Former Green Bay Packers safety Ha-Ha Clinton Dix has a new job. The former NFL star will now be the director of player development down at Alabama.
Clinton-Dix was an All-American under Nick Saban’s Bama defense back in 2013 and won national championships while there. Afterward, he was drafted by the Packers and played eight seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Packers.
But it’s a new day for the former Packer and although misses playing in the NFL, he looks forward to his new challenge.
“So that’s where my life is headed is into coaching and helping these kids … making the right choices as they get ready for their career heading to the NFL, and other avenues they want to endure after football is over with,” Clinton-Dix said according to the Tuscaloosa News.
“It was part of this opportunity I had to work back here at Alabama, but also just kind of reading the writing on the wall,” he said. “Sometimes things don’t happen that you want to happen, and you don’t get to dictate your future as far as playing ball.”
Clinton-Dix talked about how hard it was to step away from the game he loves, but thankful for the new opportunity.
“It was hard. It definitely wasn’t easy. I still wanted to work out, still wanted to play ball. But there comes a time in your life where you have to make those decisions, and hopefully it’s the right one and you don’t look back and think wow, I wish I coulda or wish I woulda. That’s kind of where I am in life. I’m grateful.”
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