Former All-SEC linebacker Kelvin Sheppard believes his eight-year career in the NFL set him up for his next chapter in life as LSU's Director of Player Development.
A member of the 2007 national championship team, a three-year starter and an eventual third-round pick to the Buffalo Bills, Sheppard retired from the NFL in 2018 after a long and successful professional tenure, but he actually thinks his journey in the game of football is just beginning.
Committing to join LSU's staff in early-March, Sheppard has been asked a certain question by many: "Why go back to Baton Rouge?