Ryan Kalil has played football for most of his life, played 12 seasons with the Carolina Panthers and played in the Super Bowl. But even with all that experience, the 34-year-old center was as nervous as a rookie before taking the field for the Jets’ “green-and-white” practice Sunday night at MetLife Stadium.
“Everybody was making fun of me, I was pacing in the locker room like 30 minutes before everybody else was dressed and ready to go,” Kalil said afterward.
It was Kalil’s first full practice in team drills since coming out of retirement to sign with the Jets, and he couldn’t have been more excited to get back to playing again.