“Started to Give Me Anxiety” – MrBeast’s Manager Reveals Why He Left His Dream NFL Job to Pursue the World of Content

Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson is one of the best content creators in the world right now. Further, he even has the proof to back it with 100 million people following him on YouTube. However, this success isn’t the 24-year-old’s hard work alone. His team also has worked equally and deserves the same amount of credit.

The Carolina-based YouTuber has a team of 60 people working with him. But his manager Reed Duchscher had a big hand in Donaldson’s success. Duchscher is the founder of the talent managing company Night Media, which manages MrBeast and previously Dude Perfect. However, the 33-year-old didn’t start his career as a talent manager.

Why did MrBeast manager quit his NFL job?

Duchscher recently appeared on a podcast where he shared how he always dreamed of working in an NFL agency, and he finally achieved it. Further, he was even happier because of the opportunity to work with the people he knew and wanted to work with. But then he came across young content creators making successful careers playing video games online.

Soon he realized about missing a more significant opportunity because of the NFL job. He said, “So my brain started to just kind of wrap its head around like all the things that were going on the internet and all the businesses that were starting to be built on it. So I got this like sense that I was being left behind, and it started to give me anxiety.”

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The 33-year-old further shared how he felt anxious for months after discovering this content creation world on YouTube. As a result, he started doubting his career choice despite loving his work and the people he worked with. He said, “But I just, for some reason, felt like there was a bigger opportunity happening that I wasn’t a part of.”

Reed Duchscher got engrossed in YouTube

Duchscher started researching YouTube when he was going through anxiety. He soon got engrossed in it, and personality channels were like a new world for him. Previously, he mostly watched tutorial-type content on the platform. After this discovery, he quit the NFL job to start his talent managing agency.

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It was great to know more about Reed Duchscher, who supports MrBeast with all behind-the-lens activities. What do you think about MrBeast’s manager leaving the dream NFL job? Share your thoughts in the comments.