So, after seeing Shakif playing in Poland this year and knowing about Terrance Owens playing in Poland and Japan, I decided to poke around and look to see if any other Rockets are/have played in Europe.
Info is sketchy on the web, so I am likely missing many, but I did find that Juwan Haynes has been playing for the Graz Giants in Austria. He also apparently appeared on the dating show Temptation Island, as indicated by this article:
https://www.americanfootballinternationa...an-haynes/
Although not a Toledo Rocket, I see that former St Francis RB Lamar Carswell has played with several teams in Europe, the latest being the Straubing Spiders in Germany and is one of the top RBs on the continent.
https://www.americanfootballinternationa...g-spiders/
And the coaches. I knew that David Odenthal has been coaching in Germany for many years, but there are some other Toledo connections I found:
- Former Rocket assistant Dave Christensen is now coaching for the Wroclaw Panthers in Poland
https://www.americanfootballinternationa...ristensen/
- Former Rocket assistant and Toledo native Kirk Heidelberg recently retired for health reasons from coaching the Hamburg Sea Devils in Germany, but later signed up to help coach the Dutch national team. He apparently has coached in Europe for a very long time for a number of different clubs.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Heidelberg (in German).
So, I guess Candle has even more options if he ever wants to take his family on a tour across the pond. :)