SUWANEE, Ga. – As he headed toward the NFL, coming out of the University of Georgia as one of the top defensive linemen in the 2001 draft, Richard Seymour had a pretty good idea of the conditions he saw for himself at his first stop in pro football.
Seymour comes from the South. He grew up in Hopkins, South Carolina, then starred in Athens, Georgia.
“I knew exactly where I wanted to go,” Seymour told USA TODAY Sports recently, sipping coffee in his office near the front entrance of an immaculate mansion. “I wanted to go someplace warm.