Former JMU QB Justin Thorpe On The Suspension, Injury & Life After Football | Sidetracked Ep. 3

Former JMU quarterback Justin Thorpe sits down with Jack Fitzpatrick for Episode 3 of Sidetracked. Justin played six years at James Madison University — CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year, a devastating knee injury, a suspension that changed everything, and a career that ended on his own terms at Virginia State. He's been a firefighter, a professional Madden gamer flown out by EA Sports, a content creator with over 150 million views across platforms, a personal trainer, and a high school football coach at his alma mater Varina — where he helped build a state championship program before stepping away this offseason.We get into all of it — the two quarterback system under Mickey Matthews, reading the message boards and what it did to him mentally, the knee injury at Bridgeforth Stadium that doctors said would end his career, why he left JMU on his own terms, what coaching at Varina taught him about the game, and the Virginia football talent debate nobody is having loudly enough.Plus The Three Questions. His hill to die on might be the most Richmond answer we've gotten yet.📻 Sidetracked airs every Friday during Fitz the Bill — 9 AM on 106.1 ESPN Richmond🎙️ Find Sidetracked on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen