Yesterday afternoon, Jets director of pro personnel Brendan Prophett phoned Keith Fitzhugh. The team needed a safety, with Jim Leonhard lost for the season and James Ihedigbo injured in Monday night’s 45-3 loss at New England.
Fitzhugh would have been a good fit. He was an undrafted rookie in 2009, and knew the system from three stints with the Jets. But the 24-year-old did something few would do: He respectfully turned down the NFL, and a team in good position for a postseason bid.
Fitzhugh has a stable job, with health benefits, as a conductor with Norfolk Southern railroad outside Atlanta. Work involves trips to Chattanooga, Tenn., and back, building trains in the yard or being on call through the night. More
This is a good story, as we have seen with the Pierre Woods' of the world, these guys could come in for a week and then be cut. So a very unstable lifestyle, so it is cool to see this kid Fitzhugh be a realist and take a stable environment and work as a train conductor. Another reason he stayed was he was supporting his family, which you can't blame him either.
Regardless, I would have joined an NFL team if someone asked me.
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