Raiders TE Darren Waller: “I’m Meant to Be Here… It’s not by Accident” (12/16/2018 Raiders vs. Bengals)

Sports In America with David Greene · Sep 13, 2022 · 29m

Raiders tight end Darren Waller is now considered one of the best tight ends in the NFL. But just a few years ago, he wondered if he would ever get back to the game. After being suspended for a year from the Ravens for a positive drug test, he was working in a local grocery store and going through rehab.

“When I took that job, I had no desire to play football,” Waller told In the Moment’s David Greene. “I was just trying to regain structure in my life.”

But Waller did come back to the NFL. The Raiders signed him in 2018. A few weeks later, he was playing in Cincinnati against the Bengals…