SOUTH JORDAN One of the valuable lessons Caesar Rayford learned during his professional football career was to be prepared not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well as it can be the difference between success or falling short of your goal.
And the one-time defensive end, who had stints in the National Football League, Canadian Football League and with the Utah Blaze of the now-defunct Arena Football League, sees the same mentality as he tackles his next career Amazon.
At 6-foot-7, the native of Washington state casts an imposing figure that drew fear from opposing players, but these days he is using his talents to be a coach to the associates he supervises as an area manager at Amazon s South Jordan fulfillment center.