Joe Barksdale is a former NFL player who won a National Championship with the LSU Tigers in 2008. But he'd rather talk about his second career as a musician - and his third as a comedian. Joe dropped five albums in 2021 alone, and he has another on the way. 

When Joe does talk sport, it generally centers on advocacy for athletes struggling with mental illness. After all, Joe is on the autism spectrum, and he bravely shares in our conversation that every morning, he wakes up thinking about taking his own life.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes discussions about suicide, sexual abuse, and mental illness.

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