(Source: Associated Press, December 16, 2011)
NEW YORK — Keith Fitzhugh’s phone rang off the hook around this time a year ago. There were calls from Jay Leno’s people, reporters from CNN, ABC and too many others to keep track of. They all wanted the defensive back to tell them his story, how he made the curious choice of turning down the New York Jets to stay at his job on the railroad. When New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard went down for the season last December with an injury, the team contacted Fitzhugh to see if he’d be interested in joining the team, likely for its practice squad as New York made a playoff push. After thinking long and hard, Fitzhugh declined the invitation in favor of keeping his job at Norfolk Southern Railroad in Atlanta and caring for his parents.
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