In May of 2018 Mel Kiper ranked C.J. Conrad was the top draft eligible tight end in college football. Two years later Conrad hung up his cleats for good and returned to the University of Kentucky to pursue a career in coaching.
At some point in his coaching career, Conrad will likely tell his players, “control what you can control.” Sometimes football, and life, deals you a bad hand. In a short amount of time the beloved Wildcat received two that derailed his NFL career before it ever got started.
“I think I’m done playing football,” Conrad told a group of reporters on Zoom Wednesday afternoon.