MAKE THE CUT.

Taking matters into his own hands

The year was 2005. Jordy Nelson, a sophomore playing football at Kansas State University, was about to do something that would change his life forever.

He decided to cut his own hair.

He also moved from strong safety to wide receiver, proceeded to get drafted in the second round and is now one of pro football’s top ball catchers… Coincidence? We think not.

Nelson first picked up a hair clipper while attending college. As a student athlete he barely had time to sleep, let alone go to classes and football practice, study, eat and get routine haircuts.

“My college buddies and I decided one day to start cutting each other’s hair and it just became a regular routine,’” said Nelson. “Now, 10 years later, I’m hooked. It’s just so convenient. To this day, I still cut my own hair every two weeks. I even bring my Wahl clipper on road trips.”

To say Nelson is prone to taking matters into his own hands is a bit of an understatement. He grew up working on his family’s farm in Kansas—fingers to the bone kind of stuff. When the chores were done, he played sports. Today, that hands-on approach continues to define who he is on and off the field.

“I guess I’ve always been more of a hands-on kind of guy,” he added. “I still help out on the family farm, cut my own grass, snow plow my driveway and even work out without a trainer. It’s just who I am and how I was raised.”