He also played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was signed by the Birmingham Barracudas as a street free agent in 1995.

After playing college football at Florida State he became a physical education teacher at Price Middle School until 1994.

After his brief stint with the now defunct Barracudas he became the assistant head of fitness for the City of Birmingham, Alabama from March 1996 until October 1997.

[2] He played ten years in the NFL, nine of which were with the Arizona Cardinals and a portion of a season with the Cleveland Browns.

[3] On April 18, 2008, Player was signed by the New England Patriots to compete with incumbent Chris Hanson.