Spoon's intensity and focus are not limited to the football field. He and his wife, Abby, became first-time parents when daughter, Avery Elizabeth, was born on April 6. The couple decided to induce labor so the birth wouldn't occur so close to the draft. But it's more of a job now to be able to provide for my family. That's the most important thing in the world for me.
Spoon hopes to have a long career in football.
But he already has his eye on another occupation when his playing days are done - with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A friend of his has a relative in the national Bureau and he knows a couple of people working for the state FBI in North Carolina. After being on the football field for so long, you get that adrenaline rush and you get that high from being on the field. I think the FBI would the kind of job that you can keep that adrenaline going all the time.