Seahawks defensive end Landon Cohen’s motor is always running, whether he’s stopping a running back or starting a Rodeo.
Less than one month ago, Cohen was running a valet service with his friends in South Carolina. In a few days, he’ll be on the sideline, and possibly on the field, when his team takes on the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX.
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"It's been a nice little ride,” Cohen told Yahoo! Sports.
Cohen has been around the NFL for a while. He was drafted in the seventh round by the Lions in 2008. Since then, he has been released by nine teams, including the Seahawks and Patriots.
He started The Valet, LLC in Spartanburg, S.C., during the 2012 season after being cut by the Eagles. After spending nearly all of the 2013 season with the Cowboys and Bears, he returned to his company.
Away from football during the 2014 season, Cohen focused on building his business and volunteering.
"I don't talk about football unless I'm playing," Cohen told Yahoo!. "If I'm valeting, nobody knows I play football until it comes out in the paper or something like that."
The Seahawks reached out to Cohen on Jan. 4 after tackle Jordan Hill suffered a knee injury at the end of the season. He didn’t play against the Panthers in the divisional round, but he found his way onto the field during Seattle’s 28-22 win over the Packers in the NFC Championship game.
According to Cohen, the key to dealing with the ups and downs that come with being a fringe NFL player is being grounded.
“I don't set myself up for disappointment. I kind of stay right there in the middle. Never get too excited, never get too down. It's been years of practicing living that way,” he told Yahoo!. “But you get 100 percent of me in whatever I do. If I'm valeting, you got 100 percent of me, not 50 percent of me thinking about football."