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Julius Thomas left the NFL when he was 30. His new calling is a much less bruising field.

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Julius Thomas left the NFL when he was 30 years old to pursue a new career in psychology.

The two -time Pro Bowl tight end retired in 2018 after seven seasons with the Denver Broncos .

He graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Florida with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

Thomas : "I felt like my real talent was mental, but I wasn’t able to show it".

Julius Thomas says he's less nervous about CTE than he's ever been about it than he is about it.

He says he wants to help people find new ways to level up in their lives or careers.

Thomas is trained in the type of work that people often associate with therapy the unpacking of past experiences.