Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school

stickman · 05-18-2021, 12:29 PM

Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players.

K Major · 05-18-2021, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by stickman

Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players.

Agreed. Remember Rhodes scholar Myron Rolle ? 6th rounder from FSU. He put his NFL career on hold and went back to medical school. Fast forward to now, he's a Neurosurgeon resident at Harvard Medical School.

Who knows, Alex could be next. I hope he does well & good for him.

iceshack149 · 05-19-2021, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by stickman

Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players.

It would be an absolute shame if he became a doctor and the U.S. government then decided to enforce universal health care on us...

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Rugby Saint II · 05-19-2021, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by iceshack149

It would be an absolute shame if he became a doctor and the U.S. government then decided to enforce universal health care on us...
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Yeah, but most doctors that I know aren't in it for the money. Although, my oncologist said that if he had to do it over again he would have gone into a different field and this was to a man who might die so I believed him. He saved my life and I just imagine what I would have done without him specifically to agree to my aggressive treatments. Probably died.

SmashMouth · 05-19-2021, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

Yeah, but most doctors that I know aren't in it for the money. Although, my oncologist said that if he had to do it over again he would have gone into a different field and this was to a man who might die so I believed him. He saved my life and I just imagine what I would have done without him specifically to agree to my aggressive treatments. Probably died.

If we ever get MedBeds, it'll hopefully make oncology surgeries a thing of the past.

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stickman 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Gonzales, LA Posts: 1,754	Re: Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players. jnormand, neugey, SmashMouth and 3 others like this.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,742 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school Originally Posted by stickman Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players. Agreed. Remember Rhodes scholar Myron Rolle ? 6th rounder from FSU. He put his NFL career on hold and went back to medical school. Fast forward to now, he's a Neurosurgeon resident at Harvard Medical School. Who knows, Alex could be next. I hope he does well & good for him. jnormand, neugey, SmashMouth and 3 others like this.

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iceshack149 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 4,339 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school Originally Posted by stickman Best of luck to him. Some people will question giving up a shot at an NFL career, but the world needs good doctors more than football players. It would be an absolute shame if he became a doctor and the U.S. government then decided to enforce universal health care on us...

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Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,119	Re: Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school Originally Posted by iceshack149 It would be an absolute shame if he became a doctor and the U.S. government then decided to enforce universal health care on us... Attachment 13681 Yeah, but most doctors that I know aren't in it for the money. Although, my oncologist said that if he had to do it over again he would have gone into a different field and this was to a man who might die so I believed him. He saved my life and I just imagine what I would have done without him specifically to agree to my aggressive treatments. Probably died. iceshack149 and SmashMouth like this.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,479 Blog Entries: 29	Re: Saints undrafted rookie Alex Hoffman retires to pursue medical school Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II Yeah, but most doctors that I know aren't in it for the money. Although, my oncologist said that if he had to do it over again he would have gone into a different field and this was to a man who might die so I believed him. He saved my life and I just imagine what I would have done without him specifically to agree to my aggressive treatments. Probably died. If we ever get MedBeds, it'll hopefully make oncology surgeries a thing of the past. Rugby Saint II likes this.