BY Josh Paunil | phillymag.com
Troy Vincent had an illustrious football career at each level he played on. At Pennsbury High School, he dominated and earned several high-major division one offers. At Wisconsin, he was a first team All-American and a runner-up for the Jim Thorpe Award. In Philadelphia, he made five straight Pro Bowls from 1999 to 2003.
But even though he retired from the game eight years ago, he’s just hitting the prime of a new part of his career: working in the league office.
"In this capacity, I have the opportunity to continue to be a contributor," Vincent, who is now the NFL executive vice president of football operations, said. "I can touch the player, touch the coach and touch the fan. It allows me to still be a positive, active contributor in growing and developing, but more importantly, preserving the game of football. It has meant so much to me."
One former NFL player, Dwight Hollier, called Vincent "a visionary" in how he restructured the rookie symposium. Roger Goodell said in March after Vincent earned a promotion that "he has done an exceptional job growing services to our players and former players." Gary Baxter, another retiree, said a program Vincent initiated "is the best program available to players, period."
Baxter was talking about the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial (BM&E) Program. While he was playing for the Eagles in the late '90s, Vincent felt players severely lacked business knowledge. Later on, he met with Ken Shropshire at the University of Pennsylvania and near the end of his career with the Bills, helped create the BM&E to educate players about starting a business and responsibly investing and managing money.
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