Spencer Paysinger left football late last year with an excellent souvenir (a Super Bowl ring), in excellent health (no major, life-altering injuries) and an excellent post-playing gig (working on a TV show about his life).
Not too shabby for a guy who primarily was a special-teams player for the 2011 Giants who won the Lombardi Trophy, and is not remembered by fans of that team quite as clearly as Eli Manning, Justin Tuck or Victor Cruz are.
“It’s been interesting,” Paysinger said of the CW show, “All American,” which premieres on Wednesday. “I’ve told everyone that I don’t have a biomarker to test how excited I am.