he wasn't playing football, he was still working 12 hours a day on his family farm in tiny Riley, Kansas.
Nelson was drafted in the second round in 2008 and caught 72 touchdown passes in his career. He was a Pro Bowler in 2014 and led the NFL in receiving touchdowns in 2016, with 14.that he plans to stick to farming in retirement, but maybe not 12 hours a day. "I do plan on farming," Nelson said."We plan on moving back home to Kansas and working with my brother on the farm. I don't know if I will be doing the sun up to sun down stuff. Obviously, come harvest time, I'll be there to help him, but I told him he can lay me off whenever he wants and I'll go on vacation.", Nelson explained why he spent his offseasons on the farm, even the summer after he lost the entire 2015 season due to a devastating knee injury.
"Honestly, it's great for me physically to have those long days," Nelson said."It prepares me for camp. It's a lot hotter in Kansas than it is here, so it makes camp easy.""It resets me mentally," Nelson said."It allows me to get away from football, get away from the meetings, get away from everything, kinda reset, and have that fresh mentally and physically approach coming into camp.
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