MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Maurquice Shakir wanted to help a team. He'd done that his whole life as a football player, at the high school level, the junior college level, the Division I level and even in the NFL.
But after he spent most of 2021 training and training, waiting for another opportunity, the former Baltimore Raven and Houston Texan knew how he wanted to help next: coaching.
The journey from that point led the former Blue Raider offensive lineman back to Murfreesboro, where Shakir hit the ground running as a graduate assistant during spring practice, helping primarily with the offensive linemen while also performing more general duties with the entire offensive staff.