Cam Gordon (UM photo)
Cam Gordon, a former University of Michigan football player who was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs after having a series of injuries in his short career, is enlisting the Michigan State Police.
“I came to the realization that I just wasn’t performing the way that I once was,” Gordon, 25, a Detroit native and Inkster High School graduate, told Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News.
"So I said, ‘What is another career that will allow me to have an impact, have influence on younger kids and also leave behind a positive legacy?’ Instantly, state trooper — law enforcement — jumped into my mind.”
The state police last week extended a conditional job offer to Gordon that would make him an official member of the next trooper recruiting school, the News reports.
After college, Gordon went unselected in the 2014 NFL draft before signing with the New England Patriots on May 12, 2014. On August 26, 2014, he was placed on the team's injured reserved list. Gordon was waived by the Patriots on Aug. 27, 2015 and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs who later cut him.
