It was just over seven years ago that Nate Burleson was cut from the Cleveland Browns and eventually retired from the NFL.
To call his rise to CBS Mornings co-host meteoric feels like an understatement.
He spent five years with the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football before stepping down to join the CBS morning show after spending years on the network’s The NFL Today. All that hard work, as he told For The Win just hours after finishing his first CBS Mornings show on Tuesday, seriously paid off.
Here’s more of the Q&A in which Burleson spoke about what the new job means to him, why ex-NFL players like him are good at hosting, and more.
(This interview has been edited and condensed.)
