The best dual-threat running back currently playing in the NFL, having already racked up over 7,000 yards from scrimmage in his six-year career to date, Los Angeles Chargers star Austin Ekeler joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Austin describes his journey from undrafted free agent in 2017 to record-breaking rusher in the NFL, his second consecutive inclusion on the annual NFL Top 100 Series at #21 on the 2023 list, the brilliant work he’s been doing off the field with the Austin Ekeler Foundation and the Eksperience app, learning to play the guitar over the last eight months in line with his touch ..read more

Pro Bowl safety and eight-year NFL veteran Ken Hamlin joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Ken describes his prestigious college career on the Razorbacks as Arkansas’ greatest defensive back since Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Steve Atwater, his NFL Draft experience as a second-round pick in 2003, contributing to eight straight winning seasons and seven playoff teams at the highest level of professional football, intercepting seven-time Super Bowl champion and future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady in 2010 to take the game into overtime, his incredibly unique Pro Bowl experience ..read more

Former Houston Texans and Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Roc Carmichael joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Roc describes his college career at Virginia Tech with fellow eventual NFL talent Tyrod Taylor and Kam Chancellor, entering the league with a chip on his shoulder after falling to the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft, playing alongside some of the greatest players in recent NFL history including the hardest wide receivers he ever had to cover, the formative role Hokies stalwart coach Bud Foster played in preparing Roc for the professional game, the impact both Nick Foles and Mike Vick had on ..read more

Four-year NFL running back — who broke franchise records for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions across his 65 games in the league — Stefan Logan joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Stefan describes his experience joining the reigning Super Bowl champion Steelers in 2009, playing for legendary coaches Mike Tomlin and Jim Schwartz, his record-breaking 1,746-return-yard rookie season for Pittsburgh, THAT 105-yard touchdown against the Rams in Week 5 of the 2010 NFL season, what inspired him to continue playing professional football just two years shy of his 40th birthday, and much more! Yo ..read more

One of the greatest and hardest-hitting linebackers in NFL history — four-time first-team All Pro, six-time Pro Bowler and Denver Broncos franchise legend — Karl Mecklenburg joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Karl talks about his journey from 12th-round draft pick to all-time NFL great at the linebacker position, starting in not one, not two, but THREE Super Bowls as a key member of the Broncos defense in the late 80s, the locker room leadership of fellow 1983 draft pick and Hall of Fame quarterback teammate John Elway, the ingenuity of and differences between Joe Collier’s and Wade Phillips’ respe ..read more

Three-year Jaguars cornerback — who racked up 86 total tackles in teal and six defended passes from the Jacksonville secondary in 46 games between 2013 and 2015 — Demetrius McCray joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Demetrius describes his NFL Draft moment as a third-day selection back in 2013, the importance of the pre-season for rookies and fringe roster players, the loss of his ex-teammate Geno Hayes, what the Jacksonville Jaguars mean to him, featuring on a Raiders defense alongside all-time great pass rusher Khalil Mack, and much more! You can find Demetrius on Instagram (@McCrayDC) and Twitte ..read more

One of the greatest two-sport athletes of all time — Heisman Trophy- and NCAA National Championship-winning College Hall of Fame quarterback-turned-11-year NBA point guard for the New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets — Charlie Ward joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Charlie talks about his journey from freshman punter to Heisman Trophy-winning passer at Florida State, transitioning from football to basketball after leaving college, winning the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals with the New York Knicks as the eighth seed and battling it out with the San Antonio Spurs — his future team ..read more

One of the highest-scoring international rugby union players of all time — one of just seven men to top 1,000 career international test points and Romania’s all-time most capped player with 128 national team appearances across 16 years, featuring at three consecutive Rugby World Cups — Florin Vlaicu joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Florin describes the pride he felt making his debut for the Oaks at just 19 years of age, matching up with and slotting home a penalty against the All Blacks at the 2007 Rugby World Cup at 21, THAT incredible comeback effort against Canada in 2015 in which he converted ..read more

2004 Paralympic gold medalist and former T46 800m world record holder — 2000 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2006 World Championship gold medalist, three-time European Championship gold medalist, 2003 World Indoor Championship gold medalist and two-time Paralympic World Cup gold medalist — Danny Crates joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Danny talks about the car accident in 1994 in which he lost his right arm and coming to terms with it, reaching the heights of Paralympic gold at Athens 2004, being bestowed the honour of Team GB’s flag bearer for the Paralympics Games’ opening ceremony in 2008, dealing ..read more

One of the IFFHS’s Top 100 Referees of All Time — 11-year FIFA listed and former Premier League and Football League referee who’s officiated many of the most notable matchups in the sport’s history — Keith Hackett joins me on Seb Talks Sports! Keith shares a whole host of incredible stories from his time both holding the whistle and off the pitch including the honour he received as one of the youngest ever referees to officiate the FA Cup Final in 1981, walking through Checkpoint Charlie with the Berlin Wall still standing on his way to referee one of his first ever internationals, breaking up ..read more