From Beaufort, SC to the NFL 🏈 | James Saxon on Life as a Running Backs Coach & the Future of the Position | Stop, Look & Listen
What does it take to go from a small-town football rivalry to coaching some of the NFL’s best running backs? 🏈
On this episode of Stop, Look & Listen, host LeTroy Gardner sits down with former NFL fullback and longtime NFL running backs coach James Saxon. A proud Battery Creek High School product from Beaufort, South Carolina, Saxon shares how Lowcountry culture, discipline, and fierce high school rivalries helped shape the mindset that carried him to the NFL.
Saxon reflects on being selected in the 6th round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, and his playing career with the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles.
He also takes listeners behind the scenes of his coaching career, working in the NFL with players like Adrian Peterson, Larry Johnson, Priest Holmes, Ricky Williams, James Conner, and Le’Veon Bell.
Along the way, Saxon opens up about the analytics debate, the evolving value of the running back position, dealing with pressure in professional sports, and honoring the legacy of players he’s coached. He also shares lessons learned through adversity and previews his upcoming podcast highlighting the voices and perspectives of assistant coaches.
If you love football history, coaching insight, and real stories from inside the game, this conversation is a must-listen.
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