No, this isn’t about a former Bucs quarterback getting caught in a sting.
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- Remember Josh Freeman? Hot quarterback prospect out of Kansas State, first round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2009, nearly led the team to the playoffs in 2010 when he tossed 25 TDs and just.
Josh Freeman is calling it quits. The veteran quarterback, who was playing for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, told Montreal coaches on Saturday morning that he is going to retire (via CFL.ca). Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times confirmed that Freeman is indeed hanging up the spikes.
This is a where-are-they-now kinda story:
It appears former Bucs leaky, sleepy quarterback Josh Freeman was at a recent FBI job fair held in the bureau’s Kansas City field office for former athletes interested in fighting crime. Freeman grew up about 20 minutes south of there.
Freeman, a former first-round pick of the Bucs in 2009 out of Kansas State, was always shrouded in mystery.
It was a mystery why the Bucs drafted him in the first place, but in his first full season he damn near guided the Bucs to the playoffs with a 10-6 record.
After that, Freeman fell apart and his career crumbled after a series of bizarre and very public episodes that included being habitually late to both his football camp as well as to both practices and scheduled Bucs events. An offseason radio appearance before the 2013 season is still talked about today for its weirdness from Freeman, which fueled rampant speculation and stoked the rumor mills.
During the 2012 season, Freeman headed to Orlando for a BSPN photoshoot where he posed as notorious alleged pedophile Michael Jackson, which did not go over well within the walls of One Buc Palace. At all.
His feuding with former Bucs commander Greg Schiano, which included thousands of dollars of fines for repeated team violations, was the final straw.
Freeman appeared in two more NFL games after he left the Bucs, both starts, one in Minnesota and the other with Indianapolis. Then he had a cup of coffee with multimple teams over a short period of time that included a stint with the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL).
Freeman’s career ended after he retired from football weeks after signing a two-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes in 2018.
With the Bucs, Freeman was so protected by the team and shielded from just about everyone, so no one really knew him. One was lucky to just be able to say “Hi” to him without Freeman being hustled off a practice field or escorted through a doorway.
Among local media, Joe knows of only two people who remotely knew Freeman away from One Buc Palace. One was the late, great Steve Duemig. Even then, Duemig rarely spoke with Freeman away from Duemig’s radio show. Joe remembers Duemig telling him the last time he spoke with Freeman was a chance encounter in a Las Vegas casino.
Never before and not since has Joe seen a team keep a player hidden in the shadows like the Bucs did Freeman. In retrospect, the protection of Freeman seemed so suffocating, Joe has to wonder what the team was hiding?
Freeman didn’t come across like he would be an FBI agent or an employee of the agency in any way. CIA, maybe, because he was so secretive.
On the FBI’s jobs LinkedIn page, there is a post about a recent FBI job fair for former athletes and the picture used highlights Freeman wearing an FBI bulletproof vest.
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Last year, the FBI Kansas City Field Office welcomed former NFL players through a partnership with @AscendingAthletes to talk about future careers with the Bureau. The athletes had a chance to examine evidence and blood spatter, tour the command post, and gun vault, operate a remote-controlled bomb robot and more.
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Given the FBI’s controversies in recent decades (wiretapping of the 60s, covering for the mob, trying to frame Richard Jewell, and many other incidents) perhaps someone with the Bureau was impressed by how Freeman tried to pin the leak of a drug test result on his coach and thought Freeman was worthy hiring to use in some form of domestic surveillance?
Hat tip: @acheron1377.
Coming into the 2009 NFL Draft, the Buccaneers had their eyes on a quarterback. There was a 6 foot 6, 250 pound quarterback out of Kansas State University that they had their eye on. That man was Josh Freeman. After passing for over 8,000 career yards, Freeman was getting a lot of attention. He had the size, arm talent and a ton of potential. Although he was up and down in college, tossing 44 passing touchdowns to 34 interceptions in 3 seasons, he was widely considered a project worth developing.
The Buccaneers would select Freeman 17th overall in the first round, making him the third quarterback drafted behind Matthew Stafford (1st) and Mark Sanchez (6th). Although Freeman showed signs of promise such as being the youngest QB in Bucs franchise history to win his first game and defeating the 13-1 New Orleans Saints in overtime, he would struggle with consistency and turnovers throwing 18 interceptions in his rookie season. His sophomore season in 2010 would be his best season ever.
After struggling with turnovers his rookie year, he would only toss 6 interceptions and led the Buccaneers to a 10-6 winning record. But unfortunately for Freeman, Head Coach Raheem Morris was fired and he was given a new coach, Greg Schiano. 2011 showed a lot of promise for Freeman, with the Bucs bringing in Vincent Jackson, Dallas Clark and Carl Nicks. However, Freeman would struggle mightily during this season. He threw 22 interceptions that season, which led the NFL. He also ended that season on a 10 game losing streak.
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In 2012, he would improve again, only throwing 17 interceptions but throwing a career high 27 touchdowns. Much like at Kansas State, Freeman was very up and down in the NFL. He was not consistent whatsoever. Josh Freeman did not have a great relationship with Greg Schiano. They didn’t click or mesh. Rumor stated that Schiano didn’t envision Freeman as his quarterback, hence why the Buccaneers selected Mike Glennon in the 3rd round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Schiano also didn’t elect Josh Freeman as a team captain and benched him during the season.
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Freeman was eventually released after missing the team photo. He would have brief stints with the Vikings, Dolphins, Colts and the CFL before retiring in 2018.
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My Verdict: Josh Freeman’s inability to remain consistent was a big issue on why he failed to be a franchise QB. Who goes from throwing 6 interceptions one season to 17 the next? Losing Raheem Morris also hurt Freeman big time. Greg Schiano didn’t click with Freeman and didn’t believe in him. They constantly butted heads. While Schiano owns some blame, it was ultimately Josh Freeman’s own fault he didn’t succeed. He was given the tools to succeed and he couldn’t capitalize at all. Jameis Winston has a great chance to be what Freeman could not. A Franchise QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.