Former New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey revealed that he got a vasectomy at just 21 years old to avoid having children during his NFL career. “I got a vasectomy at a young age,” Shockey, now 45, said on the Club Shay Shay podcast. “I always thought in my mind how this person plays the same position as me, he’s got more catches than me. How’s he married? He’s got three kids. How’s he juggling everything? Like, I could never, I can’t do that.” The two-time Super Bowl winner only had his eyes set on one thing: his career. “I need to just be like a horse with blinders,” said Shockey, who admitted to never having a girlfriend during his time on the Giants. Shockey played college football for the University of Miami, where he was named first-team All-American in 2002. He was drafted to the NFL that same year in the first round by the New York Giants, where he played until 2007, later joining the New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers. The 2002 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year now says he has had the procedure reversed and wants children.
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