he now plays for New England ---- Toby Gowin played eight seasons in the NFL. 1997-1999 with Dallas, 2000-2002 with New Orleans, 2003 with Dallas, and 2004 with the New York Jets. === Gowin adjust to life after the NFL
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Published: July 08, 2008 12:20 pm
Jacksonville Progress
By Don Wallace
Now the shoe is on the other foot for former NFL punter Toby Gowin.
His days of being an unassuming professional football player are behind
him; now he is thrust into the competitive world of commercial real
estate sales.
"It's strange. For years I was private. I wanted to shield my family
from publicity and I was low key. Now I kind of have to promote my name
and get out and meet people since I am selling real estate," Gowin
said.
Gowin works for Burns commercial Properties in Tyler and has for
several months.
Gowin is a former Jacksonville High School standout which led to him
nabbing All-American honors while punting at the University of North
Texas.
Gowin said, "To play on the same team with Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman
... it was an awesome experience. At that time I really wasn't shocked
that I was there; it was what I had been working toward for a long
time."
Gowin married a Jacksonville graduate, Nikki Green, a former Dallas
Cowboys cheerleader. The couple have two children, Jaeger and Greenlee.
Gowin said, "Selling commerical real estate is a challenge, a new
chapter in my life. I have been working at it a while, getting all the
book work done, studying all the laws and regulations."
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