By Mike Triplett | ESPN Staff Writer
Jed Collins is uniquely qualified to offer money advice to NFL rookies.
Before he began his second career as a financial adviser, Collins spent seven years bouncing around the NFL with nine different teams as a journeyman fullback. His most prominent stretch came with the New Orleans Saints from 2011 through 2013, when he started 26 games and scored seven touchdowns.
So how does a fellow pro like Collins get his message across?
With turkey dinner, ice cream and Starbursts, of course.
Those were just some of Collins’ props as he explained the principles of gross and net income, the progressive income tax code and compound interest to rookies and first-year players with the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions this spring as part of the NFL’s orientation programs.
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