12 NFL Players Who LOVE Jesus (and Football)

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Ryan Tannehill

Ryan Tannehill with the Tennessee Titans on September 19, 2021 (at Seattle Seahawks) Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tennessee Titans is led by QB Ryan Tannehill, who says he relies on God’s presence during life’s ups and downs. “I’ve always kind of viewed the locker room as my mission field,” he said on a recent Sports Spectrum podcast. “Wherever God calls you, that’s where God calls you to be a missionary for God and impact the lives around you.”

As the Titans’ starting quarterback, says Tannehill, “Guys are watching and listening to how you walk daily.” That’s why he “always [tries] to be conscious of that and reflect God’s light and shine into the paths of everyone around me.”

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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