Stanford Hiring Former Colts QB Andrew Luck As GM

Per Pete Thamel, former Colts QB Andrew Luck has been hired by his alma mater Stanford University as the football team’s general manager.

He has been the subject of discussion over the past several years after abruptly announcing his retirement in August 2019. The former first-overall pick has maintained that he’s happy in retirement and not looking to return to the NFL, but he has now found a new football-related job. 

Luck, 35, was a former first-round pick of the Colts back in 2012 out of Stanford. He finished the third year of his six-year, $139.125 million contract that included $87 million guaranteed and was set to make base salaries of $9.125 million, $11 million, and $11 million over the final three years of his deal at the time he retired. 

For his career, Luck threw for 23,671 yards while completing 60.8 percent of his passes to go along with 171 touchdowns and 83 interceptions over the course of six seasons and 86 games.

Luck was the 2018 Comeback Player of the Year and a four-time Pro Bowl selection during his tenure with the Colts.