As Marcella Toriki packed her bags at the end of season 18, she knew that the off-season ahead offered a chance to choose her destiny. There is no fresher start than jumping in to free agency and finding a new place to call home for the season. There's also nothing more terrifying than sitting before a blank page when you know it is up to you to start writing the next chapter. But Marcella Toriki is not one to let a little bit of fear stand in her way.
Toriki found a way to mix business with pleasure as she met with interested teams while on her Free Agent Food Tour with Bubba Thumper. From poutine in Yellowknife to cheesesteaks with her Philly friends, Toriki chowed down across North America while gathering the information she needed to make her choice. Soul food met soul searching and tex-mex became the perfect accompaniment to late-night conversations as she sorted through the options in front of her.
But a choice was made, and when the road trip was done, the rising star running back was ready to unpack her bags in the city of New Orleans. Settling in is never perfectly easy, but the off-season gave her time to find her footing in a new place and as part of a new team. Reunited with her fellow Norfolk alums, Bjorn Ironside and David Rector, she felt ready to connect with new faces as well, letting the team show her the city. While the choices made to get there may have been hard ones, Marcella Toriki could not be happier to have her fresh start in the Big Easy.
Toriki found a way to mix business with pleasure as she met with interested teams while on her Free Agent Food Tour with Bubba Thumper. From poutine in Yellowknife to cheesesteaks with her Philly friends, Toriki chowed down across North America while gathering the information she needed to make her choice. Soul food met soul searching and tex-mex became the perfect accompaniment to late-night conversations as she sorted through the options in front of her.
But a choice was made, and when the road trip was done, the rising star running back was ready to unpack her bags in the city of New Orleans. Settling in is never perfectly easy, but the off-season gave her time to find her footing in a new place and as part of a new team. Reunited with her fellow Norfolk alums, Bjorn Ironside and David Rector, she felt ready to connect with new faces as well, letting the team show her the city. While the choices made to get there may have been hard ones, Marcella Toriki could not be happier to have her fresh start in the Big Easy.