Skol Stories: Anthony Barr 9-18-26

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2:04Recently, Jason Lewis and I visited a Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Print Ceremony. Hope on Wheels supports children and families facing pediatric cancer. And what we experienced that day was truly inspiring. It's so easy to get stuck in the negative stories of life. There's a lot of good people doing a lot of good things out there. Absolutely. And it just makes me so proud to be working with Hyundai. I didn't even know this about them. And here they are doing this incredible work. To hear more about our day with Hyundai Hope on Wheels, listen to R.U.A. Charlotte. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Putting into another episode of Skull Stories. Today's guest had a 10-year NFL career including nine seasons with your Minnesota Vikings. He had an act for the big play and made his presence known both on and off the field. Please enjoy today's conversation with former Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr. Well, it is certainly my pleasure to bring Anthony Barr into the conversation. Anthony, how are you doing? What's going on these days? Just give the listeners a little update on your life and where you are.

3:08Yeah, I'm doing great. I'm out here in Los Angeles. California, it is currently eight degrees. But I guess we'll take it while we got it. I'm doing well. I'm keeping busy. I got engaged with wedding planning. My number one priority right now, which is the. It's okay. It's kind of for the wedding itself, the planning process. Not my favorite, but we're working through all that as well as spending my Sundays watching the Vikings. So I got a few things going on right now, but all in all. I'm just wondering what you're doing. Sometimes Anthony, athletes have a tough time making that adjustment from the pro football life to their real life. And you just talk about wedding plans, et cetera, et cetera. How did that transition go for you in terms of knowing it's over? And now I got to move on in your young man with the rest of your life, which has got such promise. Yeah, I think it's a process that is ever evolving. I don't think I would say I fully transitioned or fully comfortable in my current situation.

4:12I'm not. I'm happy that's for sure. But there's definitely some figuring out and figuring out, you know, trying to find things that you're passing it about outside of the sport, which was part of my life for so long. And that's been a transition, but hasn't been too difficult. I think I have very strong support groups. And there's enough things that I have interest in that are as anti-prime my time, productive in positive ways. So at first, I would say it's last year with a little more challenging for me, having, you know, not being fully ready to say goodbye, hang it up. Now I'm in a much better place, mentally, feel, feel really good about where I'm at and happy and excited for what's the cup. Having made it myself, there's just nothing's ever going to fill that hole of being with the team and, you know, being on the road, in the locker room and all that. And that's a tough hole to fill and you got to be pretty creative, you know, to do so and find other meaning in life, I guess. Yeah, I think of the multi-factor.

5:13There's part of it, you know, whether it's the competition part and the part that you're friendly going, that aspect of it. And then you also have the camaraderie and the relationship part, you know, like you mentioned, being in a lot of role and being on the field with the guys, going through practice and meetings and just kind of always having that support group. And I guess another aspect too would be the routine. You know, your day is pretty much mapped out for you when you're playing. You know what time you're going to be in breakfast, know what time you're going to be in dinner. And you know what time you're going to be doing everything else in between that. I think now with a lot more freedom, a lot of time, not having that necessarily that camaraderie, that locker room, group setting, and not having a constant competitive outlet. I think those are the three things that have kind of challenged me. But I think it updone well, fill them up with other activities or other, you know, working on homes, you know, what I'm doing out here in LA. And this thing, like I mentioned, was a little more difficult now. I'm doing a little comfort watch out. I got my routine and I'm looking forward to whatever is to come.

6:14Anthony mentioned you grew up in LA, you're out in LA right now. You attended the Laola high school. What was your childhood experience like and when did you start playing sports? Did you play multiple sports? And ultimately, of course, the sport which gave you your livelihood football? Yeah, it was great. You know, I grew up. I was born in South Bend, Indiana, another day in Mexico. And congratulations for getting out of there. I spent, yeah, too many icemen. Yeah, I got out there at the young age. You escaped congratulations. But I still love the place. Don't give me wrong. Back to LA at the young age. My mother was a single mom. I grew up with her and my grandparents. A couple of her siblings in the house. I had a lot of cousins on the oldest of 16. I'm a mom's father. So there's a very strong family environment. And I started playing sports at the young age. I think I was part of my entire football maybe when I was eight years old. Maybe a little younger than I would recommend maybe my future cousin or 50 days. But it ended up working out for me.

7:14I played football, basketball, ran track. I never played baseball. I did a little bit of soccer here in the area. And you stalker in that piece of area. And then, you know, made my way to Laola high school with near and dear to my heart. And it's a very special place in my opinion. And I think that I was molded into a young man and kind of part of my journey into the real world. There that four years there, miss my senior season to the leg. But it ended up in UCLA and you know, played four years there. And I'm away to a beautiful sunny Minnesota. Not too long after that. Say it like you mean it. You know, one of the most, one of the more fascinating aspects of of your college career. I remember getting in and digging in all this after after you were drafted here. Was that you made the transition from running back to linebacker in college. That is an unbelievably huge deal on so many levels.

8:16I mean, not just not just you sitting there and I don't know how it was handed to you. If someone just walked up and said, yeah, we're moving you. And then you have to deal with it like you get moved from the line to the old line of the bus line is what we used to call it. I mean, that had to have been a very, very difficult but maybe possibly and I'm hoping rewarding time for you. Yeah, it was. I would say that the challenge in part for me other than the position pain was just kind of falling out of love with the game. I had to affect that age. I believe in my end of my sophomore year going into my junior year. I did the joy of football wasn't really there and something I had loved my whole life. So that was very difficult to me to kind of process and we had a coaching pain that winter. I think we're new high as one of my favorite coaches that I have. He ends up leaving and we brought in Jim Moore another one of my favorite coaches. Coach knew it was very, you know, outgoing charismatic. Everyone's best best friend. Very positive. Always kind of up the and more and not to say that he wasn't but he was a little more, you know, very detailed, very just and very strict.

9:20And I think that's kind of the fact that I needed at the time and he brought in Jeff Olberg is not the DC without the linebacker. So he was a very big influence on my success in my role speaking to him on his first days on campus. I was proud to be about the position came and I was kind of like look, I got really nothing else to do with them by playing all in general. All together. So I'll give it a shot. You know, see where it takes me. I didn't have any expectations other than go out there try to have to get time and it ended up being very successful. I had it at a very early stage. And I kind of just wrote with it and I ended up playing outside linebacker in a free four. And then when I got drafted in Minnesota, it was almost like doing a whole nother position chance is now playing off ball lineback on the D line. Eyes are on a whole different plate kind of learned that position over again. So I'm so like I did still position. And you know, from running back to outside linebacker on a three four and then three four linebacker. Well, four three.

10:20And I even though I feel like I was kind of playing out of position, I was still able to walk there and see. I can't see Bar you. You end up going taking UCLA over over Notre Dame and you end up hooking up with a nother linebacker, but air Kendrick's and you had quite a bond with not just at UCLA. Of course, here with the Minnesota Vikings as well. When did you guys first meet and what made your friendship and so close over the years than to this day? Yeah, we first met on a visit, I believe, to UCLA. Maybe our seniors of high school, I think it was. And then again, I kind of ran into them senior night at Disneyland random. That's bizarre. That's worth it. Enough our seniors are senior year on up in California. And then we kind of just, you know, we grew close. We're in the same class while I was playing often. We were playing deep at the time, you know, a person's offer a year, but you know, we were similar in terms of. We're in the same kind of weight group or the weighting of our little lifting group.

11:21And then we're going to compete on field. And then those type of drills and off campus, we lived in the dorm right across the way from each other. So there was a lot of connectivity from that standpoint. And then as you get to learn who he is as a person and who he is as a man. It's like, okay, we grew up with a single bomb. Okay, you grew up biracial. Okay, you like this. You like that. And like, okay, we have a lot of similar inter-immular background, kind of similar moral compass. And I think that really drew us together. And then obviously once I moved into the lineback where we were together, it was more often than living together in college with a couple of other party. So there was just a lot of being around with another learning each other. And just a lot of similar ladies and parallels to kind of how we are as people. Let's transition that to one that that relationship moved up north. I mean, you were drafted. You were drafted ninth overall. So that's a that's a lot of pressure. Sure. You get here. You've got people, you got Mike Zimmer obviously, but then your teammates like Chad Greenway and Jasper Brinkley, who's still here working with the players now.

12:24What guys you remember the most from just from when you first walked on campus? Yeah, I mean, it was a, you know, I think as someone has the rookie, there's obviously expectations. And you're going to get a little thousand some of the guys. I think Chad will first now. He was, you know, he's a joke. There's a friend saying, I'll let you let you hear it and let you have a little bit. And I was all for that. You know, I kind of my first year, I'm saying my first damn near 18 months. I didn't say a whole lot of words to anybody. You know, it's like, I don't know any of these people. I was going to come here. All the words do my job and go home. I was kind of like my mindset. The best part is that just remember hurt people hurt people. So the reason greenway was that way because somebody did that to him. Trust me. Yeah, yeah, as I got to know, I understood that little moral. Okay, this ain't really his fault. You know, it's kind of so much. And it's directed at me. But it ended up being, he's been and being very influential in my life in terms of being a professional. How to go about your business. And then his one traffic efforts and how he was always very generous in time and the reports

13:24with two Minneapolis and the city. So he was very important to have a guy that you go watch first angle about his business. How he offers that the pro watches, take care of his body. And I was like, you know, I'm family man. I said, okay, this is a good one. I want to have. I mean, same goes for Jeff. Then goes for a Audi foam. Mike. Marty. And even Gerald Hodges. You know, I think I took a little bit from all these guys. Kind of how they operated and, you know, try to take the tools that they had and that made us feel kind of implemented to my mind and my lifestyle. And I think being quiet and not saying too much and just being over the serve was very helpful. And that asked me because I could just sit back and kind of absorb all of this information. Stick around for more school stories after the break with Anthony Barr. But first, it's more than a game. It's a tradition for more than 100 years. Kenmore has been a trusted tradition in millions of homes. That's why they are the home appliance partner of the Minnesota Vikings. More with Kenmore by shopping now on Amazon.com.

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17:29It was tough for me, I was definitely learning to learn the whole position, was way different than anything I had. Even in college, you know, Jim's defense was a lot more nuances, a lot more checks, a lot more communication that takes place. And that part was up, I mean, we played Green Bay one night. I think maybe a Thursday or Monday night, up at third place, we got blown out, I don't know, like 40 to 10 or something like that. And we're in the meeting room the next day and front everybody, he's asking me questions like what my responsibility is. I'm like, I got no idea. I'm not here to be honest with you. And I think that was a big moment for our relationship. He's like, okay, I got to really kind of hone it on this guy and you know, I took you at a high peak, I spent a high peak, we're taking those years. And we kind of, I think our relationship started to grow from that moment on. And he's one of my favorite coaches of all time. Definitely a kind of a hard nose dude, definitely, you know, kind of his way or no way. And I appreciate that.

18:29Some people may rub you the wrong way, but I could appreciate him being his truth up at all times and create everybody the same. And kind of what you're told with the guy. In 2017, you left your mark on the NFL when you chased down and sacked, million sack as after you threw the football, but Aaron Rogers and then broke his collarbone. And since then, things have changed. So what do you, I mean, I guess what's your whole, remember, tell us what you remember of that day. And do you agree with the changes and, you know, how they're being implemented? And what do you think of how the NFL reacted to that play? I mean, I remember that day was just a tense game, you know, obviously, how all the vision games are, especially against those guys. And now they were able to catch them when he was throwing the ball, leaving the pocket. That was pretty normal. I think I had a similar play against James Winston, maybe a couple of prior and nothing was called. This is nothing was called a new point either. You know, time just landed off with me and maybe there was no intent behind it.

19:32I didn't want to make them film me a little bit, but I wasn't trying to engine nobody. You know, time's playing the game. I've always played, but I got a little later in that game. So I don't remember too much after that, you know, that part of it. But in terms of the reaction, it's, I think it's a little drastic. It's hard to get into games part of enough for defenders. Now you can't hit them. You can't land on them. It's like, okay, well, you got to find a way to go. Because how do I mean, hold them up is basically kind of what they're teaching. It puts the quarterback position in the spoke fragile and seems like it's the rules now. You know, you got to adjust it. I'm glad now I only had to deal with that for a few years. You know, you played the game of aggressive physical again. You're not trying to hurt anybody, but you're going to land on it. That's the game of football. I don't know what you mean. Especially, especially, the speed of the plan. You only have such a small part of zone now. The game is becoming harder, so harder for defenders. Now it's even more difficult. Man, you were a public enemy number one among packer fans for a long time. But did you kind of just try to shy away from it? Was it impossible not to hear the feedback from green Bay fans after that injury to Rogers?

20:32I still hear it every now and then to be honest with you, I still a little talk about it. It was like, get over it. I was like, eight years ago, but look, I understand that was their guide. I was their Messiah for a long time. And rightfully so, you know, he's a call of famer, great player. And look, I get it. I definitely heard it. I definitely read it. Buying and taking much from it. You know, a lot of people have opinions and that's really all they are. What's ironic, I think, about the whole thing was I remember a home game against the New York Giants. You defensively blitz and linebackers in the A gaps. We do still do that now, but we were doing it back then. And they had made the change to put a tight end in the backfield for protection. And you blitz on an A gap. And I hope, I don't know if you remember this play, but you hit this guy and blowing it in the next week. I mean, he's thinking about you hit him 150 times harder than you hit Aaron Rogers, but because it's a tight end. And it's because it's a line of no one cares. I will Anthony Bar, I will never, ever forget that play.

21:33I mean, you put that guy, he's a 280 pound. I'm glad you knew you should be proud of it because that was unbelievable. Thank you, sir. Hey, you had a chance to play with Harrison Smith. I mean, I think you had a lot of weird impressions of Harrison, a pretty private guy, but by all accounts, just a wonderful teammate and a leader on this football team to this day. Yeah, I mean, I can't understand how good things about him as a person or the player. I think he first balled all the same. I think we're setting apart from everybody else's just as mindset as mentality. It's like he doesn't feel pain, but he doesn't get tired. You would never know anything that's ever wrong with him. I don't know if that's not said, they're always a good thing, you know, but he kind of just he plays his own game. He lives in his own world almost. And he's just, he's, he may not even like strike you as like a big dude, but he got some big hands. He got some big like legs on him. You know, he's a, he's a specimen. Honestly, even though you might not think of him as that, but watching him and being up close with him every day,

22:35he was my locker maker nine years. He's a, he's a different dude, man. And he's wired different than a lot of guys. He got the worst diet. I've ever, I don't know how he's worked. I don't know how he functions with the way he, somebody no damn sense, but he's just one of those special dudes, right? They could just do whatever. No, he works hard. Don't get me wrong, but he could eat whatever he wants and hook up and he'll just ball and he'll go all day. He could play all day all night. No matter if you got a brain ankle or broken hand, you're going to show up. You're going to play hard. You're going to play his game. And that's how he is. He goes about it. It didn't require, like you said, doesn't fail a lot of words. Doesn't need to. I think his game does a lot of talking. And behind the scene, he's a very cool guy. Real, uh, real cerebral dude, real smart. I'm going to have a lot of, but very fun. I know that I have a good con. Um, one of my favorite people out there. I've got this problem. Yeah, you had the, you also ran, I mean, run across Adrian Peterson, right? When you got here and, and saw a light, another future hall of fame, or I believe in him as a running back.

23:35What was it like watching that guy do go about his work? He's just like action figure, you know, he just drove differently. He just, that's a crazy man. He just know, he knows football. He just knows football. What he knows is he's also very, very, very competitive. Expressing the locker room. Um, in terms of like a football, uh, specimen and like some of the ideal running back, you look at him and his like, that's what you want back there. If I'm going to take anybody, you know, football, I need to, I need to first down. I'm giving it to AP because I know he's going to do it. Um, he just, he's just a freak athlete. I can't really put into words, um, what he does or what he did on football. Well, nothing, nothing I think puts more light in your eyes and discussing and talking about your raised the bar foundation, which has been so important. As a mission of yours to get back both during and after your career. Who explained to the folks listening right now what raised the bar is and why it continues to be so important to you. Yeah, raise the bar as a nonprofit. Uh, my mother and I started will be part of your anniversary next direct.

24:38Wow. We've been going for nine years. Um, you know, we're supporting single parent families in the children with their pursuit of education and the financial freedom. So we've, you know, I think we've had over a hundred dollars given over two million dollars in scholarships. So, uh, families in the Twin Cities and Los Angeles is kind of what we're primarily set right now. We recently opened a affordable housing unit up north in Sacramento here in California. Uh, where families have been living. I think there's eight units there with fully occupied with a single parent family. Um, and it's just trying to give people these families free game control of their life, uh, regains from financial freedom to where they can make decisions on their own without having to depend on anybody else. And it's been a beautiful thing to see beautiful thing to witness my 10 year anniversary's next year. We're going to be celebrating in the Twin Cities and Los Angeles. Twin cities will probably be in the spring time. Don't have a date just yet, but we will get that. So you guys, um, it's been, uh, it's been very fruitful for me to be a part of.

25:38It's definitely something that feels good in the heart. Um, and to see kids like me when I was young, I see these parents these moms like my mom and she was and she had me trying to, you know, kind of navigate their lives. Um, all they need is little support. And I think I had a lot of support systems. I had a strong support system at a young age with my family. That's not the same for all the families as we're learning going through this. So to be that system, to be the totally lean on, um, when these parents needed most. And it also provides them our networks. So once they graduate, they're not just kind of left out there on their own. Um, it's kind of a cool wrap around service that we're providing and been beautiful thing to see. That's a wonderful mission of yours. Uh, the results and the financial results, uh, and the continued success with that one more football question before we get you out of here. Eric Wilson. He's a survivor. What do your thoughts mean? You got pretty excited talking about him. Oh, Eric Wilson, he's, I mean he's one of the best teammates. I've ever had. I mean, one of the. He's a ball player, man. And I remember I think I missed my whole season. Twenty.

26:38One point. They went with the tech. He came in and played, well, really no surprise to anybody. was died. Incidentally, he could play all day. He doesn't get tired. His mind set his watch where he's the best. He's gonna everything. There's nothing I've seen him do. He's gonna basketball. He's gonna dart. He's good at bowling. He's good at any game that you come up with golf. Ping pong. He's good at all that stuff. And I think that's the, again, a mindset. Like, I'm just gonna beat you. I'm better than you. That's the time I'm gonna roll and as a hundred dogs, you might be a little smaller than that, but he makes up for all that with his mind to his part and how fast. That's cool. He's funny. All right, Anthony. Thank you very much. There's no way that anybody who was around this team during the time that you were here will forget you. Your impact was huge and we appreciate you and thank you. Well, thank you very much, man. I appreciate you guys having your own or no anytime. I'm also excited. You can call me. Thanks again to Anthony for joining the show today and thank you fans for tuning into another edition of Skoll Stories.

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