There are players you’re used to hearing from and those you aren’t. Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Ali Marpet is the latter.
Marpet did speak though, in the NFL’s Mental Health & Wellness Series.
“One thing that I realized for myself, for my own mental health is to create and prioritize a support system,” Marpet said while speaking about mental health. “There are people that I go to pretty immediately if something feels off, or wrong. Just talking about it usually makes you feel so much better.”
In the open and honest piece on the importance of balancing professional life and personal health Marpet opens up about speaking regularly with a psychologist while also emphasizing how important it is for him to do things away from the game.